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ACCP Sleep Medicine Board Review 2009
August 21 –24, 2009
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
Phoenix, AZ
Course Sponsor
American College of Chest Physicians and the Sleep Institute
The Proven Leader in Comprehensive Board Review
Rely on the ACCP Sleep Medicine Board Review 2009 to prepare for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Sleep Medicine Certification Examination. Drawing from more than 30 years of delivering unsurpassed board review programs, leading sleep clinicians from the ACCP have designed this course to cover the topics included on the certification exam blueprint. This premier board review course offers you a comprehensive agenda developed and presented by thought leaders in the field and reviews the information you should know for the examination.
The ABIM Sleep Medicine Board Examination tests your knowledge and clinical judgment in crucial areas of sleep medicine. Course content mirrors the content of the exam, as outlined by the ABIM, and includes the following topics:
| Normal sleep and variants |
13% |
| Organ system physiology in sleep |
5% |
| Sleep evaluation |
20% |
| Pharmacology |
7% |
| Disorders related to sleep-wake timing, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management |
5% |
| Insomnia, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management |
10% |
| Hypersomnolence unrelated to sleep-related breathing disorders, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management |
7% |
| Parasomnias, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management |
4% |
| Sleep-related movement disorders, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management |
5% |
| Sleep-related breathing disorders, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management |
17% |
| Sleep in other disorders |
5% |
| Considerations and disorders unique to childhood |
2% |
| Total |
100% |
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Target Audience
- Physicians in pulmonary medicine
- Physicians in sleep medicine
- Respiratory therapists
- Nurses
- Physician assistants
- Neurologists
This course will be a valuable educational experience for any sleep medicine health-care professionals who can benefit from an all-inclusive review of sleep medicine.
Learning Objectives
- Assess your clinical knowledge of sleep medicine through pretest and posttest questions.
- Determine your knowledge strengths and areas requiring further review based on the sleep medicine ABIM blueprint content.
- Prepare your self-assessment and study framework by reviewing the sleep medicine literature outlined in the syllabus and case studies.
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