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Sleep Medicine Fellowship Directors Council

Resources

• Sleep Medicine Fellowship Directors Forum 

Council Members

Chair: Michael Silber, MBChB Board Liason: Merrill Wise, MD     Staff Support: Jordana Money William C. Frey, MD Vishesh Kapur, MD

President: Sam Fleishman, MD Executive Director: Jerome A. Barrett Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc Anita Shelgikar, MD Robert Thomas, MD

Mandate

Facilitate information exchange/access: Website with information, curriculum materials, preparing program information form, competency assessments, FAQ for fellow, facilitate exchange among programs regarding training and accreditation, list serve as a communication portal for preparing program information form, material for competency assessment, teaching materials, fellows job board, research collaboration for mandatory fellow scholarly pursuits.

Develop training forums to assist Program Directors: Annual Program Directors Course, boot camp for new Program Directors, training for program coordinators.

Advocacy with other entities on behalf of Program Directors to improve sleep fellowship training: ACGME, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), and Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). Encourage research for evidence-based education and training. Work with other training programs—Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, etc—to assist with core sleep education that is not sleep fellowship specific training.

Development and administration of APSS Programs that support fellowship training: Forum and symposia for fellows, fellow recognition awards, forum for Program Directors to discuss issues, forum for Program Directors to meet ACGME representation to understand accreditation issues.

Initiatives to assist Program Directors and training programs: Support/coordinate sleep medicine match, development of funding sources for additional fellow positions.

Develop and distribute materials that assist programs in meeting ACGME requirements: Evaluations tools, curriculum for program requirements, webinars, faculty development courses, match teaching to fellow learning styles, faculty mentoring, and research component for fellowship.

Coordinate development of education materials oriented to sleep fellowship training with other entities

Provide career planning and development resources for fellows: Guidance, job board/placement service.