Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
Today the American Sleep Medicine Foundation announced it has a new name, the AASM Foundation, and a new website at foundation.aasm.org. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the AASM Foundation, which was established by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) in 1998 [...]
The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is now accepting submissions for “REM: A Publication for Residents and Fellows,” a new section of the journal that will feature manuscripts and images in sleep medicine, submitted by physicians in training. Medical students, residents, and current and [...]
On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EST, the National Academy of Medicine will host the webinar, Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, to release several resources and provide a first look at an online repository aimed at providing users with resources related to [...]
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 [...]