The proposed regulations would eliminate the current distinctions between domestic and international operations, expand the concept of pilot duty hours, recognize fatigue issues that arise based on the time of day and the time zone when and where pilots are working, and address the likelihood of being able to sleep under different circumstances.
The deadline for submission is Nov. 30, 2010. More information about the meeting and details regarding the symposia submission process are available on the Worldsleep 2011 website.
The four-week program provides international physicians from underdeveloped countries with practical training in clinical sleep medicine. The objective is to help them develop or improve sleep-related health care in their home country.
Judy Coy, RN, AASM Director of Coding, Compliance and Accreditation, is scheduled to present a small-group, interactive course Nov. 1–2, 2010, at the AASM national office in Darien, Illinois.
The video presentations will include a scoring explanation and discussion of epochs from the record where significant disagreement existed on the scoring of stages, respiratory events, arousals or limb movements.
On Wednesday first lady Michelle Obama urged Congress to reauthorize childhood nutrition legislation that would help implement some of her "Let's Move!" campaign initiatives, the New York Times reports.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) has issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) soliciting Research Conference Grant (R13) applications for scientific meetings aimed at building interdisciplinary research teams in basic behavioral and social science research (b-BSSR).
The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) is committed to supporting the education and training of sleep scientists and is pleased to offer its fifth year of grant funding for the Physician Scientist Training Award (PSTA).
The Membership Section Steering Committees will provide feedback and will select session proposals they would like to recommend to the APSS Program Committee.
If you attended SLEEP 2010 and registered for continuing medical education (CME) credits, continuing education (CE) contact hours for nurse practitioners, and/or a letter of attendance, then you must complete an online evaluation of the sessions you attended.