A free information and orientation session for those interested in becoming a polysomnographic technologist, or sleep technician, will be held at Linn-Benton Community College from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the Calapooia Center building, room CC-212, 6500 Pacific Blvd. S.W., Albany.

Polysomnographic technologists assist sleep physicians to help patients with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.Technologists ready the patient for testing, track the patient’s sleep patterns, and write and interpret the results for the physician.

This one-year certificate program prepares students for employment and to take the national certification examination by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists.

Information session and program requirements are available online at www.linnbenton.edu/go/forms under Special Admission Bulletins, and click on Polysomnography.

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