COURSE CONTENT

“A-Step” Course Content

• History of Profession
  

• Review of Job Descriptions and Job Perspectives
  
• Outline the Sleep Technologist’s role
  
• Basic knowledge of Sleep
  
• Basic Neuro-Anatomy and physiology of Sleep
  
• Basic knowledge of instruments and electronics
  
• EEG measurement 10/20 System
  
• Sleep stages and events identifications
  
• Patient history and vital signs
  
• Basic knowledge of Sleep Disorders
  
• Emergency strategies
  
• Medications effects on Sleep
  
• Ethical and legal issues
  
• Midterm Exam

Advanced Overnight Practical/Clinical Sessions:

• An intensive but individualized schedule of overnight practice
  

• Perform actual electrodes set-ups and monitoring patients for all sleep study tests and others daytime tests under direct supervision of certified technicians
  
• Assisting in monitoring of actual patients during the night sleep study in a certified lab
  
• Midterm Exam

Basic Anatomy and Physiology

• Scoring and Tests Practice Course:
  

• Training in recognizing of sleep stages during the overnight tests
  
• Recognition of normal versus abnormal records parameters
  
• Recognition of EEG , breathing and heart events
  
• Overall scoring of sleep studies records
  
• Review of the records, documentations and preparation of sleep summary.
  
• Midterm Exam
  
• Final Exam

Opportunity to take a 14 on-line self – study modules as a preparation for the Board Exam