title: Catalogue of knowledge and skills for sleep medicine.
abstract: Sleep medicine is evolving globally into a medical subspeciality in its own right, and in parallel, behavioural sleep medicine and sleep technology are expanding rapidly. Educational programmes are being implemented at different levels in many European countries. However, these programmes would benefit from a common, interdisciplinary curriculum. This 'catalogue of knowledge and skills' for sleep medicine is proposed, therefore, as a template for developing more standardized curricula across Europe. The Board and The Sleep Medicine Committee of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) have compiled the catalogue based on textbooks, standard of practice publications, systematic reviews and professional experience, validated subsequently by an online survey completed by 110 delegates specialized in sleep medicine from different European countries. The catalogue comprises 10 chapters covering physiology, pathology, diagnostic and treatment procedures to societal and organizational aspects of sleep medicine. Required levels of knowledge and skills are defined, as is a proposed workload of 60 points according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). The catalogue is intended to be a basis for sleep medicine education, for sleep medicine courses and for sleep medicine examinations, serving not only physicians with a medical speciality degree, but also PhD and MSc health professionals such as clinical psychologists and scientists, technologists and nurses, all of whom may be involved professionally in sleep medicine. In the future, the catalogue will be revised in accordance with advances in the field of sleep medicine.
authors.affiliation: Sleep Center, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
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authors.lastname: Penzel
authors.forename: Dirk
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authors.lastname: Pevernagie
authors.forename: Zoran
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authors.lastname: Dogas
authors.forename: Ludger
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authors.lastname: Grote
authors.forename: Simone
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authors.lastname: de Lacy
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodenbeck
authors.forename: Claudio
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authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: Søren
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authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cirignotta
authors.forename: Marie-Pia
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: d'Ortho
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garcia-Borreguero
authors.forename: Patrick
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authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Lino
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authors.lastname: Nobili
authors.forename: Teresa
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authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Philippe
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authors.lastname: Peigneux
authors.forename: Thomas
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authors.lastname: Pollmächer
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riemann
authors.forename: Debra J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Skene
authors.forename: Marco
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authors.lastname: Zucconi
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mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012890:Sleep; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016526:Workload
keywords: curriculum; educational programme; medical education; sleep medicine; training