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Polysomnography
Program Number: 80-515-1
- Advanced Technical Certificate
- Health-Related Professions Program Cluster
- Center for Health and Safety Education
- Program offered at the following campuses:
- Truax, Madison
- For information call: (608) 246-6065 or (608) 246-6698
About the Program
This advanced technical certificate is designed to prepare health care professionals to work in Polysomnography (sleep) laboratories. This Advanced Technical Certificate program is accredited by the Board of Registered Polysomnography which allows all graduates registry eligibility. Polysomnography is the study of sleep patterns and abnormalities. Students study electro-encephalography (EEG), the study of the electrical activity of the brain; electroculography (EOG), the study of the electrical activity of the eye; and electromyography (EMG), the study of the electrical activity of muscles. This certificate also includes electrocardiology (ECG), the study of the electrical activity of the heart as well as the effects of sleep on the respiratory system.
Students learn to: perform diagnostic procedures to help identify sleep-related disorders, operate state-of-the-art medical equipment for both diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related disorders, compile and analyze (score) information from an overnight sleep study, educate patients and their families about sleep disorders and treatments, identify normal and abnormal patterns of sleep/wake states and explore the neurological and cardiopulmonary systems.
Admissions Requirements for All Applications Submitted for the Current Academic Year
Must be a graduate of one of the following accredited programs: Respiratory Care, Registered Nurse, Practical Nurse, Paramedic, or Electroneurodiagnostic Technician or have a minimum of an Associate of Applied Science degree. Must have current two-person, infant through adult CPR certification and a current Physical examination prior to classes beginning.
Career Potential
- Sleep Researcher
- Polysomnography (Sleep) Technician
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