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Great question, i'm interested in finding out about this as well. Anyone know?
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You should all learn how to use Google. It took me about 2 minutes to come up with the answer to your question. Here's the link to the American Board of Sleep Medicine:
http://www.absm.org/
Interestingly enough, it seems that the ABSM is stepping back and leaving future board certification to the constituent boards (which do not include anesthesiology).
So in answer to your question, no, the only specialties that can receive board cert in sleep medicine are Family Practice, IM, Peds, Psych, Neuro, and ENT.
http://www.absm.org/
Interestingly enough, it seems that the ABSM is stepping back and leaving future board certification to the constituent boards (which do not include anesthesiology).
So in answer to your question, no, the only specialties that can receive board cert in sleep medicine are Family Practice, IM, Peds, Psych, Neuro, and ENT.
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aside from the fact that we watch people sleep, i don't see how our skills are particularly suited to studying sleep physiology... we paralyze and anesthetize.
for that matter i don't see the connection with ENT either, aside from the "you've got a fat neck and big tonsils, i bet you snore, let's do a $leep $tudy". "yeah we hooked you up to an EEG and watched you snore and get apneic, that'll be $2500 kthxbye"
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Do you actually think that an Internist, pediatrician or a family prctitioner would know anything about sleep physiology and sleep apnea unless they read a couple of books about the subject?
Yeah, we (or I, speaking for myself) already knew this. . .hence our question. . .posed here. . .and the answer doesn't necessarily have to involve board certification.
thanks.
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Yes, this post indicated an in depth knowledge of the subject. I apologize for the superfluous information.
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Do you actually think that an Internist, pediatrician or a family prctitioner would know anything about sleep physiology and sleep apnea unless they read a couple of books about the subject?
in short, no, but that doesn't invalidate my original point 😉
i don't think we can't practice sleep medicine, but i was amused by the statement about our "special skills"... i.e. we put people to sleep. if that is all it takes, i know a couple of lecturers who qualify.
If you dont have anything else of relevance to the topic to contribute, no need to make further posts in this thread.
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Actually at my facility it's a little over 4 grand $$$. I throw up in my mouth a little everytime I run a study and hit charge on a 20-something girl who weighs 1/3 as much as I do and is only there because she "can't sleep". I've been in sleep for a little over three months but it's already painfully obvious that it's a total cash cow. Running an additional $4,000 CPAP titration on a person with a respiratory disturbance index of 5 in NREM and 7 in REM also makes me a little sick. Oh, 5/hour just happens to be the magic number of events that qualifies one for CPAP in the eyes of most payors. I just want to scream to these people to lose a little weight, stay off their back and keep their money in their pocket. But, alas, I am in debt and must be employed.
Jjohnnym65, RRT (RPSGT board-eligible in Nov. '07)
