Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) have announced that they are extending all maintenance of certification (MOC) requirement deadlines through Dec. 31, 2022, due to the clinical demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ABIM announcement [...]
In recognition of the financial difficulties caused by COVID-19, the AASM is waiving the continuing education joint providership fees for state and regional sleep societies in 2021. As an ACCME-accredited provider, the AASM has the expertise to jointly coordinate continuing education for virtual and [...]
A record-breaking 165 physicians were matched with a sleep medicine fellowship training program on Oct. 28 during “Match Day” for the 2021 appointment year. The number of matched fellows is an 11.5-percent increase over last year. Each fellow will join one of 86 sleep [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is calling for online abstract reviewers for SLEEP 2021. All reviewers must be able and willing to complete reviews during the upcoming holiday season (December – early January). If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recently confirmed in its summer 2020 quarterly newsletter that it will launch the new longitudinal assessment for maintenance of certification (MOC) in sleep medicine in 2022. Longitudinal MOC Assessment According to ABIM, the new longitudinal pathway will [...]
How to log in to Virtual SLEEP 2020 Visit the Virtual SLEEP 2020 platform Click “Login” in the top right corner Use your credentials from registration In most cases, this will be your AASM or SRS username and password If you created an account [...]
The Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) is currently soliciting session proposals for Virtual SLEEP 2020, specific to basic, translational, and clinical efforts and findings related to COVID-19. These proposals must be sleep-related. Up to four sleep and COVID-19 related sessions will be considered for [...]
AASM is proud to introduce Talking Sleep, a podcast for sleep professionals! This podcast will highlight the latest developments in clinical sleep medicine and sleep disorders. Season One of Talking Sleep begins with an episode focusing on one sleep practice’s response to the COVID-19 [...]
The Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) announced today that it is postponing SLEEP 2020 and transitioning it to a virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of being held in Philadelphia in June, SLEEP 2020 now will be held online Aug. 27-30. The [...]
The medical specialty certification boards are relaxing their maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements and allowing more flexibility in recognition of the demands that are being placed on physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. A March statement issued by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) [...]