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CNS Member Survey 2014

2014 CNS Member Survey
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On a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is not at all satisfied and 10 is extremely satisfied, how satisfied are you with your CNS membership?
0 - Not at all satisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Extremely satisfied
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Comments (good or bad) about your satisfaction:
   
 
 
Given the opportunity, how likely is it that you would recommend CNS membership to others?
0 - Not at all likely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Extremely likely
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How likely is it that you will renew your CNS membership the next time it is due?
0 - Not at all likely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Extremely likely
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* We are interested in learning about our members' ownership and usage of mobile devices. Which of the following mobile devices do you own? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
 
Smartphone - iPhone
 
Smartphone - BlackBerry
 
Smartphone - Android
 
Smartphone - Windows
 
(Other type of smartphone)
 
Tablet - iPad
 
Tablet - Samsung Galaxy
 
Tablet - Google Nexus
 
Tablet - Microsoft Surface
 
Tablet - Kindle Fire
 
(Other type of tablet)
 
(Don't own smartphone OR tablet)

 
 
How often do you use your smartphone / tablet in clinical practice?
Every day or almost every day A few times a week A few times a month Less often / Never N/A
Smartphone
Tablet computer
 
 
How often do you use your smartphone / tablet to access neurosurgical images (e.g., Rhoton, others)?
Every day or almost every day A few times a week A few times a month Less often / Never N/A
Smartphone
Tablet computer
 
 
How often do you use your smartphone / tablet to access medical apps such as Epocrates or Medscape?
Every day or almost every day A few times a week A few times a month Less often / Never N/A
Smartphone
Tablet computer
 
 
 
Which practice-related apps do you use most frequently?
 
 
 
a. Name of app:
   
 
 
b. Name of app:
   
 
 
c. Name of app:
   
 
 
Do you use your smartphone / tablet as an actual diagnostic tool?
Yes No N/A
Smartphone
Tablet computer
 
 
 
* Have you downloaded and used the CNS SANS Boards app?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
How would you rate the CNS SANS Boards app on the following categories?
1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 - Excellent
Functionality
Appearance
Navigation
Content
 
 
 
Do you find the app beneficial?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Would you recommend this app?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* Did you download and use the CNS 2013 Annual Meeting Guide app?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
How would you rate the CNS 2013 Annual Meeting Guide app on the following categories?
1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 - Excellent
Functionality
Appearance
Navigation
Content
 
 
 
Did you find the app beneficial?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Would you recommend this app?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
What CNS online learning products would you like to access with your smartphone / tablet? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
Smartphone Tablet
SANS
SANS for Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Videos
Case-based learning courses
Narrated PowerPoints
 
 
What else would you like to do with your smartphone / tablet? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
Smartphone Tablet
Pay membership dues
Look-up colleagues
Interact with colleagues
Access CNS Guidelines (summaries)
 
 
Aside from your practice, in what other ways do you use your smartphone / tablet? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
Smartphone Tablet
Access local information
Search for information
Participate in social media/networking sites
Read news and entertainment
Find local services
Research products and services
Watch videos
Perform banking activities
Purchase products and services
Read or post to blogs
Smartphone Tablet
Check sports news, scores, manage fantasy leagues
Read or post product/service reviews
Research travel destinations
Book travel arrangements
Check e-mail
Play games
 
 
How often do you visit or use these social networking sites?
Once a day or more often 3 - 5 days a week 1 or 2 days a week Once every few weeks Once a month or less often Don't Visit / Use
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
Pinterest
 
 
 
* Which practice topics are of most interest to you? (SELECT UP TO 10)
 
Negotiating contracts with hospitals and third party payors
 
Integrating mobile technology / devices into practice
 
How to deal with difficult hospital administrators, associates and co-workers
 
Advocating on behalf of the neurosurgical community
 
New delivery models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
 
National databases and clinical outcomes data registries
 
Making a smooth transition to ICD-10 (diagnostic codes)
 
Rising health care costs and the focus on outcomes, quality and access
 
Sunshine Act - Compliance and tips to ensure accurate reporting
 
Electronic documentation / Electronic health record systems
 
Choosing the right type of neurosurgical practice
 
Starting, buying and owning a practice
 
Reimbursement - Understanding values-based / outcomes driven reimbursement
 
Aging Baby Boomers and the impact of older patients
 
Neurosurgical manpower issues - now and in the year 2020
 
Communicating with patients
 
Employment options other than patient care
 
Leaving a practice (valuing, selling and closing)
 
Meaningful use
 
HIPAA / compliance
 
Clinical innovations
 
Ethics in neurosurgery
 
Guidelines
 
Financial management / Personal investment
 
(NONE OF THESE ARE OF INTEREST TO ME)

