Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
The excitement from 2016’s campaign trail comes to Denver, Colorado for the 4th Annual AASM PAC Gathering on June 12 from 6-7 PM at the Hyatt Regency Colorado Convention Center. Join the AASM PAC at SLEEP 2016 for a night of drinks, hor d’ourves and political action.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is inviting public comment on a draft clinical practice guideline for the pharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia in adults. Comments must be submitted by May 13, 2016.
The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) invites you to help select the "People's Choice" winner of the 2016 ASMF High School Video Contest.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine hosted the 8th Annual Young Investigators Research Forum, an intensive 3-day conference dedicated to developing the early careers of sleep researchers and clinicians.
Provide patients with on-demand education to help promote understanding of their sleep disorder and improve treatment adherence. The Patient Education Fact Sheets are available as a yearly subscription to provide unlimited, year-round access to a growing library of fact sheets filled with in-depth information about specific disorders and sleep-related topics.
The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) has announced the 2016 Strategic Research Award, which is a focused request for applications (RFA) to study the role of telehealth/telemedicine using the AASM SleepTM platform in the evaluation and management of patients with sleep disorders.
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The AASM is requesting volunteers to serve on the new OSA Assessment Tools Task Force, which will evaluate current screening assessment and evaluation tools for OSA to determine if they are reliable and effective and make recommendations regarding the development of additional screening assessment tools.
Remember the Alamo...and register for the National Sleep Medicine Course! Mosey on down to the Lone Star State for the 2016 National Sleep Medicine Course presented by the AASM in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 16-18, 2016.
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is seeking physicians who have passed the Internal Medicine Certification exam or have taken the Internal Medicine MOC exam within the last five years to participate in a study examining ways ABIM diplomates might have access to online resources during a portion of the MOC assessment.