The course will consist of sleep clinics, time in the sleep lab, formal tutorials by the Sleep Physicians and assigned readings from critical papers and tests in neuromuscular disorders. The main course text (to be loaned to the student) will be the “Secrets of Sleep Medicine” supplemented by other materials as appropriate. Course conferences will include Sleep Grand Rounds first Thursday of every month from noon top 1 pm and other relevant multidisciplinary lectures.
Learning Objectives (Competencies):
1. Provide the student an exposure to the diagnosis and evaluation of a variety of sleep disorders so that they may identify them in patients. 2. Expose the student to testing modalities in Sleep Medicine with a focus on polysomnography (PSG) so that they can recognize the uses and limits of diagnostic testing in sleep disorders 3. Provide a knowledge base regarding sleep medicine through structured readings and one-on-one ‘seminars’ so that students can readily identify these patients and how to medically treat them.
1. Elicit, legibly record, and present appropriately focused history and physical examinations for patients with sleep disorders. 2. Explain findings from clinical investigations, plans for follow up, and possible courses of therapy with indications, risks, benefits, and alternatives to patients and caregivers. 3. Discuss the impact of sleep disorders and its treatment (or lack thereof) on the patient and family members.
1. Display appropriate dress, grooming, punctuality, honesty, courtesy, respect for patient confidentiality, and other norms of behavior in professional relationships with patients. 2. Converse and behave appropriately in interactions with peers, faculty, residents, and healthcare staff, working collaboratively in providing care and treatment of patients.
1. Effectively observe, communicate, and interact with patients, families, and other healthcare workers to obtain histories, deal with difficult situations, and insure proper record keeping. 2. Describe a rational diagnostic and therapeutic approach to patients with sleep disorders.
Practice-Based and Lifelong Learning
1. Use information technology to access and manage clinical information and perform on-line searches to support ongoing self-directed learning. 2. Search, evaluate and critically review medical literature appropriate to the care of individual patients or as an approach to a clinical problem, and present this information, as appropriate, to the health care team.
Social and Community Context
1. The student will recognize the cost effectiveness issues of various technologies used in the evaluation of sleep disorders. 2. The student will recognize the importance of community education for the identification of sleep disorders. 3. The student will understand the impact of sleep disorders on society, productivity in the workplace and quality of life.