Upcoming
Courses
Polysomnography:
A Review Course for the Boards
June
1 & 2, 2007
August 31, September 1, 2007
November 9 & 10, 2007
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Course Application Form (MS Word format)
Fees,
Accomodations and Directions
Course
Schedule
Day
1
8:00
to 8:30 AM
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Exam
Review and what's on the boads.
|
8:30
to 9:00 AM
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Sleep
hygeine, circadian rhythm.
|
9:00
to 9:30 AM
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Calibration
procedure, biological calibrations and montage calibrations.
|
9:30
to 10:00 AM
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Evaluation
of patients and education.
|
10:00
to 12:00 AM
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International
10-20 Electrode System, Placement of leads and modified hookups.
Recognizing and troubleshooting artifact. Filters, HFF and
LFF
|
| 12:00
to 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:00
to 2:00 PM |
Split night
protocols, Medicare guidelines, emergency protocol. |
| 2:00
to 3:30 PM |
Math calculations
used in the polysomnography report. MSLT/MWT with calculations. |
| 3:30
to 4:00PM |
CPAP equipment,
masks versus pillows, adaption sessions. |
| 4:00
to 4:30 PM |
CPAP, BiPAP
and oxygen titration. |
| 4:30
to 5:00 PM |
Sleep disorders
and parasomnias, infant sleep. |
Day
2
| 8:00
to 10:00 AM |
AASM
guidelines for scoring, R & K Manual. |
| 10:00 to 12:00
AM |
Scoring Workshop |
| 12:00 to 1:00
PM |
Lunch |
| 1:00 to 3:00
PM |
Scoring Workshop
continues, booklets with epochs to score, respiratory events
to mark, PLM's, EKG arrhythmias, CPAP titration pressure recognition
and artifact recognition. |
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