Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
Registration is now open for SLEEP 2018, the 32nd annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS), which will be held on June 2-6, 2018, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Last year’s meeting was attended by nearly 5,400 physicians, researchers, sleep technologists, [...]
In a new white paper, "Physician Supply Considerations: The Emerging Shortage of Medical Specialists," physician recruiting firm Merritt Hawkins Associates argues that specialists such as pulmonologists, psychiatrists and neurologists are in just as short supply as primary care physicians (PCPs) are, and that the [...]
The deadline to submit a session proposal for SLEEP 2018, the 32nd Annual Meeting of the APSS, has been extended! The APSS Program Committee encourages additional postgraduate course and general session proposal submissions on all topics, but is specifically interested in receiving proposals [...]
Here are some tips and resources to help you if you are preparing for the sleep medicine maintenance of certification (MOC) exam, which is Monday, Nov. 20. The sleep medicine exam is being administered by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is being [...]
Eighty-two sleep medicine fellowship training programs welcomed a record number of 150 fellows who were matched on Nov. 1, which was “Match Day” for the 2018 appointment year. The number of certified applicants for the sleep medicine match increased 20 percent from last year. [...]
Beginning Oct. 31, you can submit your abstracts and session proposals for SLEEP 2018, the 32nd annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), which will be held June 2 - 6, 2018, in Baltimore, Maryland. Visit the SLEEP 2018 Call for [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recently announced that beginning in 2018, its fee schedule for the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program will include two components: an annual program fee, due within each calendar year, and an assessment fee, which is paid when [...]
ASMF Career Development Awards are up to $100,000 per award and each for a period of up to one year.
Earlier this week the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) announced plans for changes in its program for lifelong learning and continuing certification, also known as maintenance of certification (MOC).
ABSM application deadline for next RST exam is Sept. 22 Candidates seeking to earn the Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) credential from the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) must submit an application by Sept. 22, 2017, in order to sit for the upcoming Sleep [...]