Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
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 [...]
The AASM invites qualified members to nominate themselves to be considered for a position that will be opening in 2020 on the AASM Nominating Committee. There will be at least one opening for a two-year term as an at-large member of the Nominating Committee, [...]
The AASM invites qualified members to nominate themselves to be considered for positions that will be opening in 2020 on the AASM Board of Directors. There will be a minimum of two openings for a three-year term as an at-large member of the Board [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is calling for online abstract and session proposal reviewers for SLEEP 2020. Reviewer volunteers are asked to submit a biosketch or CV, as well as the volunteer interest form. Session proposal reviewers must be available to review in [...]
Starting in 2020, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will offer a two-year assessment option, called a Knowledge Check-In (KCI), as an alternative to the 10-year maintenance of certification (MOC) exam in sleep medicine. According to the Knowledge Check-In page on the ABIM [...]