Our education curriculum is built on a quarterly rotation model, allowing fellows training opportunities with faculty members from different clinical backgrounds, all of whom are committed to trainee education. Our didactics include journal clubs, case conferences, and polysomnography reviews. These sessions occur in a collegial environment with active participation from our multidisciplinary faculty members.

Clinics:

• Our primary clinical site is the Portland VA, with OHSU serving as a secondary site
• Fellows participate in 5-6 half days of clinic each week, divided between our two sites. One of these half days each week is dedicated to pediatric sleep at OHSU
• Ample time is available to participate in electives including clinics in ENT, dental sleep, maxillofacial, pediatric psychology, as well as observing sleep related procedures and surgeries including DISE and Inspire

Procedures

• Fellows will participate in polysomnography interpretation reviews with the guidance of attendings, twice a week. These will include reviews of MSLT, MWT, actigraphy, and home sleep testing
• OHSU and the Portland VA each have an 8 bed sleep lab, totaling 16 studies done each night. OHSU conducts between 1-4 pediatric PSGs each night.

• Fellows have graduated responsibility in reading PSGs ranging from 1 per week at the start of the year, to 10-15 per week as they become more seasoned.

Inpatient Consults

• Inpatient consults are done at both the Portland VA and OHSU in a variety of environments including MICU, NICU, PICU, general wards, and the epilepsy monitoring unit

Conferences

• Conferences are held twice weekly, once at each clinical site
• Fellows may opt to participate in many specialty grand rounds offered at OHSU

Call

• There is no in-house call
• Back up call for the sleep lab will occur intermittently on a M-F only basis (no weekends or holidays) with attending backup

Scholarly Activities

• Fellows will be encouraged to participate in scholarly activity with faculty mentorship as multiple faculty members are involved in research, quality improvement projects, etc.

Wellness

• We place a strong priority on trainee wellness

• OHSU offers a comprehensive trainee and faculty wellness program including free and confidential trainee specific counseling and coaching.