Up to four sleep medicine clinics (1/2 day) per week, under the supervision of a board- certified sleep medicine physician.
In addition, subspecialty clinics will be arranged in the following areas at AHS clinics:
Electives off site:
Within the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services, consultations from respirologists will be directed to the Sleep Medicine fellow who, under the supervision of attending physicians at the FMC Sleep Centre, will direct further investigation and management.
The Sleep Medicine fellow will interpret all PSG’s generated by his/her own out-patient sleep clinics. Additional PSG interpretations (up to 200 studies) will be completed to achieve competence. A minimum of 25 MSLT’s will be interpreted.
The Sleep Medicine fellow will interpret all home sleep apnea tests generated by his/ her own sleep clinic. Additional HSAT interpretations will be completed to achieve competence.
Actigraphy
The Sleep Medicine fellow will interpret 20 actigraphs.
Polysomnography Set-up
The Sleep Medicine fellow will participate in the set up and monitoring of overnight PSG in order to acquire the necessary skills to perform the test and interpret the results. This includes but is not limited to:
Attendance is required at the following rounds:
The Sleep Medicine fellow is expected to contribute to teaching at all levels including medical students, internal medicine residents, and pulmonary fellows (academic half day and during rotation through the FMC Sleep Centre).
The Sleep Medicine fellow is expected to initiate and complete an academic project during the Sleep Medicine fellowship in an area of research, quality improvement or medical education. The project should be presented at local academic rounds and a national or international meeting and should be submitted for publication to a high impact academic journal.
The FMC Sleep Centre has an active research program with original research performed by Sleep Medicine physicians alone or in collaboration with other clinical researchers and/or basic scientists at the University of Calgary. The Sleep Medicine program directors will provide mentorship and direction to assist fellows to approach relevant pediatric or adult faculty members to discuss participation in research, QI or education projects.