Professional Development

Applications

University

Assessment

Assessment for this module comprises three parts:

• A case-based presentation, where you must demonstrate your knowledge of patient history, diagnosis, and treatment strategies to present and defend a case selected from your own practice.
• An Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), taken under controlled conditions.
• A work-based portfolio, evidencing competence to practice in the area of sleep medicine.

Campus

Glenside

Content

The module syllabus typically includes the following topics:

• respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders, including their pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, risk factors that may need further investigation if suspected as an underlying cause, and the management and treatment options.
• clinical investigations and subjective assessments for respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders, including application and appropriate use, diagnostic criteria, quality assurance and risks.
• Interpretation of results, with reference to national and international guidelines for sleep investigations.

Course Director

Dr Lizzie Hill

E-mail

CPD Admin: pd@uwe.ac.uk

Funding enquiries: england.nshcs@nhs.net

Academic enquiries: lizzie.hill@uwe.ac.uk

Introduction

This 30 credit Level 7 module, Sleep Disorders, aims to provide grounding knowledge and understanding of a range of respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders to enable you to gain an in-depth theoretical knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiology associated with a range of sleep disorders, which is required for effective diagnosis and management within the clinical setting.

By undertaking this module alongside Introduction to Sleep Medicine (USSKJF-30-M), the programme will allow you to select and perform appropriate diagnostic tests, and to critically evaluate management and treatment options based on the outcomes.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• critically evaluate a range of sleep disorders from the common signs and symptoms.
• apply an integrative knowledge of the aetiology, mechanisms, characteristics and presentation of a range of respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders to the selection of basic (associated) diagnostic investigations.
• critically appraise the role of diagnostic investigations in respiratory and non-respiratory disorders, evaluate signals and characteristics, and interpret results using national and international guidelines.
• critically evaluate management and treatment options for a range of sleep disorders considering optimisation and effectiveness.
• effectively and appropriately communicate patient-centred plans for investigation and management of sleep disorders to patients, relatives/carers, and multidisciplinary healthcare colleagues.

Learning and Teaching

The level 7 (Master module) module will be delivered through a combination of online learning and teaching, and on-campus sessions. On-campus sessions will be taught over a series of block weeks and will include both theoretical and practical laboratory sessions.

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Telephone

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Title

30 credit level 7 module