Competency information

Details

Produce a factual report from the investigations performed (MSLT and/or PSG, video telemetry and/or ambulatory EEG recording) pertinent to the investigation required

Considerations

  • Correct annotation of recordings and other patient documentation and the importance of accuracy, legibility and completeness
  • Normal and abnormal features in EEG, awake and asleep
  • Manipulation of data
  • Drug therapies commonly seen in patients with sleep disorders or conditions requiring long-term monitoring
  • Sleep scoring and staging methodologies used for MSLT and PSG, eg Rechtschaffen and Kales
  • Identification of the degree of urgency of clinical report

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 3 Outcome Factually report on the results from MSLT and/or PSG
# 4 Outcome Factually report on the results from video telemetry and/or ambulatory EEG recordings