Sleep Technology (PSG)

PSG-105. Polysomnography Patient Care I. (4 Credits)

This course is the first in a series for the Sleep Technology A.A.S. Degree Program. This course introduces the student to the sleep disorders center environment. The course provides instruction in patient care technologies, lab safety, and professional and ethical behavior. The course examines sleep architecture, sleep staging, and sleep physiology. Explores sleep disorders and provides an overview of sleep medicine. Provides laboratory practice in patient preparation for polysomnography testing, including electrode placement, biocalibration and running a study. Develops awareness of sleep as a public health issue. Discusses technologists' roles and responsibilities as sleep health advocates. (6 contact hours)

PSG-110. Cardiopulmonary Physiology. (3 Credits)

Provides the foundations for clinical practice in respiratory care or sleep technology. Describes the respiratory system with emphasis on ventilation and respiration during wakefulness, sleep, and in disease. Discusses basic cardiovascular anatomy and physiology in health and disease. Indications, hazards, and benefits of oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, and positive airway pressure for breathing-related sleep disorders will be presented. (3 contact hours)

PSG-112. Sleep Study Scoring. (2 Credits)

This course is designed to prepare sleep technology students to score sleep studies according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine rules, terminology, and technical specifications. Emphasis is on visual rules for staging sleep, scoring arousals, cardiac events, movements, and respiratory events for adult patients. (2 contact hours)

PSG-115. Polysomnography Patient Care II. (4 Credits)

This course is structured to provide didactic instruction in advanced aspects of sleep technology, including pediatrics, PAP titration, oxygen administration, staging and scoring routine and split night studies, MSLT and MWT studies. Discuss laboratory emergencies, sleep center management, patient education, sleep disorders prevalence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Sleep and medical disorders are investigated. This course also provides an in-depth view of sleep as a public health issue and the role of the sleep technologist in advocacy for and enhancement of the profession. This course provides the cognitive skills required for students to perform polysomnograpy in a clinical setting. (4 contact hours)

PSG-120. Sleep Technology Clinical I. (4 Credits)

Provides laboratory and sleep disorders center experience in sleep technology, correlating principles taught in PSG-115. Provides hands-on instruction in use of specialized instruments to measure and record physiological parameters during a sleep study. Experience includes online monitoring and analysis of polysomnogram recordings, and patient interaction. Examines recognition of and appropriate response to critical events that can occur in sleep. Fee is required. (20 contact hours)

PSG-125. Pediatric Sleep. (2 Credits)

This course is the study of pediatric sleep technology, including performance of pediatric sleep studies, staging and scoring of pediatric polysomnograms, and sleep disorders in the pediatric population. Normal sleep from the stages of newborn to young adult population is studied. Communication with patients and caregivers is emphasized. (2 contact hours)

PSG-135. Sleep Disorders. (3 Credits)

This course focuses on the etiology, cardinal manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of sleep disorders. The role of the sleep technologist in the interprofessional management of the sleep-disordered patient is stressed. Sleep deprivation and public health and safety are emphasized. Prevention and patient and public education are stressed. (3 contact hours)

PSG-210. Clinical Sleep Education. (3 Credits)

This course covers aspects of patient education including patient-centered teaching, motivation, cultural issues, effective communication, teaching through the lifespan, health literacy, support groups, and building a patient education team. Adherence to prescribed therapy as an outcome of effective teaching is emphasized. (3 contact hours)

PSG-220. Sleep Technology Clinical II. (2 Credits)

This course provides sleep center patient care experience with emphasis on positive airway pressure (PAP) and oral appliance titrations, daytime studies, multiple sleep latency and maintenance of wakefulness tests. Experience with out-of-center testing, patient, PAP coordination, patient outcomes, record scoring, and record-keeping is emphasized. (12 contact hours)

PSG-225. Sleep Center Management. (3 Credits)

This course introduces the principles of management in health care, particularly at sleep centers. Topics include change in healthcare organizations, planning and decision-making, human resource functions, ethics, budgeting, productivity, accreditation compliance, outcomes assessment, committees and teams, motivation, communication, leadership, and training and development. (3 contact hours)

PSG-230. Sleep Technology Clinical III. (2 Credits)

This course provides sleep center experience in all aspects of patient care. Emphasis is placed on advanced positive airway pressure and oral appliance titrations, effective patient education for enhanced adherence and outcomes, and working as part of the healthcare team. Students will be exposed to accreditation standards and compliance, budgeting, staffing, and general management and supervisory functions. Patient and professional advocacy will be stressed. (12 contact hours)