Essentials of Sleep Medicine for the Busy Doctor
A one day course covering the essential sleep disorders seen in everyday paediatric practice using case based examples. The course aims to be a practical ‘go to’ resource to general paediatricians and trainees.
Who is the course for
Course aims and learning outcomes
This course aims to give you a basic understanding and confidence to manage common sleep disorders with an ability to recognise rarer sleep disorders requiring specialist review.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Course duration
One day.
Course date and location
Course fee
£150
Breakfast, lunch and refreshments are included. Parking is not included, however there are good public transport links, local car parks and a park and ride service.
Cancellation policy
You will be liable for 50% of the course cost if cancellation is made six or more weeks prior to the commencement of the course, and 100% of the cost if cancellation is made less than six weeks prior to the course commencement.
Course leader
Other faculty members
A one day course covering the essential sleep disorders seen in everyday paediatric practice using case based examples. The course aims to be a practical ‘go to’ resource to general paediatricians and trainees.
Who is the course for
- Paediatricians
- Paediatric Trainees
- GPs
- Child Psychiatrists
Course aims and learning outcomes
This course aims to give you a basic understanding and confidence to manage common sleep disorders with an ability to recognise rarer sleep disorders requiring specialist review.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Understand the basics of sleep physiology
- Make a clinical diagnosis of, and learn how to manage:
- Behavioural insomnia
- Non REM parasomnias (and differentiate from nocturnal epilepsy)
- Make a clinical diagnosis of, and understand treatment approaches to:
- Sleep disordered breathing
- Circadian rhythm disorders
- Rhythmic movement disorder
- Narcolepsy
- Understand the role of medication in sleep management
Course duration
One day.
Course date and location
- Friday 18th June 2021
Course fee
£150
Breakfast, lunch and refreshments are included. Parking is not included, however there are good public transport links, local car parks and a park and ride service.
Cancellation policy
You will be liable for 50% of the course cost if cancellation is made six or more weeks prior to the commencement of the course, and 100% of the cost if cancellation is made less than six weeks prior to the course commencement.
Course leader
- Dr Cathy Hill, consultant paediatrician in sleep medicine, European somnologist and associate professor of Child Health.
Other faculty members
- Dr Hazel Evans, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant and Regional NIV Lead
- Dr Andrea Whitney, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist with Special Interest in Epilepsy
- Dr Rachel Langley, Clinical Psychologist
- Dr Sarah Matthews, Clinical Psychologist
- Joanne McCubbin, Sleep Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Aneken Marshall, Sleep Specialist Nurse
- Jenni Bumstead, Senior Specialist Paediatric Sleep Practitioner
- Karen Curtain, Specialist Paediatric Sleep Practitioner
- Karen Farrance, Specialist Paediatric Sleep Practitioner
PIER Contact |
|
