Sleep Society Members... share your news with us!

If you are a member of the Washington State Sleep Society*, you are invited to share your lab and community outreach news here! Do you have:

• A new sleep education program you want to promote? 
• An established A.W.A.K.E. meeting you want new patients to know about? 
• A health fair in your community where sleep will be a represented topic? 
• News about your lab you want to share with the community?
• Information to share about a sleep health campaign you are participating in?
• Questions or requests about sleep health practices you'd like to share with other labs?

Simply send your information to the webmaster (Tamara) at info@wasleep.com. She will post it on the appropriate page and/or in the blog.

*If you attended the 2014 Washington State Sleep Society Sleep Conference, then you are a member. If you did not attend the conference but would like to become a member, please contact us at info@wasleep.com.

A few conference spots still open!

REGISTER NOW!

We have reviewed our registrations and still have a few seats left! Don't miss out on this affordable chance to earn 10 CEUs (AAST), interact with a great new lineup of speakers, pursue relevant topics, and enjoy the NEW IMPROVED VENUE and NEW VENDOR HALL in 2014!

REGISTER NOW! Simply click the Eventbrite link at the left.

Conference FAQs

Date: Friday October 17 to Saturday October 18, 2014

Time: 830am to 4pm both days

Fee: $165 until October 15. Fee includes membership, breakfast, lunch, coffee, two full days of educational programming and access to regional sleep health vendors, all which culminate in 10 AAST CECs and a certificate at the end of the conference.

We look forward to seeing you at this year's conference!

Questions?
E-mail: info@wasleep.com
Phone: President Dan McCormick: 253.370.1369
Surface Mail:  WSSS, PO Box 3124, Bremerton, WA  98310

BREAKING NEWS... CCSH credential results are in the mail!

If you are one of the first wave of applicants for the new Certificate of Clinical Sleep Health Credential (CCSH) offered by the BRPT, which held its first ever testing period last spring, you should expect to see the results of your exam in the mail very soon from Pearson Vue.

If you can't wait another minute to see if you passed, go to the Credential Verification link at the BRPT and use the SEARCH function (this will tell you whether you passed, but not your score).

BRPT Symposium comes to Portland in September

For Washington state RPSGTs interested in learning more about the new CSE/CCSH credentials, including new programming to prepare for credentialing exams, the BRPT annual symposium spotlights new developments in sleep health education this year in Portland, OR. The symposium is slated for September 5-7.

Multiple registration options are available to meet the needs of technologists with varied training backgrounds. For those looking for sleep health education training, Day One is set aside to cover this new area of focus. Day Two introduces a full day of programming entitled "Sleep Through the Ages." Day Three is "RPSGT Day," which addresses the major issues effecting the career paths of sleep technologists, including discussions about regulations and laws, new technologies and devices, and research advances.

Deadline for early-bird registration is August 1, 2014. For more information, go to the BRPT Symposium website.

BRPT News: The Sleep Activist newsletter launches

A new electronic newsletter has been launched by the BRPT to serve the interests of healthcare providers who work directly with sleep medicine patients, families and practitioners. According to a release from the BRPT, the purpose of The Sleep Activist is to "provide relevant and timely information to spark readers' interest, provide stories from the field and update readers on new developments regarding the advancement and recognition of clinical sleep health specialists." The newsletter, edited by sleep health activist and educator Robyn Woidtke, MSN, RN, RPSGT, will be produced triquarterly. You can access the inaugural edition of The Sleep Activist here.

Woidtke is actively seeking your stories "from the field;" if you have something to share, please send an email to info@brpt.org with the subject line "Stories From The Field."