The Board Review Study Session webinars will help candidates prepare for the American Board of Medical Specialties examination in sleep medicine. During these 90-minute sessions, experienced sleep medicine specialists will facilitate discussions on medical content areas on the examination as listed in the Sleep Medicine Certification Examination Blueprint. Each session will employ questions from the AASM Practice Examination, which participants will receive in advance of the session, as a starting point for discussion.
Presentations included in this series are:
- Movement Disorders in Sleep
- Hypersomnia
- Pharmacology of Sleep
Webinar Summaries
Movement Disorders in Sleep
Presented September 8, 2009. Speaker: Charlene Gamaldo, MD.
This webinar includes a discussion about sleep related movement disorders using clinical vignettes and record fragments.
Hypersomnia
Presented September 24, 2009. Speaker: Thomas Scammell, MD.
This webinar includes a discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic issues regarding narcolepsy and other hypersomnias. Clinical vignettes and record fragments are used.
Pharmacology of Sleep
Presented October 9, 2009. Speaker: Susmita Chowdhuri, MD.
This webinar includes a discussion of the use of hypnotics and the effects of other medications on sleep. Clinical vignettes and record fragments are used.