Conferences

CONFERENCES

Conferences are held at the UCSF Fresno. All fellows are required to attend 80% of all conferences.

Sleep Medicine Lectures (Monday, 12:15pm)
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds (Tuesday, 8am)
Chest Clinical Conference (Thursday, 7:30am)
 

Sleep Medicine Lectures Topics

1. Orientation to sleep fellowship/overview of sleep disorders
2. Sleep history taking and examination
3. Overview of insomnia
4. Overview of obstructive sleep apnea
5. Diagnostic tools for sleep disorders
6. Normal Sleep
7. Pediatric sleep
8. Scoring Sleep Stages
9. Scoring Respiratory Events
10. RLS
11. Narcolepsy
12. Circadian rhythms
13. Scoring of movement and arousals
14. Overview of treatment for sleep apnea
15. Principles of recording bioelectric signals/PSG, Pt 1
16. Principles of recording bioelectric signals/troubleshooting
17. Basic neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness
18. Respiratory physiology/pathophysiology r/t sleep
19. Sleep deprivation and fatigue management
20. Research overview
21. Central sleep apnea
22. Insomnia
23. Sleep Dentistry
24. Narcolepsy and other disorders of excessive sleepiness
25. Surgical interventions for sleep apnea
26. Neonatal and Pediatric Sleep Disorders
27. Effect of Medication on Sleep
28. Circadian rhythm disorders
29. Neurological and movement d/o and sleep
30. Sleep disorders in neuromuscular disease
31. Restless legs syndrome
32. Chronobiology
33. GI physiology and pathophysiology r/t sleep
34. Parasomnias
35. Interaction between psychiatric disorders and sleep disorders
36. Sleep and Women’s Health
37. Endocrine physiology/pathology r/t sleep
38. Effect of Sleep Disorders on Cardiovascular Disease
39. Impact of sleep disorders on the bed partner, family and society
40. Research, QI presentations
41. Financing and regulation of sleep medicine