Scholarship applicants must be enrolled in or accepted by a CAAHEP-accredited program in PSG, a CoARC-accredited program with a PSG add-on, or an accredited END program with a PSG add-on. The scholarship application, a full description of eligibility requirements, and other program details are available at www.brpt.org. Application deadline is no later than close of business November 30. The winner will be announced in February 2015.
The scholarship is named for Andrea Patterson, RPSGT, R. EEG T., who managed the Hennepin County Sleep Program in Minneapolis for almost 30 years and who published extensively about sleep medicine topics in scientific journals. Patterson led early efforts to develop standardized competency-based board exams for sleep technologists. Those efforts were the precursor of today's RPSGT credentialing program.
“The Scholarship program is a highlight each year as I very much enjoy learning more about the next generation of sleep technologists and what led them into the field. The applicant pool is comprised of motivated professionals on a very clear career path,” said BRPT President Theresa Krupski, RPSGT, RRT.
