Friday, August 12, 2011

ASET Is Once Again An Asset

I was reminded again about what I like so much about this volunteer role of BRPT President: it allows me to meet colleagues and other professionals within the field of sleep medicine, always resulting in engaged, rich discussions about our profession. The recent ASET conference in Atlanta was no different. With more than 540 attendees, speakers and vendors, the annual conference had its highest turnout since 2002!

Fellow Board member and President-elect Cindy Altman, RPSGT, R. EEG/EP T. and I were both honored to give presentations on The Value of Proven Credentials in Today’s Healthcare Market and Scoring the Polysomnogram, respectively. In addition, the Trends in Polysomnography program included presentations on portable PSGs, parasomnias, licensure issues and process for a total of 5.75 CECs. The program director, Steve Semich, RPSGT, R. EP T., CNIM, did an exceptional job.

Other terrific courses included Trends in Neurodiagnostics, EEG Key Topics, Advance Intraoperative Monitoring, Epilepsy Monitoring, Nerve Conduction Studies Key Topics, and Evoked Potentials.

The BRPT booth was teeming with activity. Cindy and I had the pleasure of speaking with scores of RPSGTs, many of whom are in the process of recertifying and were interested in CECs, deadlines, and BRPT’s free online portal used by so many to track continuing education. Congratulations, once again, to Clive Patterson, RPSGT who was the lucky winner of the Amazon Kindle at our booth.

Save the date -- the ASET 2012 annual conference will be in St. Paul, MN August 2-4 and if it’s anything like this year’s, you won’t want to miss it.

Janice East, RPSGT, R. EEG T.
BRPT President