Explore the June/July 2024 Edition
Understand how Rebecca M.C. Spencer, PhD, has contributed to the scientific understanding of children’s need for naps, learn about the trend of multimodal AI in sleep medicine, read about the emergence of remote monitoring for insomnia, get a research Q&A into atypical sleep, and more.
The BRPT CSTE will expire on 6/26/25. Take the quiz before then to earn CSTE.
CSTE Exam Preparation Articles
For thorough test preparation, please review these essential articles. They cover key topics and concepts that will be evaluated.
The Neuroscience of Naps*
Learning Objectives: Explain the nap myth debunked by Rebecca Spencer’s research in 2013; use an analogy to describe the potential links between hippocampal development and napping in young children; list practical ways Spencer and Tracy Riggins get children to cooperate during sleep studies.
From CPAP to Custom Care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Learning Objectives: Describe how endotyping could personalize OSA therapies; explain the stepwise therapy trial conducted at Flinders University; list strategies to combat common oral appliance challenges.
Multimodal AI Puts Sleep in Context
Learning Objectives: Define multimodal artificial intelligence; describe how Sleep Cycle used multimodal AI to predict the spread of disease; explain how multimodal AI could promote sleep health equity.
Remote Monitoring for Insomnia Is Coming*
Learning Objectives: Describe ways to collect data from insomnia patients; list options and reasoning for how often to consider gathering data from insomnia patients; explain the difference between RTM and RPM codes.
New Clues to Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Failure*
Learning Objectives: Describe the clinical implications of the findings of the study “Effect of atypical-sleep EEG patterns on weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation;” describe challenges the investigators faced in running a full PSG on patients in the ICU; define the role of the recticular activating system.
Terms for CSTE Qualification
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) designates this educational activity–Sleep Review’s April, May, & June/July 2024 Digital Edition series—for a maximum of 1.5 Continuing Sleep Technology Education (CSTE) credits. Individuals should claim only those credits that he/she actually earned in the educational activity. June/July 2024 Edition is worth 0.5 credits on its own; certificates will be issued every other week on Fridays to allow time for completion of the entire series, if desired.
To be awarded Continuing Sleep Technology Education (CSTE) credit, BRPT-credential holders must read the digital edition of Sleep Review and score 80% or higher on the post-test. The participant may re-take the post-test up to 3 times. If unable to achieve a passing score, credit cannot be issued.
Questions/comments: Email [email protected]
* Conflict of Interest: Articles are written by employees of Sleep Review, which accepts sleep marketer advertising
