Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
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) [...]
UPDATE - April 24, 2020: Today the APSS suspended registration for SLEEP 2020 while continuing contract negotiations with the city of Philadelphia on a plan to host the SLEEP meeting there in a future year. Assuming these negotiations are successful, SLEEP 2020 will be [...]
SLEEP 2020 registration is now open! The SLEEP conference is about relationships that you build, conversations you can’t have anywhere else, and about continuing to advance the fields of sleep medicine, and sleep and circadian science. You are what SLEEP is all about, and [...]
On Nov. 13 the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced that it anticipates offering a longitudinal assessment option for maintenance of certification (MOC) for the first time in 2022 in as many specialties as possible. The plan to develop a self-paced, longitudinal assessment [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the 148 physicians who matched with a fellowship training program through the sleep medicine match on Oct. 30, which was “Match Day” for the 2020 appointment year. The completion of a one-year sleep medicine fellowship is a [...]
