Basic Diagnostic sleep study Course — Building Competence and Confidence
Description
Academy of Sleep Wake Science in Collaboration with BMC Presents: Basic Diagnostic Sleep Study Course
Gain practical skills and a deeper understanding of polysomnography patient preparation and PSG hook-up — not merely as a set of technical steps, but as a clinically meaningful process that directly influences data quality, scoring accuracy, and diagnostic interpretation.
Why Basic PSG Patient Hook-Up Matters
Proper patient hook-up is the foundation of an accurate diagnostic sleep study. Correct sensor placement, low impedance, careful patient preparation, and attention to signal quality are essential for reliable sleep staging, respiratory event scoring, limb movement detection, and overall diagnostic confidence.
Errors such as inconsistent lead placement, poor impedance, loose sensors, or inadequate preparation can distort physiological signals, compromise interpretation, and affect clinical decision-making.
This collaborative course by ASWS and BMC is designed to build both hands-on technical competence and conceptual understanding. Participants will learn not only how to perform PSG patient hook-up, but also why each step matters and how proper technique improves the reliability of sleep study data and patient care.
Build competence. Improve confidence. Strengthen the foundation of diagnostic sleep medicine.
What Will I Learn?
- Correct electrode placement and anatomical rationale
- Ensuring optimal signal acquisition through impedance hygiene
- Recognizing common artifacts and how hook-up contributes to them
Topics for this course
Technical Duties of sleep technologist during level 1 sleep study
Technical Duties of sleep technologist during level 1 sleep study4:58
Duties before patient arrives- Trolley preparation
Level 1 diagnostic device
Sensors list for level 1 & 3 sleep study
Level 1 diagnostic device sensors
Limb EMG electrode placement
EKG electrode placement
Leg emg and ekg input into head box ed
Effort belts placement
effort belt and spo2 inputs ed
Snore sensor placement
Level 1 diagnostic device placement
Head Box attachment
Shift to head sensors
International 10-20 electrode placement system
EEG electrode placement part 1
EEG electrode inputs into head box
EOG recommended electrode placement
EOG acceptable derivation
Ground and reference electrode placements
Chin EMG electrode placement
chin emg and grounding inputs
Airflow sensor placement
Summary of hook up for level 1 sleep study
How to start a new study?
How to give bio calibration commands?
Filter values for different PSG channels
Filter settings
How to give lights off command?
Disconnection of device during sleep study
How to gives lights on command, do bio calibration and stop the study?
How to open a saved study and score it?
nice videos classes
A succinct and well balanced course
Good way to explain all setup and impressed by presentation on a Dummy patient.
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simple and easy to understand
Very detail explanation
Well organized and easy to follow
Amazing sessions !!!!
Detailed explanation
A knowledge that every one must have
Great
Helpfull
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Awesome presentation
Highly informative and clearly explains the practical steps involved in preparing, recording, and reviewing sleep studies (Level 1 and Level 3)
Material Includes
- >2 hours on-demand videos – Practical demonstrations + explanation of key decision points
- Step-by-step lead placement modules – With rationale, not rote steps
- 1 year access – Practice at your pace, revisit technique nuances
- Certificate of completion – Recognition of competence in technique and understanding
Enrolment validity: 400 days
Target Audience
- New and experienced sleep technologists seeking to refine patient interface and signal quality
- Clinicians and neurodiagnostic professionals who want technical + conceptual confidence
- PSG analysts wanting to understand how hook-up affects data and interpretation
- Allied health professionals stepping into sleep labs or diagnostic roles