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2019 Examination in Sleep Medicine

The ESRS Board is pleased to announce the

8th Examination of Certification in Sleep Medicine

and

6th Examination of Certification in Sleep Medicine for Sleep Technologists

which will be held in Marseille, France alongside the

Sleep and Breathing 2019

April 11 – April 13

The online-application will start in September 2018.

The requirements for the 2019 examination will be published right in time..

The 2018 examination will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2018.

We'll meet in a great location:

The premium lounge right in the football stadium FC Basel 1893, St. Jakob-Park, St. Jakobs-Strasse 395, 4052 Basel.

Exact time is to be announced!

Have a look to the 360^ovideo here!

Additional readings for the ESRS Examination in Sleep Medicine for Somnologists

Please note that these additional readings are not necessary for the technologist examination!!!!!

The examination committee agreed to recommend the articles below as additional readings reading for the pediatric part of the examination. The five articles are the minimum reading. The five papers are linked to the examination questions of this part.

1. L Marcus, Carole & Brooks, Lee & A Draper, Kari & Gozal, David & Halbower, Ann & Jones, Jacqueline & S Schechter, Michael & Howard Sheldon, Stephen & Spruyt, Karen & Ward, Sally & Lehmann, Christoph & Shiffman, Richard. (2012). Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Pediatrics. doi 130. 576-84. 10.1542/peds.2012-1672.

2. D.L. Picchietti et al./Sleep Medicine 14 (2013) 1253–1259, Pediatric restless legs syndrome diagnostic criteria: an update by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group, doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2013.08.778

3. Irwin Feinberg, Ian G. Campbell/Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 304: R296–R303, 2013, Longitudinal sleep EEG trajectories indicate complex patterns of adolescent brain maturation, doi 10.1152/ajpgi.00422.2012

4. Conway, Anne & Miller, Alison & Modrek, Anahid. (2016). Testing Reciprocal Links Between Trouble Getting to Sleep and Internalizing Behavior Problems, and Bedtime Resistance and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Toddlers. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. doi 48. 10.1007/s10578-016-0692-x.

5. Bruni, Oliviero & Sette, Stefania & Angriman, Marco & Baumgartner, Emma & Selvaggini, Lara & Belli, Cristina & Ferri, Raffaele. (2018). Clinically Oriented Subtyping of Chronic Insomnia of Childhood. The Journal of Pediatrics. doi 196. 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.036.

Sleep Disorders in Children ,Nevšímalová, Soňa, Bruni, Oliviero (Eds.), Springer 2017, link to the book

For all those, who want to get a broader overwiew of the common sleep disorders in infancy, early childhood and adolescence:

May 09, 2018