• J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jul 2019

    Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC) Neuroanesthesiology Education Milestones for Resident Education.

    • Deepak Sharma, Letitia J Easdown, Arpad Zolyomi, Eugenia Ayrian, Peggy J Wheeler, Guy Edelman, Michael E Mahla, and Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC) Neuroanesthesiology Milestones Task Force.
    • Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Division of Neuroanesthesiology & Perioperative Neurosciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
    • J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2019 Jul 1; 31 (3): 337-341.

    BackgroundThe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has introduced competency-based assessments (milestones) for resident education. However, the existing milestones for Anesthesiology are not specific to Neuroanesthesiology. The Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC) commissioned a task force to adapt the ACGME anesthesiology milestones for use in Neuroanesthesiology training, and to provide recommendations for implementing milestones.MethodsA 7-member expert task force supported by an advisory committee developed the initial milestones by consensus. Written permission was given by the ACGME. The milestones were refined following 3-month pilot use in 14 departments across the United States and inputs from SNACC members. Final milestones were approved by the SNACC Board of Directors.ResultsTwelve Neuroanesthesiology-specific milestones in 5 major ACGME domains are recommended; these were identified as most pertinent to this subspecialty rotation. These pertain to patient care (7 milestones), medical knowledge (2 milestones), practice-based learning and improvement (1 milestone), and interpersonal and communication skills (2 milestones). Each milestone was described in detail, with clear outline of expectations at various levels of training.ConclusionsThe SNACC Neuroanesthesiology milestones provide a framework for reviewing resident performance and are expected to facilitate improved use of ACGME milestones during Neuroanesthesiology subspecialty training. The task force recommends that the target should be to accomplish level 4 or higher milestones by the end of residency training. Individual programs should decide the implications of a resident not meeting the expected milestones.

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