Sleep Medicine Fellowship - Conferences + Lectures

Ongoing education + conferences for sleep medicine fellows

As part of our commitment to continuous learning, the Sleep Medicine Division at Tufts Medical Center participates in several high-quality conferences throughout the year. In addition to the core sleep medicine conferences, fellows can attend a variety of clinical and research events across Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center. These include weekly Medical Grand Rounds and the Tupper Research Institute Seminar Series, where our team actively contributes. Fellows also have the opportunity to attend the Harvard Medical School Sleep Grand Rounds, held monthly in the Longwood Medical Area.

Clinical case conference

Monthly

The Fellow presents interesting and problematic cases from the outpatient clinic to attendings who discuss the cases in a problem-solving format. A clinically relevant topic summary is presented by the fellow under supervision of the attending. This conference also provides a forum for the fellow and attendings to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas thus helping in the management of complicated cases. The fellow learns to critically review the literature pertaining to a topic.

Joint conferences

Twice Monthly

Conferences with area hospitals including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Yale Health.

Sleep research meeting

Monthly

This conference is dedicated largely to review ongoing sleep related research in the division and provides an introduction early in the academic year to various research endeavors which will help the fellow make an informed decision about their choice of a research project. As the academic year progresses, it becomes a forum for the fellow to present data from his/her project.

Journal club

Monthly

The goals of this meeting are to critically evaluate important journal articles pertaining to Sleep Medicine, and to keep abreast of recent advances in the field. Fellows are encouraged to regularly review society journals like SLEEP, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, CHEST, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine among others.

Didactic lecture series

Weekly

Throughout the year, a faculty member presents a topic from a list of core lectures that covers the full span of sleep medicine. Areas like basic neuroanatomy, physiology of sleep, pharmacology of sleep, in addition to a long list of sleep disorders in accordance with the latest edition of International Classification of Sleep Diosrders (ICSD-3) are covered in detail. This serves as a great way to prepare the fellow to sit for the Sleep boards served by the American Academy of Internal Medicine at the end of their training.

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