In order to register for postgraduate courses, you must be registered for the AAST Annual Meeting. The AAST does not offer registration to attend only postgraduate courses. Space is limited and postgraduate courses sell-out quickly. If the postgraduate course you select is full when your registration is received, you will not be charged the additional course fees.

A01: Scoring of Sleep for the Sleep Technologists

Sunday, June 10, 2012 • 8:00am – 5:00pm

Member Fee: $130
Nonmember Fee: $185

Course Co-chairs and Speakers: Amy Bender, RPSGT; Richard White, RPSGT; and Harry Whitmore

Target Audience: This course is for sleep technicians and technologists seeking an overview of sleep scoring.

Objectives:

1. Recognize key waveforms for sleep scoring;
2. Differentiate sleep stages;
3. Detect arousals from sleep;
4. Analyze sleep related breathing events;
5. Identify common ECG abnormalities; and
6. Distinguish abnormal EEG events.

8:00am
Welcome and Announcements

8:00am – 8:30am
Introduction and Pre-test

8:30am – 9:30am
Technology of Sleep Studies

9:30am – 10:15am
Waveform Recognition

10:15am – 10:30am
Morning Break

10:30am – 12:00pm
Sleep Stage Scoring

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm – 1:45pm
Arousals and EEG Abnormalities

1:45pm – 3:15pm
Respiratory Event Scoring

3:15pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Break

3:30pm – 4:15pm
Movements and Cardiac Event Scoring

4:15pm – 5:00pm
Post-test and Review

A02: Developing Sleep Technology Education Programs

Sunday, June 10, 2012 • 8:00am – 5:00pm

Member Fee: $130
Nonmember Fee: $185

Course Co-chairs: Joyce Black, CRT, RPSGT; and Timothy Ruse, M.Ed., RPSGT

Target Audience: This course is for technologists that are interested in education.

Objectives:

1. Identify the levels of training offered for technologists getting into the field of sleep medicine today, including A-Step and CoA PSG;
2. Review the requirements, curriculum, and result (degree or certificate) for each level of training; and
3. Discuss the process for creating a training program including requirements, regulations and pitfalls.

8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome and Announcements/Overview of Objectives
Joyce Black, CRT, RPSGT; and Timothy Ruse, MEd, RPSGT

8:15am – 8:45am
History of Sleep Technologist Training

8:45am – 10:15am
Program Outlines – A review of various presentation styles from online to in the classroom
Panel Discussion: Tim Ruse M.Ed., RPSGT; Chad Whittlef, RPSGT; James Matchuny, RRT, RPSGT; and Auburne Overton, RPSGT, MHA

10:15am – 10:30am
Morning Break

10:30am – 12:00pm
Curriculum Development – Certificate vs. Degree
Panel Discussion: Mike Garrison RPSGT; Joyce Black, CRT, RPSGT; Karen Rowe, RPSGT; and Mary Kay Hobby, RPSGT, RRT

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm – 1:45pm
Program Development and Accreditation
Karen Rowe, RPSGT

1:45pm – 3:15pm
Clinical Sites – Location, Contracts and Legal Considerations
Christine Robinson, RPSGT

3:15pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Break

3:30pm – 4:15pm
Skills Assessment
Debbie Guerrero RPSGT, RRT

4:15pm – 5:00pm
Formal Statistical Outcomes Assessment
Auburne Overton, RPSGT, MHA

A03: Managing a Sleep Center for the Sleep Technologist

Sunday, June 10, 2012 • 8:00am – 5:00pm

Member Fee: $130
Nonmember Fee: $185

Course Co-chairs: Mary Kersey, RPSGT; and Ben Steele, RPSGT

Target Audience: This course is for current and future sleep center managers and supervisors.

Objectives:

1. Expand the role of the sleep center manager to help identify potential growth opportunities;
2. Improve the everyday processes of running a sleep center to increase efficiency and effectiveness; and
3. Discuss ways to compete and succeed in today’s challenging environment.

8:00am – 8:05am
Welcome and Announcements
Mary Kersey, RPSGT; and Ben Steele, RPSGT

8:05am – 8:45am
Accreditation and Reaccreditation – Keeping the Stress to a Minimum
David Kulmann, MD

8:45am – 9:30am
What Does Your DME Company Mean to You?

9:30am – 10:15am
Manage Your Way to an Improved Profit Margin by Adding Costs
Pam Minkley, RRT, RPSGT

10:15am – 10:30am
Morning Break

10:30am – 11:15am
Hiring/Developing a Competent Technician
Marietta Bibbs, RPSGT

11:15am – 12:00pm
Marketing to Non-traditional Referral Sources
Ben Steele, RPSGT

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch

1:00pm – 1:45pm
Home Sleep Testing
Melinda Trimble, RPSGT

1:45pm – 2:30pm
Adding Actigraphy to Your Program
Jodi Bump, RN

2:30pm – 3:15pm
Growth Opportunities in a Tight Economy for the Sleep Disorders Center
Kim Thomas, RPSGT

3:15pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Break

3:30pm – 4:15pm
Motivating Your Employees
Joseph Anderson, RPSGT, CRT

4:15pm – 5:00pm
Presentation Skills – Engaging Your Audience and Keeping Them Awake during the Afternoon Dip
Henry Johns, RPSGT, CRT

A04: Case-based Review of Sleep Disorders for the Sleep Technologist

Sunday, June 10, 2012 • 8:00am – 5:00pm

Member Fee: $130
Nonmember Fee: $185

Course Co-chairs: Allen Boone, RPSGT; and Shalanda Mitchell, RPSGT

Target Audience: This course is for experienced sleep technologists and health care professionals interested in novel, challenging cases and the billing processing (CPT)

Objectives:

1. Discuss the dynamics of diagnosis in difficult cases during the patient care continuum; and
2. Describe the matching of criteria in order to determine both the diagnosis and CPT requirements (as possible).

8:00am – 8:05am
Welcome and Announcements
Allen Boone, RPSGT; and Shalanda Mitchell, RPSGT

8:05am – 8:45am
Management of Complicated Sleep Apnea - When All Else Fails
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD

8:45am – 9:30am
An Unusual Parasomnia Case
Clete Kushida, MD, PhD, RPSGT

9:30am – 10:15am
Case Study Presentation on Arnold-Chiari Malformation
Carolyn Campo, RRT, RPSGT

10:15am – 10:30am
Morning Break

10:30am – 11:15am
Diagnostic Challenge: Limit-setting vs. Circadian Rhythm Disorders
Michael Neeb, PhD

11:15am – 12:00pm
Case Study of Predicting Study Outcomes; Bilevel to Servoventilation
Joanne Hebding, RPSGT

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm – 1:45pm
Profuse Nocturnal Diaphoresis Secondary to Mild OSA a Patient with a History of Two Malignancies
Robert Vorona, MD

1:45pm – 2:30pm
Unique Sleep Disordered Breathing
N.A. Barot, MD

2:30pm – 3:15pm
A Tale of Violence, Sex and Sleep
J. Catesby Ware, PhD

3:15pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Break

3:30pm – 4:15pm
A Challenging Head Banging Case
Michael Breus, PhD

4:15pm – 5:00pm
Treatment of Severe OSA Syndrome with a Chinstrap
Debbie Akers, RPSGT, RRT

Information about SLEEP 2012 postgraduate courses, Meet the Professor sessions and Lunch Debate sessions is available at www.sleepmeeting.org.