Since you’ve clicked your way to this blog, I hope you noticed our new website! I’m very excited to launch the new www.brpt.org. Our primary goal was to make the new site well organized and intuitive, offering RPSGTs, CPSGTs and other colleagues in the field valuable information in a fresh and user-friendly format. Hopefully you’ll navigate around the site, easily find what you’re looking for and, in the meantime, discover additional useful resources to help you as you prepare to sit for the RPSGT or CPSGT exam, work toward recertification, or simply to try to keep current with what’s happening in the RPSGT/CPSGT community. The website will continue to be – as so many things are – a work in progress and on October 1, we’ll launch a comprehensive online portal to facilitate the recertification process for RPSGTs and CEC tracking for CPSGTs.
And now for the blog… My intention is to use this blog to respond to questions from candidates and techs providing answers that they and others will find useful; address issues within the field, and share innovative ideas that come to my attention in my professional life and as I interact with credential holders. I spend a great deal of time traveling around the country, attending conferences, giving presentations, and meeting with my peers. I often have a hard time containing my enthusiasm for what I’ve learned and the important feedback I’ve received. Just this past weekend I had a note from a tech in another state who is serving as a leader in a volunteer membership organization related to sleep and EEG. Her term there will be up soon and she is eager to become involved with the work of BRPT. She has been active with legislative activity in her state and she’s offering her time and expertise in any way we might be able to use her. It’s energized techs like this who make BRPT so rewarding and fun to be a part of. Once engaged, a lot of techs realize BRPT is made up of real people, just like them, and a lot of preconceived ideas about exams and testing soon come to an end. Having such a diverse group of techs to interact with and work with throughout the year is not only stimulating but it also offers the opportunity to learn something new every day. This is what I value most in my BRPT role.
I’ll attempt to channel my enthusiasm through this blog and hope you’ll read along, offering comments and insights along the way.
Stay tuned – I’m just getting started!
Janice East, RPSGT, R. EEG T.
BRPT President
