UCNS Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Update
The UCNS Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry (BN&NP) certification examination will be given November 5-9, 2012. Applications will be available on February 1st and the deadline for submitting applications is May 15, 2012. This examination is administered at Pearson VUE testing centers throughout the country. The 2012 examination will be the last examination administered during the practice track period; thereafter only graduates of UCNS-accredited BN&NP fellowships will be eligible to sit for these certification examinations. For eligibility criteria and other information regarding this examination, please refer to the UCNS website at http://www.ucns.org/go/subspecialty/behavioral/certification.
UCNS is a nonprofit organization established by the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, Association of University Professors of Neurology, Child Neurology Society, and Professors of Child Neurology. To date, UCNS has accredited 80 fellowship programs in six subspecialties nationwide and has certified over 1,000 physicians in their areas of expertise. The American Neuropsychiatric Association and the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology are sponsoring organizations of the UCNS BN&NP subspecialty.