this article may be weighted too heavily toward only one aspect of its subject . please help by introducing more general information to this article . feel free to discuss the issue on the talk page . september 2013 american board of sleep medicine type non profit organization industry health care headquarters darien illinois united states area served primarily the united states but it serves the sleep medicine specialty worldwide key people nathaniel f. watson md president website http absm.org the american board of sleep medicine absm says in its website the absm is an independent nonprofit organization whose certifications are recognized throughout the world as a credential signifying a high level of competence for sleep medicine physicians phds behavioral sleep medicine specialists and sleep technologists . it shares office space and at least some staff with the american academy of sleep medicine aasm at 2510 n. forntage rd. darien illinois 60561 . the two organizations are closely related and serve basically the same constituency . 1 the absm has offered four distinct examinations sleep medicine specialty certification examination behavioral sleep medicine certification examination sleep technologist registry examination sleep scoring proficiency examination the first two exams were offered mainly to physicians mds and dos . however non physicians have taken and passed the exams . these have been mainly phds and ddss . therefore the absm has put a disclaimer in its website cautioning everyone who has passed the exams to only practice medicine within the legal limits allowed . those passing the sleep medicine specialty exam received the designation diplomate of the absm . as of 2006 3 445 persons had been awarded this designation . as of 2007 the absm stopped administering this exam . now member boards of the american board of medical specialties offer specialty exams . the absm still offers the behavioral sleep medicine certification exam . 2 the third and fourth exams on the list are geared toward sleep technologists . the sleep scoring proficiency examination is intended for those interested in the taking the sleep technologist registry examination . the latter exam was implemented in august 2011 . the credential awarded to the individual passing this exam is the registered sleep technologist rst credential . the first persons awarded the rst were registered polysomnographic technologists rpsgts who met the criteria the absm set forth to bypass taking the exam . the first rst credentials were awarded in august 2011 . by september 11 2011 975 rst credentials were awarded . ten days later 1 549 individuals held this credential . 3 the absm and the aasm have both been involved in promoting and explaining the rationale for the rst credential . within the sleep community there has been much discussion and some disagreement about the launching of the rst credential when the rpsgt and the rrt sds and crt sds credentials already exist . the board of registered polysomnographic technologists brpt and the american association of sleep technologists aast offer discussion of this in their websites . a forum in the binary sleep website has much discussion concerning the rst versus the rpsgt credential . the july august 2011 issue of sleep review magazine has an editorial and an article where the rst credential is discussed . 4 references edit absm website http absm.org about.aspx ; american academy of sleep medicine website http www.aasmnet.org . absm website ; american board of medical specialties website http www.abms.org . absm website . brpt website http www.brpt.org ; aast website http www.aastweb.org ; binary sleep website http www.binarysleep.com ; franklin a. holman all aboard gaining support for aasm objectives sleep review july august 2011 p. 7 ; russell rosenberg what s it worth survey shows the rpsgt credential is highly esteemed sleep review july august 2011 pp. 22 4 . additional references edit absm sets date for behavioral sleep medicine exam october 21 2009 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 17263 absm sets date for behavioral sleep medicine exam . you passed april 1 2010 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 16234 you passed . sorting out dental sleep medicine august 8 2012 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 16418 sorting out dental sleep medicine . the absm sleep technologist certification examination absm view july 7 2011 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 16326 the absm sleep technologist certification examination absm view . number of rpsgts applying for new rst certificate climbs to 1 250 october 12 2011 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 17854 number of rpsgts applying for new rst certificate climbs to 1250 . aasm details 2009 plan of action february 4 2009 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 17071 aasm details 2009 plan of action . brpt takes issue with absm s 25 rst equivalency october 4 2011 in advance for respiratory care & sleep medicine online at http respiratory care sleep medicine.advanceweb.com news daily news watch brpt absm rst equivalency.aspx . kristen ziegler a new path to polysomnography may 16 2011 in advance for respiratory care & sleep medicine online at http respiratory care sleep medicine.advanceweb.com archives article archives a new path to polysomnography.aspx . trailblazer issues new lcd policy august 8 2008 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com all news 16961 trailblazer issues new lcd policy . competitors or collaborators july 7 2008 in sleep review online at http www.sleepreviewmag.com business 16085 competitors or collaborators . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american board of sleep medicine & oldid 705676989 categories sleep medicinemedical associations based in the united stateshidden categories articles needing more viewpoints from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 february 2016 at 22 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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