USMLE Forum Archives - Miscellaneous - Details About Sleep Medicine
Details About Sleep Medicine
adonis123 - 12-12-10 04:11
Q- What defines a Sleep Specialist?
Ans- AASM Definition of a Physician Sleep Specialist
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is the organization representing sleep medicine specialists, sleep centers and sleep-related breathing disorder laboratories, patients, and the public. As an independent, recognized medical subspecialty, sleep medicine has come of age, with ACGME-accredited fellowship training programs, ABMS subspecialty certification and a separate healthcare provider taxonomy code from CMS.
With these designations and increasing recognition, the AASM has defined sleep medicine specialists:
"A physician who is a sleep specialist is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders."
__________________
Q- Can someone tell me more about the fellowship in Sleep Medicine?
Ans- A fellowship training program in sleep medicine equips physicians with a comprehensive understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of all sleep disorders.
These programs are offered by teaching hospitals, academic medical centers, health care systems and other institutions.
In the late 1980s the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) began accrediting sleep medicine fellowship training programs. In 2003 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) officially recognized sleep medicine as a medical subspecialty. As a result the ACGME started accrediting sleep medicine fellowship training programs in 2005.
The pre-requisite for entry into a Sleep Medicine fellowship program is completion of training in internal medicine, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics or otolaryngology.
At the current time, there are 59 ACGME accredited fellowship programs with approximately 142 training positions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Q- Where do I search for more information on Sleep Medicine fellowship programs?
Ans- There are two main sources- FREIDA and AASM.
adonis123 - 12-12-10 04:11
Q- What defines a Sleep Specialist?
Ans- AASM Definition of a Physician Sleep Specialist
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is the organization representing sleep medicine specialists, sleep centers and sleep-related breathing disorder laboratories, patients, and the public. As an independent, recognized medical subspecialty, sleep medicine has come of age, with ACGME-accredited fellowship training programs, ABMS subspecialty certification and a separate healthcare provider taxonomy code from CMS.
With these designations and increasing recognition, the AASM has defined sleep medicine specialists:
"A physician who is a sleep specialist is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders."
__________________
Q- Can someone tell me more about the fellowship in Sleep Medicine?
Ans- A fellowship training program in sleep medicine equips physicians with a comprehensive understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of all sleep disorders.
These programs are offered by teaching hospitals, academic medical centers, health care systems and other institutions.
In the late 1980s the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) began accrediting sleep medicine fellowship training programs. In 2003 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) officially recognized sleep medicine as a medical subspecialty. As a result the ACGME started accrediting sleep medicine fellowship training programs in 2005.
The pre-requisite for entry into a Sleep Medicine fellowship program is completion of training in internal medicine, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics or otolaryngology.
At the current time, there are 59 ACGME accredited fellowship programs with approximately 142 training positions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Q- Where do I search for more information on Sleep Medicine fellowship programs?
Ans- There are two main sources- FREIDA and AASM.
Page 1
Page 1