Pevernagie Dirk, Stanley Neil, Berg Sören, Krieger Jean, Amici Roberto, Bassetti Claudio, Billiard Michel, Cirignotta Fabio, Garcia-Borreguero Diego, Tobler Irene, Fischer Jürgen
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.
J Sleep Res. 2009 Mar;18(1):136-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00721.x.
In recent years, sleep medicine has evolved into a full-grown discipline, featuring a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment of patients with sleep disorders. Sleep medicine cuts across the boundaries of different conventional disciplines and is therefore open to medical and non-medical professionals with different specialty backgrounds. The aim of the current paper is to introduce a qualification for those professionals whose main occupation is to practice sleep medicine in the setting of a sleep medicine centre. The drafting of guidelines dealing with requirements for such qualification was entrusted to a task force by the European Sleep Research Society. The guidelines are the result of a progressive consensus procedure in which standards were defined for education, training, and evaluation. The final step along this pathway is a theoretical and practical examination, providing proof of proficiency in the field of sleep medicine. This paper describes the object of specific competences, the scope of sleep medicine, and the qualification procedures that pertain to three professional categories: medical specialists, non-medical professionals with a university master degree (such as psychologists and biologists), and nurses and technologists. Indices of preceding practical experience and theoretical knowledge are presented in Appendices 1 and 2. These guidelines are a European standard. They may be adapted in the future according to new scientific insights. National certification programs that comply with these guidelines may be subject to homologation by the ESRS.
近年来，睡眠医学已发展成为一门成熟的学科，其特点是采用多学科方法诊断和治疗睡眠障碍患者。睡眠医学跨越了不同传统学科的界限，因此对具有不同专业背景的医学和非医学专业人员开放。本文的目的是为那些主要在睡眠医学中心从事睡眠医学工作的专业人员引入一项资质认证。欧洲睡眠研究协会委托一个特别工作组起草关于此类资质要求的指南。这些指南是一个逐步达成共识的过程的结果，在此过程中为教育、培训和评估确定了标准。这条道路的最后一步是理论和实践考试，以证明在睡眠医学领域的专业能力。本文描述了特定能力的目标、睡眠医学的范围以及适用于三类专业人员的资质认证程序：医学专家、拥有大学硕士学位的非医学专业人员（如心理学家和生物学家）以及护士和技术人员。先前实践经验和理论知识的指标列于附录1和附录2中。这些指南是欧洲标准。未来可能会根据新的科学见解进行调整。符合这些指南的国家认证计划可能会得到欧洲睡眠研究协会的认可。
