2014 RITE Blueprint.

RITE 2014 BLUEPRINT Content Area

Anatomy Cortex and Connections Peripheral Nervous Systems Basal Ganglia and Thalamus Brainstem/Cerebellum Spinal Cord Cranial Nerves Blood Supply of Brain/Spinal Cord Embryology Behavioral/Psychiatry Behavioral Complications of Systemic Disease Dementia Neurobehavioral/Neuropsychological Exam Language Disorders Anatomic Syndromes Genes, Biomarkers, & Networks Psychopharmacology General Psychiatry Developmental Disorders Clinical Adult Headache Epilepsy Cerebrovascular Disease Dementia Neuromuscular Disorders Spinal and Root Disorders Movement Disorders Demyelinating Disease Critical Care/Trauma Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology Neurology of Systemic Disease Neurogenetics Motor Neuron/Nerve Neuro-oncology Infectious Disease Neurotoxicology Sleep Neurorehabilitation Other Pain Syndromes

Items for 2014 Exam (N=425) 45 9 8 7 5 5 5 5 1

Percentage of Exam

45 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 4 2

11%

70 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

16%

10%

Clinical Pediatrics Headache and Other Paroxysmal Disorders Epilepsy Development, Learning and Language, Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders Neurosurgery, Critical Care, and Tumors Hereditary and Metabolic Disorders Neuromuscular Infectious Disease Movement Disorders Neonatal Vascular and Inflammatory Disorders Cerebral Palsy

45 7 7 5

Contemporary Issues Practice Evidence-based Medicine Ethics/Professionalism HIPAA Business Driving

15 5 2 3 2 2 1

3%

Neuroimaging Critical Care/Stroke Spine Tumors/Cysts Dementia Infection Epilepsy Developmental/Neurogenetic disorders Multiple Sclerosis/Autoimmune Disorders (Non-MS) Metabolic, Movement, and CSF Circulatory Disorders

55 10 10 10 3 5 2 5 5 5

14%

Pathology

45

11%

Neurodegenerative Disease Cerebrovascular Disease Demyelinating Disease Neuromuscular Disease Tumors Infectious disease Toxic/Metabolic Disease Developmental Critical Care/Trauma Basic Reactions Epilepsy Hypothalamus/Pituitary

10%

5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2

7 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 2 1 3 1

Pharmacology/Chemistry Epilepsy Movement Disorders Neuromuscular Disorders Other Pain Syndromes Headache Demyelinating Disorders Neurogenetics Aging/Degenerative Diseases Dementia Cerebrovascular Disease Toxic/Metabolic Disease Sleep Disorders

45 9 8 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1

10%

Physiology EMG - including NCS/Needle/SFEMG/late responses EEG - including brain death/coma Sleep Basic physiology Evoked potentials Autonomic studies TOTAL

60 25 25 3 4 2 1 425

15%

100%