What you will learn

We focus on the understanding and evaluation of polysomnographic recordings, and the course will take a hands-on approach to using polysomnography.

Aims and objectives

The course will primarily focus on adult sleep patterns, though some paediatric sleep studies will be considered.

The course will be largely practical, with the aim of equipping health practitioners to carry out polysomnographic tests within their current line of work.

Over the duration of course we aim to:

  • facilitate the understanding of polysomnography
  • cover the basic practical skills required including wiring up, troubleshooting and report interpretation
  • develop and improve these core practical skills.

Experienced staff will be on-hand throughout the course, allowing maximum time for questions and one-to-one time during individual scoring practice.

Delegate numbers are strictly limited to a ratio of 3:1, allowing for tailoring of the programme to the individual needs of the attendees.

Course content

The course will include lectures, hands-on workshops and group exercises. Topics covered:

  • Setting up full polysomnography
  • Limb movements
  • EEG arousals
  • Respiratory events
  • Stages of sleep
  • Artefact recognition
  • Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT)
  • Maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT)

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