• Introduction, which includes both the activity evaluation form AND the certificate request form
• 40 hours of lectures & 29 lecture topics on 31 DVDs
• Accompanying lecture notes
• Activity Workbook containing 5 practice exercises and exams
• 2 scoring manuals:
  • Manual of Standardized Terminology, Techniques and Scoring System for Sleep Stages of Human Subjects, by Rechtschaffen & Kales (R&K Manual)
  • Manual of Standardized Terminology, Techniques and Criteria for Scoring of States of Sleep and Wakefulness in Newborn Infants, by Anders & Parmalee (A & P Manual)

The School of Sleep Medicine, Inc. strives to provide high quality sleep medicine education for the medical community, including individuals who are unable to attend live courses. At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to discuss or identify:

• basic mechanisms of sleep, including the neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological aspects
• basic mechanisms of circadian rhythms
• symptomatology and differential diagnoses of the major sleep disorders
• the sleep laboratory evaluation process
• sleep vs. wake EEG data and recognition of sleep stages and arousals
• abnormal polysomnographic findings and artifact identification

Clinicians preparing to specialize in sleep medicine.This course is designed for those needing an intensive review and consolidation of the basic science of sleep, standards of clinical practice, diagnostic procedures, polysomnogram reading and interpretation.

Viewing of DVD lectures takes approximately 40 hours. Completion of the exercises in the Activity Workbook, the Sleep Stage Scoring Workshop excercise (Lecture A29) and filling out the evaluation form take approximately 6.5 hours.

• Before viewing DVDs, complete Activity 1 in the Activity Workbook in order to evaluate your baseline competency in the field of sleep medicine. Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the exercise.
• View DVD Lectures A01 through A28.
• Before viewing the DVD for Lecture A29 (Sleep Stage Scoring WORKSHOP) score each epoch in the handout. Score epochs 1-25 using the rules in the includedscoring manual (R & K)
• After viewing all lectures, complete Activities 2 through 5 in the Activity Workbook. Check your answers using the answer keys at the end of each exercise.
• Complete the activity evaluation form AND the certificate request form and return both to SSM in order to receive credit.

A01

Ian Colrain, PhD

Basic Mechanisms of Sleep

Jul 06

1:11:26

A02

Wallace B. Mendelson, MD

Neurotransmitters & Sleep

Jul 06

0:58:24

A03

Wallace B. Mendelson, MD

Endocrinology & Sleep / Melatonin Administration & Sleep

Jul 05

1:12:40

A04

Dale Edgar, PhD

Circadian Timing Systems

Jul 06

2:16:23
DVD 1: 2:00:00
DVD 2: 0:16:23

A05

Christian Guilleminault, MD

Pathophysiology & Risk Factors for Sleep Related Breathing Disorders

May 06

2:00:28

A06

David Claman, MD

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Jul 06

1:25:55

A07

David Claman, MD

CSA / Cheyne-Stokes / Alveolar Hypoventilation

Jul 06

1:02:25

A08

Mark Sanders, MD

The Cardiovascular Impact of Sleep and Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea

Aug 06

1:38:47

A09

Mark Sanders, MD

Treatment of OSA with Positive Pressure Therapy

Aug 06

1:48:35

A10

Nelson Powell, DDS, MD

Comprehensive Update on the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: New & Contemporary Surgical Approach

May 06

1:16:43

A11

Rafael Pelayo, MD

Evaluation & Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Children

Nov 06

1:43:13

A12

Don Bliwise, PhD

Sleep & Aging

Jul 06

1:16:53

A13

Charles Reynolds III, MD

Sleep & Affective Disorders & Other Psychiatric Disturbances

Jul 05

1:24:21

A14

Arthur S. Walters, MD

Restless Legs Syndrome & Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

May 06

1:47:38

A15

Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD

Narcolepsy

Aug 06

2:26:35
DVD 1: 2:00:12
DVD 2: 0:26:23

A16

Mark Mahowald, MD

Parasomnias

Jul 06

1:04:00

A17

Mark Mahowald, MD

REM Behavior Disorder

Jul 05

0:30:02

A18

Mark Mahowald, MD

Narcolepsy & Other Hypersomnias

Jul 06

1:12:28

A19

Mark Mahowald, MD

Nocturnal Seizures as Parasomnias

Jul 06

0:58:37

A20

Charles Morin, PhD

Insomnia

Aug 06

1:52:03

A21

Max Hirshkowitz, PhD

Pharmacologic Treatment of Insomnia

Aug 06

0:52:29

A22

Max Hirshkowitz, PhD

Somnopharmacology

Jul 06

1:30:24

A23

Raymond C. Rosen, PhD

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment For Insomnia

Jul 05

1:10:34

A24

Nic Butkov, RPSGT

Diagnostic Aspects of Sleep Disordered Breathing

Jul 05

1:18:28

A25

Sharon Keenan, PhD, REEGT, RPSGT

Polysomnography: The Sleep Laboratory Evaluation

Nov 06

1:56:32

A26

Sharon Keenan, PhD, REEGT, RPSGT

Polysomnography: Amplifiers & Filters

May 05

1:06:06

A27

Sharon Keenan, PhD, REEGT, RPSGT

Measurement of Sleep / Wake Tendency: MSLT & MWT

Nov 06

1:16:36

A28

Roy Smith, RPSGT

Review of Normal Human Sleep Stage Scoring

May 06

1:08:07

A29

Roy Smith, RPSGT

Sleep Stage Scoring WORKSHOP (scoring exercise)

May 06

0:31:36