Comprehensive Sleep Medicine in Dallas, TX now offers an Accredited Sleep Technologist Education Program (A-STEP) for individuals interested in receiving formalized education and training in sleep technology-regardless of experience level.
An educational initiative of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), A-STEP provides participants with standardized education and training that develops a knowledge-base about sleep medicine and strengthens the professional skills required of a sleep technologist. As a staff member at a sleep facility, a sleep technologist administers sleep tests to patients as well as therapeutic services. The sleep technologist also assists the sleep physician with patient care and education.
A-STEP is offered by sleep centers that have met standardized requirements set forth by the AASM; the program accreditation is for an 80-hour AASM A-STEP Introductory Course and lasts two years. As an A-STEP Provider, > has earned this accreditation and now offers its own Introductory Course, a survey of the theoretical and medical foundations of sleep technology. A-STEP's second component consists of a series of online Self-Study Modules on the AASM Web site which participants can complete during on-the-job training provided by their employer.
This is an outstanding career for many and wonderful part-time position for graduate and undergraduate college students wanting to earn money, but having some time at work to study. Additionally Registered Technologists generally earn in excess of $22/hour and can still study a work for several hours while monitoring their patients. Entry level is usually in the $10-$12 range, but the A-step can accelerate you timing to registration by 9 months, down to 9 months.
Individuals interested in receiving formalized education and training in sleep technology by enrolling in Comprehensive Sleep Medicine's A-STEP can contact Mary Titus by telephone at 214-390-5655 or cell 214-701-5447
Comprehensive Sleep Medicine is a 9 bed sleep center accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Mary M. Titus
Comprehensive Sleep Medicine
214-390-5655 office phone