SLEEP MEDICINE

Components of Training

Procedural Skills
Essential Procedural Skills
Full polysomnography (including audiovisual recordings), MSLT, MWT, overnight oximetry and transcutaneous CO2 monitoring, CPAP and nasal ventilation.

Desirable (Optional) Procedural Skills
It is recommended that some experience be gained in one or more of the following procedures: actigraphy; EEG; respiratory function testing; oesophageal pH monitoring; light therapy; penile tumescence monitoring; and endoscopic nasopharyngoscopy.

Complementary (Elective) Training
The SAC in Thoracic and Sleep Medicine may approve a maximum of one year of complementary (non-core) training which may be spent in related clinical medicine, sleep research or in laboratory work. Clinical complementary training will generally be restricted to related disciplines such as thoracic medicine, neurology, cardiology and endocrinology. Any departure from this would require exceptional circumstances for consideration. Approval for complementary training must normally be given by the SAC before commencement. The requirements for core training as outlined under "Career Training", must be satisfied. Retrospective approval of complementary training will not normally not be accepted, apart from trainees seeking dual specialty recognition (see General Principles). Training in research will be strongly encouraged.

Projects or Case Reports
Trainees are expected to:

• Present (or to be principal author of) at least one paper to a meeting of a national or international society, eg, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) or RACP; or
  
• Prepare an article accepted for publication by a peer reviewed journal. In general, single case reports will not satisfy this criterion.

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Other Specific Requirements

1. Trainees are expected to attend and take part in at least one annual scientific meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association (or other relevant national or international society) during the three years of training.
   
2. A sufficient number of procedures must be performed to allow the trainee to develop competence in these procedures. Competence will be assessed on the basis of written assessment by supervisors, and by interview to assess the trainee's experience and competence. A logbook of procedures will be required to support the assessment of experience.

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