FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lydia Pelliccia lpelliccia@brpt.org 202.422.5205 The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists Names Steve Marquis President-Elect of the Board of Directors Jomo Martin Nkunika Begins Term As Treasurer Washington, D.C. – November 13, 2018 – The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) named Steve Marquis, MBA, RPSGT, CCSH President-Elect of the Board of […]
The BRPT’s newly redesigned website was presented with the Web Marketing Association (WMA) 2018 Web Award for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development. Since 1997, the WMA’s annual WebAward Competition has been setting the standard of excellence for website development. Independent expert judges from around the world review sites in 96 industries. The best are recognized with […]
Important Changes to CCSH Eligibility By Jim Magruder BRPT Executive Director At their June 30, 2018 board meeting, the BRPT Board of Directors reviewed the current eligibility criteria for the CCSH exam. After lengthy deliberations, the Board recognized the current eligibility criteria may be unfairly excluding a number of seasoned sleep health professionals with RPSGTs […]
In light of recent clarifications made by A-STEP, we have updated our A-STEP STAR Designated Self Study Program requirements accordingly: Effective June 1, 2018 AASM A-STEP users that completed the series of 23 Self-Study Modules prior to 6/1/2018 are now required to complete three additional A-STEP modules. Individuals whose original A-STEP modules have expired (36-months […]
By Jim Magruder BRPT Executive Director At a recent BRPT Board of Director’s meeting, the Board voted to accept Dental Hygienists as an approved healthcare credential for CCSH eligibility under Pathway 2 (effective immediately). We’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the dual role Dentists and Dental Hygienists play in treating patients with sleep […]
By Jessica Schmidt, MA, FACHE, RPSGT, CCSH BRPT President I was recently invited to participate in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Workshop entitled “Study Design Considerations for Devices including Digital Health Technologies for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Adults.” The goal of the workshop was to examine the appropriate design of clinical studies to evaluate […]
By Andrea Ramberg Evolution, by any stretch of the imagination, can be a hard concept to grasp. It involves acknowledging that what is happening at the moment might not be the best thing to bring into the future, but trusting that the unknown is going to lead you to where you should be. How we […]
Attention credential holders: The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is long-known for offering a wide range of excellent educational opportunities for its members. We value these programs and believe the sleep-related content is as an integral part of a sleep technologist’s professional development. The BRPT facilitates the approval of high quality continuing education opportunities to […]
New forms of the RPSGT and CPSGT exams will take effect May 1. All exam candidates sitting for either exam on or after May 1, are strongly encouraged to review the new exam blueprints, available (CPSGT, RPSGT). While the biggest change to both blueprints was a reorganization of the information, there were some content changes. […]
By Andrea Ramberg, AS, RPSGT, CCSH With more than 800 CCSH credential holders in the field working today, we thought it would be a good time to gather some of their thoughts and insights on how they’re using the credential. At the beginning of the year, we issued a survey and had a great […]
