Competencies in Sleep Medicine An Assessment Guide /

• Main Author: Strohl, Kingman P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Education.; Neurology.; Medical education.; Medical Education.

Competencies in Sleep Medicine provides tools and approaches for instruction in the knowledge and skills acquired during a Sleep Fellowship Program. The book content responds to the request by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for each program to develop learning goals...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Sleep Medicine and Competency Training
• Chapter 2: Neurophysiology of Sleep
• Chapter 3: Pharmacology of Sleep Medicine
• Chapter 4: Sleep and Organ Physiology
• Chapter 5: Upper Airway Physiology
• Chapter 6: Epidemiologic Concepts and Statistics in Clinical Decision Making
• Chapter 7: Clinical Evaluations of the Patient
• Chapter 8: Diagnostic Testing.- Chapter 9: Insomnia
• Chapter 10: Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
• Chapter 11: Hypersomnolence
• Chapter 12: Sleep-Related Movement Disorders and Parasomnias
• Chapter 13: Sleep Disordered Breathing
• Chapter 14: Sleep and Neurologic Disorders
• Chapter 15: Sleep in Psychiatric Disorders
• Chapter 16: Sleep in Medical Disorders
• Chapter 17: Pediatric Sleep Medicine
• Chapter 18: Sleep and Aging
• Chapter 19: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Sleep Medicine
• Chapter 20: Administration and Delivery of Sleep Medicine
• Professional Training: Fellows and Faculty as Teachers.