sleep Disorder medicine Curriculum

The fellowship lasts 1 year and is 13 blocks of about 4 weeks each. The typical start date would be July 1.

Sleep Diagnostics (3 blocks)

• • • Interpretation of level 1 polysomnography (PSG), home sleep apnea tests and actigraphy. The trainee will have the opportunity to observe a PSG.

General sleep Clinics (4 blocks)

• • • Outpatient clinics based primarily in respirology/general sleep, with some exposure to sleep neurology.

Sleep Surgery (1 block)

• • • Outpatient clinics based in otolaryngology, with some exposure to maxillofacial surgery. The trainee will have the opportunity to observe a palatoplasty.

Pediatric Sleep (1 block)

• • • Sleep clinics as well as pediatric PSG interpretation.

Sleep Psychiatry (2 blocks)

• • • Participation in cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. Further exposure to patients with parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders.

Elective or Scholarly Project (1 block)

Vacation (1 block)

Longitudinal Experiences

• • • Longitudinal clinic

      • • Weekly clinic to allow the trainee to follow patients longitudinally, through their training.

    • Noninvasive ventilation clinics

      • • Clinics in congenital neuromuscular diseases and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which occur on Wednesdays.

Educational Exposures

• • • Academic half-day

    • Multidisciplinary clinical sleep rounds

    • Sleep psychiatry lecture series

    • Sodium oxybate prescriber training

    • Inter-scorer reliability module in polysomnography scoring

    • Polysomnography technologist education day

    • Alberta Respiratory Conference Rounds, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, National Sleep Rounds, and others.

There are no on-call service requirements, and there is no standardized examination.

The curriculum is designed to meet the training requirements of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As this is a new program, the accreditation process is ongoing.