 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Negotiating contracts with hospitals and third party payors
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Integrating mobile technology / devices into practice
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: How to deal with difficult hospital administrators, associates and co-workers
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Advocating on behalf of the neurosurgical community
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: New delivery models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: National databases and clinical outcomes data registries
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Making a smooth transition to ICD-10 (diagnostic codes)
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Rising health care costs and the focus on outcomes, quality and access
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Sunshine Act - Compliance and tips to ensure accurate reporting
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Electronic documentation / Electronic health record systems
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Choosing the right type of neurosurgical practice
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Starting, buying and owning a practice
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Reimbursement - Understanding values-based / outcomes driven reimbursement
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Aging Baby Boomers and the impact of older patients
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Neurosurgical manpower issues - now and in the year 2020
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Communicating with patients
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Employment options other than patient care
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Leaving a practice (valuing, selling and closing)
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Meaningful use
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: HIPAA / compliance
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Clinical innovations
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Ethics in neurosurgery
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Guidelines
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
You indicated an interest in: Financial management / Personal investment
For that topic, which type of format would you most prefer?
 
In-person course
 
Online course
 
Live webinar
 
Recorded webinar
 
Book (hard copy)
 
eBook (download)
 
 
 
Suggestions for other (practice-related) topics:
   
 
 
For each organization in which you are a member, please rate that organization's value for the dues you pay.
(NOTE: Dues shown are for a U.S. neurosurgeon.)
Poor value Fair value Good value Very good value Excellent value (NOT a member)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS - $895)
North American Spine Society (NASS - $625)
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS - $575)
American Soc. for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN - $325)
Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS - $250)
 
 
 
How important to you are these CNS educational resources?

How satisfied are you with these CNS educational resources?
 
 
How important to you are these CNS educational resources?
 
ImportanceSatisfaction
Not ImportantVery Important
Not SatisfiedVery Satisfied
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CNS Annual Meeting (educational sessions)
CNS Online Courses / Webinars
Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery (SANS)
CNS Neurosurgery Watch
NEUROSURGERY (CNS journal)
CNS Case of the Month
CNS University of Neurosurgery (other resources)
 
 
 
Comments about these educational resources:
   
 
 
How helpful are these resources in preparing you for the ABNS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) exam?

(NOTE: If you don't participate in MOC, please SKIP this question and CONTINUE.)
Not at all helpful Not too helpful Somewhat helpful Very helpful (Not Aware of this)
Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery (SANS)
CNS SANS MOC Board Review Course
AANS MOC Preparation / Update Course
CNS Annual Meetings
CNS Online courses / Webinars
CNS Neurosurgery Watch
NEUROSURGERY (the CNS journal)
CNS Case of the Month
 
 
 
Aside from education, how important to you are these other aspects of your CNS membership?

How satisfied are you with these aspects of your CNS membership?
 
 
 
ImportanceSatisfaction
Not ImportantVery Important
Not SatisfiedVery Satisfied
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Research opportunities
Leadership opportunities
Clinical guidelines
Practice management resources
Career-related resources
Member discounts
Volunteer opportunities
International development
Advocacy - on behalf of neurological surgeons
Networking opportunities
 
 
Overall, how satisfied are you with CNS member communications?
0 - Not at all satisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - Extremely satisfied
 
 
 
 
* How would you like to be kept informed about the CNS and upcoming events?
(CHECK UP TO 3)
 
Facebook
 
Text message (SMS) on a cell phone
 
E-mail / E-mail newsletter (from the CNS)
 
Twitter
 
Direct mail (letters, postcards, mailers)
 
E-news brief (weekly brief contains neurosurgical industry news and CNS items)
 
Telephone
 
Mobile Apps
 
LinkedIn

 
 
 
What is your gender?
 
Male
 
Female
 
 
 
What is your age?
 
Under 35
 
35-44
 
45-54
 
55-64
 
65 or older
 
 
 
In which country do you reside? (Click drop-down menu to select)
 
 
 
Which category best describes you? (CHECK ONE)
 
Neurosurgeon (in practice)
 
Neurosurgeon (retired / not in practice)
 
Neurosurgery Resident / Fellow
 
Non-neurosurgeon MD or PhD
 
Physician assistant
 
Nurse practitioner
 
Medical student
 
Nurse
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Please check your main areas of practice. (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
 
Cerebrovascular Surgery
 
Neurotrauma and Critical Care Surgery
 
Pain Surgery
 
Pediatric Surgery
 
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
 
Spine Surgery
 
Stereotactic and Functional Surgery
 
Tumor Surgery
 
General
 
Other
 

 
 
 
How many years have you been in practice?
 
Less than 5 years
 
5-9 years
 
10-14 years
 
15-19 years
 
20 years or longer
 
(DOES NOT APPLY)
 
 
 
Which best describes your main practice / work setting?
 
Solo practice
 
Group practice - Single specialty
 
Group practice - Multi-specialty
 
Private practice with Academic (mix)
 
Academic (full-time)
 
Research
 
Hospital employee
 
Military / Government
 
Other
 
 
 
 
How do you spend the majority of your professional time?
 
Patient care
 
Research
 
Teaching
 
Administration
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Additional Comments / Suggestions: