Committee Member
Service as a committee member is a one-year appointment with potential for reappointment for up to two additional terms. Service requires participation on monthly conference calls and collaborative involvement on projects that meet the committee mandate. 2024/2025 Meeting time is the third Friday of the month at 12 pm ET.
Mandate: The Sleep Technologist and Respiratory Therapist Education Committee contributes to the development of educational content that is critical for sleep technologists and respiratory therapists working in AASM-accredited sleep facilities.
Preliminary Goals for 2025/2026:
- Serve as consultants to the AAST for the development of sleep technologist and respiratory therapist educational content for their annual meeting.
- Serve as subject matter experts in the development of educational resources for sleep technologists, respiratory therapists and other technical staff, focusing on the intersection of clinical sleep medicine and sleep technology, sleep center leadership, and practice management.
- Review relevant technologist ASTEP modules (e.g., Introduction to Sleep Medicine for Technologists, Advanced Forms of PAP Therapy, Advanced Clinical Sleep Health for Technologists) as needed to ensure content remains current.
- Develop content for the AASM website to help recruit new sleep technologists to join the field.
- Develop a webinar for the 2025-2026 webinar series.
Please review the AASM_COI_Policy__Updated_January_2025_.pdf.
Committee, task force and panel members are required to disclose any relevant conflicts when appointed in order to determine the appropriate management of conflicts. Any new conflicts that arise during a member’s term must also be disclosed at that time.