Preparing our Students for Residency

UH Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University sleep rotations are intended to prepare students for residency by encouraging independent and critical thinking skills.

We ask that non-CWRU visiting students DO NOT contact departments directly. If you have any questions, please email the visiting student coordinator, Erin Zawolowycz, at Erin.Zawolowycz@uhhospitals.org.

Electives Offered

PULM 4004A: Sleep Medicine (University Hospitals)

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

Comprehend the scope of patient encounters within the Sleep Medicine program and the biologic substrates for sleep disorders.
Exhibit skills needed to collect a patient history in the context of sleep and circadian biology and its associated disorders (insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and restless legs syndrome).
List features of a study (polysomnograph, MSLT, or actigraphy) by a sleep medicine specialist.

The specific learning objectives are outlined in the curriculum and are summarized by:

Developing proficiency in the assessment of a wide variety of sleep medicine illnesses. Students will acquire skills in history taking and knowledge to appropriately guide a referral for providing specialized care for such patients.
Understanding the basic physiology, pharmacology, and critical evaluation of the medical literature, which will provide a foundation for learning and application to patient care.
Gaining experience in how a sleep medicine program provides consultative management for disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm as they arise from inpatient and outpatient patient care.
Recognize the values in working with allied healthcare professionals (e.g. nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, PSG technologists, etc.) to accomplish overall goals in providing patient care.
Developing skills to interact with patients and their families, inform, advise, and counsel them concerning important medical or ethical decision in sleep (drowsy driving, career choices, insurability issues).
Exposure to procedures, vital to this subspecialty, including but not limited to polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing and actigraphy.
List administrative and management principles in sleep medicine as a specialty.

Pediatric Sleep Rotations

For pediatric residents interested in sleep rotations, please contact the pediatric sleep office at: 216-844-3267. Dr. Sally Ibrahim is the pediatric sleep rotation director. Pediatric specific goals and objective as well as rotation details will be shared with the rotator before the elective begins.