Ioachimescu Octavian C, Wickwire Emerson M, Harrington John, Kristo David, Arnedt J Todd, Ramar Kannan, Won Christine, Billings Martha E, DelRosso Lourdes, Williams Scott, Paruthi Shalini, Morgenthaler Timothy I
J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Mar 15;10(3):331-4. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3544.
Sleep medicine remains an underrepresented medical specialty worldwide, with significant geographic disparities with regard to training, number of available sleep specialists, sleep laboratory or clinic infrastructures, and evidence-based clinical practices. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is committed to facilitating the education of sleep medicine professionals to ensure high-quality, evidence-based clinical care and improve access to sleep centers around the world, particularly in developing countries. In 2002, the AASM launched an annual 4-week training program called Mini-Fellowship for International Scholars, designed to support the establishment of sleep medicine in developing countries. The participating fellows were generally chosen from areas that lacked a clinical infrastructure in this specialty and provided with training in AASM Accredited sleep centers. This manuscript presents an overview of the program, summarizes the outcomes, successes, and lessons learned during the first 12 years, and describes a set of programmatic changes for the near-future, as assembled and proposed by the AASM Education Committee and recently approved by the AASM Board of Directors.
Ioachimescu OC; Wickwire EM; Harrington J; Kristo D; Arnedt JT; Ramar K; Won C; Billings ME; DelRosso L; Williams S; Paruthi S; Morgenthaler TI. A dozen years of American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) international mini-fellowship: program evaluation and future directions.
睡眠医学在全球范围内仍是一个代表性不足的医学专业，在培训、睡眠专科医生数量、睡眠实验室或诊所基础设施以及循证临床实践等方面存在显著的地域差异。美国睡眠医学学会（AASM）致力于促进睡眠医学专业人员的教育，以确保提供高质量的循证临床护理，并改善世界各地，特别是发展中国家获得睡眠中心服务的机会。2002年，AASM启动了一项名为“国际学者短期奖学金”的年度为期4周的培训项目，旨在支持发展中国家建立睡眠医学。参与的学员通常从该专业缺乏临床基础设施的地区选拔，并在AASM认可的睡眠中心接受培训。本文概述了该项目，总结了前12年的成果、成功经验和教训，并描述了AASM教育委员会汇总并提议、最近经AASM董事会批准的近期一系列项目变更。
Ioachimescu OC；Wickwire EM；Harrington J；Kristo D；Arnedt JT；Ramar K；Won C；Billings ME；DelRosso L；Williams S；Paruthi S；Morgenthaler TI。美国睡眠医学学会（AASM）国际短期奖学金十二年：项目评估与未来方向。
