Patient Care
Goals: Fellow will learn to effectively care for patients with sleep related diseases using practice guidelines.
Medical knowledge
Goals: The fellow will learn the diagnosis and treatment of common sleep related disorders including the use of sleep diagnostic testing, MSLT, maintenance of wakefulness, PSG.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Goals: Communicate with patients, allied staff, and referring providers with empathy, professionalism, and by effective transfer of knowledge.
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Goals: The fellow will be involved in improving the quality of the care of sleep through QI projects, scholarly activities, and/or participation in clinical patient care.
Professionalism
Goals: The fellow will be professional in verbal communications and in timely reporting of neurophysiology studies.
Systems-Based Practice
Goals: The fellow recognizes that he/she is part of a treatment team and participates within the treatment group effectively. The treatment groups including neurology/neurocritical care, sleep technologists, pulmonologist, PT/OT, and social work.
Objectives and Evaluation Matrix
As with all of the individual rotations described in this section, the specific objectives of the continuity clinic are reflected in the entrustable professional activities and individual milestones. These form the basis for the fellow’s evaluation, which is completed by his or her clinic attending twice each year. (Please see the section End-of-Rotation Evaluations above for the list of milestone abbreviations).
