@article{7e239bc5f2db441dabe4866abec93eee,
title = "Competency-based sleep medicine fellowships: Addressing workforce needs and enhancing educational quality",
abstract = "The path for physicians to become credentialed sleep medicine specialists has changed in many ways in the last few decades. Currently, sleep medicine is recognized as an independent subspecialty with appropriately rigorous and comprehensive training required to become a board-certified sleep medicine physician. However, added time for requisite fellowship training, coupled with an aging sleep medicine physician workforce, have had the unintended consequence of decreasing the number of sleep medicine physicians at a time when the demands for sleep medicine care continue to rise. Thus, new training pathways that provide flexibility to trainees, while ensuring high-quality, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary sleep medicine training are needed to maintain a workforce that can meet the sleep health needs of the present and future. Here, we describe two pilot programs that apply principles of competency-based medical education to sleep medicine fellowship training. These novel models are likely to attract additional well-qualified physicians to the field who might otherwise not pursue a career in sleep medicine.",
keywords = "ACGME, AIRE, Competency, Education, Sleep",
author = "Plante, {David T.} and Epstein, {Lawrence J.} and Fields, {Barry G.} and Shelgikar, {Anita V.} and Rosen, {Ilene M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Dr. Plante has received grant support from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, American Sleep Medicine Foundation, University of Illinois at Chicago Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Madison Education Partnership; Dr. Plante has also served as a consultant/medical advisory board for Jazz Pharmaceuticals and a consultant to Teva Australia. Dr. Epstein has served as a consultant to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, AIM Specialty Health, eviCore Healthcare and Somnoware. Dr. Rosen has received grant support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute as well as unrestricted educational grant funds from Jazz Pharmaceuticals. She has served as the sleep medicine representative to the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine from 2011–2017. Dr. Shelgikar serves on the ACGME Sleep Medicine Milestones 2.0 Working Group from 2019–2020. Dr. Fields has no conflicts of interest to declare. Funding Information: Dr. Plante has received grant support from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, American Sleep Medicine Foundation, University of Illinois at Chicago Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Madison Education Partnership; Dr. Plante has also served as a consultant/medical advisory board for Jazz Pharmaceuticals and a consultant to Teva Australia. Dr. Epstein has served as a consultant to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, AIM Specialty Health, eviCore Healthcare and Somnoware. Dr. Rosen has received grant support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute as well as unrestricted educational grant funds from Jazz Pharmaceuticals. She has served as the sleep medicine representative to the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine from 2011-2017. Dr. Shelgikar serves on the ACGME Sleep Medicine Milestones 2.0 Working Group from 2019-2020. Dr. Fields has no conflicts of interest to declare. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 American Academy of Sleep Medicine. All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "15",
doi = "10.5664/JCSM.8138",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "137--141",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine",
issn = "1550-9389",
publisher = "American Academy of Sleep Medicine",
number = "1",
}