Programme structure

We offer a mixture of lectures and practical workshops, allowing you to receive a thorough grounding in the basics of polysomnography.

Below is the preliminary programme structure for the upcoming session:

Day one: 10.00am-4.30pm

  • Welcome
  • Introduction
  • Setting up full polysomnography – lecture and practical
  • Tour of sleep centre
  • Stages of sleep – lecture and practical
  • Individual scoring practice
  • Questions

Day two: 9.30am-4.30pm

  • Review of day one and questions
  • EEG arousals – lecture and practical
  • Respiratory events – lecture and practical
  • Limb movements – lecture and practical
  • Artefact recognition – lecture and practical
  • Individual scoring practice
  • Questions

Day three: 9.30am-4.30pm approx.

  • Review of day two and questions
  • Reporting PSG – lecture
  • Case studies – group exercise
  • The multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT) – lecture and practical
  • Individual scoring practice
  • Producing a training portfolio
  • Questions

Download the programme

You can download the above programme.

Please be aware that the contents may be subject to minor changes.

PSG scoring training (7.85 MB / DOC)

 

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