SPGRPSGT Scoring LabD3A · D3B · D3C sleep staging and event review
Skills Lab · Sleep staging and event scoring

Score the evidence, context, and signal pathway

Apply AASM Scoring Manual Version 3 reasoning across original PSG teaching schematics: stage five 30-second epochs, compare consecutive epochs, place candidate respiratory reductions across display boundaries, complete a scored 12-epoch mini-study with full-montage context stops, prove respiratory-event classifications on the tracing, work through arousal/movement/artifact/boundary decisions, then complete the seven-station review and ten-question D3 checkpoint.

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Authority and evidence boundary: AASM Scoring Manual Version 3 is the governing rule source for scoring decisions in this lab. Current AASM FAQ material may clarify an edge case but does not replace the manual. Clinical atlas of polysomnography and Atlas of polysomnography are used to check whether our original teaching signals look physiologically believable; they do not override current AASM rules. The staging epochs, respiratory traces, scoring-context traces, consecutive-epoch runs, mini-study sequence, and event-boundary strips are original Sleep Pathways Guild schematic teaching signals, not patient recordings or copied source figures. Checkpoint questions and rationales come from the validated learner-practice bank. Review prompts do not reproduce or replace proprietary AASM scoring-manual text, figures, or tables.
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Interactive staging skill

Stage five 30-second schematic epochs

First answer counts

Classify W, N1, N2, N3, and R from the complete displayed channel set using the adult Version 3 staging framework. The teaching sequence progresses in a fixed order: Wake → N1 → N2 → N3 → R. Each epoch is shown without its stage label until you answer. Score 80% or higher to satisfy the staging-skill requirement.

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Phase 3 · Consecutive-epoch skill

Stage short runs without losing neighboring context

4 runs · 12 epoch decisions

Each run keeps three full 30-second schematic epochs together. On a desktop computer, the three neighboring epoch cards appear side by side; smaller screens stack them for readability. Swipe or drag left/right inside any tracing to move through the epoch; all three neighboring traces stay synchronized so you are comparing the same time position. Stage one epoch at a time while the neighboring traces remain available for context. Apply Version 3 criteria to the current epoch; a neighboring stage is context, not a substitute for the evidence in the epoch being scored. First answers count, and 80% or higher records a Phase 3 practice pass. The sequence order is pedagogic and does not imply that every patient must progress through stages in a fixed pattern.

Phase 3 validation boundary: This consecutive-epoch practice is saved separately while the interaction is being validated. It does not add a new Scoring Lab completion requirement.
Phase 3 · PSG-style annotation across epoch boundaries

Drag a bar from physiologic onset through recovery

4 cases · 8 annotations

Each case shows one continuous 90-second respiratory strip divided visually into three 30-second epochs. Choose the nasal-pressure or thermistor row and drag across every distinct candidate airflow reduction you identify. This skill tests onset, continuity, recovery, and placement—not whether each generic reduction independently satisfies all Version 3 apnea or hypopnea criteria. If there are two reductions, place two bars; if there are three, place three. A vertical epoch divider organizes the display; it does not turn one continuous physiologic reduction into two. Seven of the eight first-pass annotations are required for an 80% Phase 3 practice pass.

Phase 3 validation boundary: Boundary annotation is saved separately while the interaction is being validated. Actual respiratory-event classification belongs to the Version 3 rule-based respiratory exercises and requires the relevant airflow, duration, effort, desaturation/arousal, and subtype evidence. This placement skill does not add a new Scoring Lab completion requirement.
Phase 3 · Scored mini-study

Score a sequence, then stop when the full montage changes the question

12 epochs · 3 context stops · 15 decisions

Work through 12 consecutive 30-second schematic PSG epochs while the previous and next epochs remain visible. After selected epochs, three full-montage context stops interrupt the stage sequence so you must apply Version 3 reasoning to an N2 arousal, a longer periodic-limb-movement series, and an adult obstructive apnea that remains continuous across a 30-second epoch boundary. First answers count; corrections are required before progression; 12 of 15 first-pass decisions is exactly 80%.

Phase 3 completion boundary: The scored mini-study has its own durable pass and attempt history, but it remains separate from the locked Scoring Lab completion gate. Existing completion behavior is unchanged.
Interactive event-evidence skill

Classify the respiratory event, then prove the score on the tracing

5 cases · 10 evidence targets

For each original 2-minute 30-second teaching trace, apply the adult AASM Version 3 respiratory framework and commit the event classification first. Then click two waveform findings that support the intended score. The cases require the appropriate relationship among the recommended airflow signal, duration, respiratory effort, oxygen or arousal consequence, and event subtype. A wrong evidence click stays on the same target and keeps the hint visible. “Show me” highlights the target but does not auto-complete it.

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Interactive scoring-context skill

Decide what counts — and what does not

8 cases · 16 supporting clues

Work through dedicated Version 3-based arousal, limb-movement, artifact-versus-physiology, and transition/boundary cases. Commit the scoring decision first, then identify both findings that support that decision. Longer movement and boundary cases preserve enough surrounding time to judge association rather than reading an isolated burst. Atlas references support visual realism only; the scoring decision comes from current AASM rules.

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Suggested study materials: Troester, M. M., Quan, S. F., Berry, R. B., et al., for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (2023). The AASM manual for the scoring of sleep and associated events: Rules, terminology and technical specifications (Version 3). American Academy of Sleep Medicine.   Gupta, R., Pandi-Perumal, S. R., & BaHammam, A. S. (2018). Clinical atlas of polysomnography. Apple Academic Press.   Geyer, J. D., Carney, P. R., & Payne, T. A. (2010). Atlas of polysomnography (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Seven-station guided review

Move from recognition to complete scoring context

AASM Version 3-first

Work through one station at a time. The app records each station when you finish its walk-through and continue, so there is no separate checklist to manage. Completed stations stay available for review. Rule-sensitive decisions should be checked against AASM Scoring Manual Version 3, and age- or protocol-specific distinctions should be used only when supported by the validated study material and applicable current official guidance.

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Completion rule: For new completions, score 80% or higher on the five-epoch staging skill, score 80% or higher across the five respiratory-event classifications and locate all ten waveform-evidence targets, score 80% or higher across the eight scoring-context decisions and confirm all sixteen supporting clues, complete all seven review stations, and score 80% or higher on the ten-question checkpoint. Existing completed Scoring Lab records remain completed. Failed attempts never erase a previously earned completion. Phase 3 consecutive-epoch practice is currently tracked separately. Phase 3 event-boundary practice is also tracked separately. Neither is yet required for completion. The scored mini-study is likewise tracked separately and is not an additional completion requirement.
Sleep Pathways Guild · AASM Version 3-first educational review, not a substitute for current scoring standards or supervised clinical competency