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NANOS CFTE (Clinical Full Time Equivalents) Survey

To assist us in advocating for you, we have a pressing task that requires us to ascertain the number of total Clinical Full Time  Equivalents (CFTE) of neuro-ophthalmologists that we have in the United States.  We can only do this with your assistance, this one should be easy for you.  Please answer the following questions. It will take you no more than 5 minutes.  We need you to include your name (there should be nothing confidential here) as we will annoy those who have not responded, as for us to be effective, we need everyone’s information. 

We also are asking if your CFTE in neuro-ophthalmology has changed over time.  

Remember in answering these, that we ultimately want only your CLINICAL time in NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY, unless stated otherwise.  If you do pediatric ophthalmology, orbit, glaucoma, general neurology, etc., do not include that time.  We realize that sometimes the separation between two subspecialties that you practice is not necessarily clear; we only want your best estimate. 

We are expressing activity in half days per week. To be clear, someone who spends ten half days in clinical neuro-ophthalmology is 100% Clinical Full Time Equivalents (CFTE). Someone who spends 5 half days in clinical NO, and 5 in research NO, is 0.5 CFTE. If you are seeing mixed patients between related fields in a single session, such as in a full day mixing MS patients and neuro-ophthalmology patients, please make sure not to count the same time twice, allocate the fractional time to each discipline as best you can.

If you have questions on how to respond, you may email Larry Frohman at frohman@rutgers.edu. 

SURVEY FOR NON-RETIRED U.S. NANOS MEMBERS

Fill this out if you:

1)      Are seeing patients as a neuro-ophthalmologist in the United States AND
2)      Have completed your neuro-ophthalmology fellowship (or dual residencies)
1.First Name (for administrative use only)(Required.)
2.Last Name (for administrative use only)(Required.)
3.What is the principal state you practice in?(Required.)
4.What is the principal state you practice in?(Required.)
5.Did you train as an(Required.)
6.How many years has it been since you completed your neuro-ophthalmology fellowship(s) (if you did more than one, use initial neuro-ophthalmology fellowship)?(Required.)
7.What other fellowships did you complete (list all)?(Required.)
8.How many total half days per week do you work now? (clinical and otherwise)(Required.)
9.How many total clinical half days per week do you work now, including all fields that you practice?(Required.)
10.How many clinical half days per week do you work JUST IN NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY now?(Required.)
11.Within the sessions you are reporting as neuro-ophthalmic clinical sessions, how many of them are devoted to neuro-ophthalmic surgery?(Required.)
What other areas are you practicing in (Indicate all with # of total half days per week spent in other discipline)

TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW WITH THE SLIDER, CLICK IN THE CIRCLE AND THEN POSITION THE SLIDER
12.Neuro-immunology (choose 0 if you don’t do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
13.Multiple Sclerosis (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
14.Musculoskeletal Diseases (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
15.Other neurologic subspecialty (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
16.General Neurology (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
17.Glaucoma (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
18.Orbit and/or Oculoplastic (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
19.Retina (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
20.Uveitis (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
21.Pediatric Ophthalmology (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
22.Cornea (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
23.Ocular Pathology (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
24.Cataract/Comprehensive Ophthalmology (choose 0 if you don't do any)(Required.)
0 half days
10 half days
25.If you have been practicing neuro-ophthalmology for 5 or more years, please estimate how many clinical half days per week you had JUST IN NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY when you were 2-3 years into practice? (If you are less than 5 years into practice, just indicate NA)(Required.)
26.Expressed in weeks, what is your waiting time for a routine new patient appointment?(Required.)
 THANK YOU!  We will share this data when it is fully analyzed.
Please click 'Done' to complete the survey.
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