MEMBERSHIP Members in Training: Renew Your Membership for 2022–2023 Academic Year It’s time to renew your membership for the 2022–2023 academic year, which runs July 1 through June 30, and maintain uninterrupted access to the resources and connections you’ll need—when you need them—to enhance your training and professional development over the next year. By visiting AAN.com/MemberDues and renewing now you can ensure uninterrupted access to: Free subscriptions to Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology ® and Continuum® Audio (AAN Junior member benefit; Interns receive free online-only access) Savings of more than 70 percent on industry-leading and career-strengthening in-person and virtual conferences Free access to online education resources such as Neurology Question of the Day, NeuroSAE®, NeuroBytes, and more. A network of more than 38,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals worldwide, including 60+ SynapseSM Member Communities
Visit AAN.com/membership/member-benefits/residents-fellows to see all the ways your membership with the world’s largest and most trusted community of neurology professionals provides valuable resources to help you bolster your patient care and professional success.
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Participate in Write Brain: Creative Writing Workshop The Humanities Section of Neurology ® is sponsoring a virtual creative writing workshop with the goal of helping aspiring writers hone their creative writing skills on August 27, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. This free workshop is only open to AAN members. This two-part event will focus on both poetry and prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) submitted by enrolled participants. The first hour will feature introductory remarks by the Humanities editors and then a craft talk and writing exercise given by Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD, deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and poet. During the following twohour collaborative workshop, participants will meet in small breakout groups to discuss the submissions. There will be separate poetry and prose breakout groups, where all participants will review and offer constructive comments on the work of the other attendees in their group. Participants are
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expected to be on camera. The Humanities workshop leaders are Lealani Mae Y. Acosta, MD, MPH; Ludwig Gutmann, MD, FAAN; Heidi Moawad, MD; Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD; and Michael Wynn, DO, FAAN.
Registration The deadline for members to register is July 15 at NPub.org/workshop. To submit your prose or poetry, send it to kpieper@neurology.org by July 15. Workshop participants can submit a maximum of six poems or two pieces of prose, amounting to no more than 2,000 words total. A neurologic focus is encouraged, but not required. The Humanities editors reserve the right to refuse submissions, including those that do not meet Neurology values and standards.
Workshop participants will receive the manuscripts of their breakout group by August 1, in preparation for the subsequent discussion. Review guidelines will accompany that material. The number of workshop participants is limited to those who submit pieces to discuss in order to maintain the appropriate ratio of facilitators to participants. If interest exceeds capacity, the organizers will do their best to accommodate additional participants at a later date. If you would like to attend the first hour craft talk but not submit prose/poetry for the workshop portion, please register and contact Kathy Pieper at kpieper@neurology.org for additional information.
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