Sleep Medicine Elective
Title of Clerkship: Sleep Medicine Elective
Elective Year(s): Fourth Year
Department: Internal Medicine
Type of Elective: Clinical
Clerkship Sites:
University of Toledo – Comprehensive Medical Practice (Falzone Clinic)
2100 W. Central Avenue, Ste. 200
Toledo, Ohio 43606
Toledo Office Pediatric Pulmonary/Sleep & CF Clinic (Ebeid Children’s Hospital)
2121 Hughes Drive, Suite 640
Toledo, Ohio 43606
Hickman Cancer Center (Flower Hospital)
5200 Harroun Road
Sylvania, Ohio 43560
Course Number: MEDI728
Blocks Available: All except June, July, August and November
Number of Students/ Block: Up to 2
Faculty:
Andre Aguillon, M.D., Ajaz Sheikh, M.D., Youngsook Yoon-Krawczyk, M.D., Ragheb Assaly,
M.D., Elisabeth James, Ph.D., Kathryn Williams, M.D., Erika Manis, M.D., Geoffrey
Rulong, M.D., Hassan Dbouk, M.D.
Elective Description/ Requirements:
This 4-week elective will provide a general overview of sleep medicine. Students will
be exposed to many different sleep disorders and how they can affect a person’s general
health or be caused by other medical diseases or medications.
Length of Clerkship: 4 weeks
Educational Course Objectives: At the end of this elective, the student will be able to:
- Identify the major disorders encountered in sleep medicine, such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Central Sleep Apnea, Sleep Related Hypoventilation/Hypoxemia, Narcolepsy, Restless Legs Syndrome, and Insomnia. EPOs: MK-3, MK-4, MK-5, MK-11, MK-12
- Demonstrate how to take a sleep history and perform a sleep physical and when to order a polysomnography (sleep study). EPOs: MK-14, PC-1, PC-2, PC-3, PC-4
- Describe the basics of sleep and circadian rhythm, the use of sleep-altering medications, the effects of commonly prescribed medications on sleep-wake, and the effects of sleep disturbances on patients’ medical and psychiatric co-morbidities. EPOs: MK-2, MK-4, MK-5, MK-6
- Describe the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for patients with common sleep disorders based on current standards, guidelines, and evidence-based medicine. EPOs: MK-7, MK-13, MK-16, PC-8, PC-10, PC-11, PB-5
- Demonstrate how to interpret data from patients’ positive airway pressure (PAP) devices and how to explain the data to the patients. EPOs: MK-3, MK-5, MK-7, MK-14, MK-16, PC-7
- Describe the basic principles and methods of sleep study scoring and interpretation. EPOs: PC-7
Professionalism:
UT/COMLS students will meet or exceed the institutional standards for professionalism
as stated in the current Educational Program Objectives and the current Educational
Course Objectives for the Sponsoring Department.
Instructional Methods:
- Small group – clinical skills
- Interpretation of lab data
- Diagnostic tests – use/interpretation
- Lecture/media
- Independent study
- Outpatient rounds
- Sleep ISR (Inter-Scorer Reliability)
Evaluation Methods:
- Attendance
- Case presentation
- Case write-up
- Faculty/resident evaluation
- Narrative
Prerequisites: Successful completion of required Internal Medicine Clerkship
Clerkship Director: Christopher Lynn, M.D.
Clerkship Coordinator: Dawn Jagodzinski
Phone Number: 419-383-5022
Email: Dawn.jagodzinski@utoledo.edu
ECC Approved September 2022