148 Identification of Weaknesses in Resident Socioeconomic Training: Results of a National Survey by the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies

INTRODUCTION: Over the past decade, new national guidelines and requirements ranging fromACGMEmandated duty hour restrictions to the development of The Neurological Surgery Milestone Project have rapidly altered the shape of current neurosurgical education and training. This national survey of neurosurgical residents within all levels of training was performed with support from the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies and the Young Neurosurgeons Committee in an effort to quantify the relative readiness of residents to venture into practice and to understand the socioeconomic issues impacting our field.