Training activity information
Details
Prepare patients and perform an MSLT following the previous night’s PSG
Type
Developmental training activity (DTA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee.
Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.
An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.
Considerations
- Patient centred care and support
- Local, national and international guidelines
- Evidence based practice
- Documentation
- Patient identity and safety
- Patient history and subjective assessment of daytime sleepiness
- Methods of sleep assessment
- Equipment and environmental conditions
- Electrode and sensor placement according to criteria
- Patient and carer experience
- Communication skills
- Scope of practice
- Range of control setting and continuous review
- Recording parameters
- Patient positioning and compliance
- Artefact management
- Study protocol according to test progression
- Risk assessment and management
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 5 |
Outcome
Prepare, and plan for the following sleep investigations polysomnography (PSG) and multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT). |
| # 6 |
Outcome
Perform PSG and MSLT with guidance from a sleep physiologist. |