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In this module, you will gain an understanding of sleep medicine as a developing interdisciplinary specialty area, and learn how to adapt and further develop your generic clinical assessment skills.

 

This module will aim to enable students:

  • To gain an understanding of sleep medicine as a developing, interdisciplinary specialty area
  • To adapt and further develop your generic clinical assessment skills for working in the field of sleep medicine
  • To develop your knowledge of sleep diagnostic systems, criteria and how to apply them
  • To develop your knowledge and skills relating to subjective and objective sleep appraisal, including their selection, appropriate uses, scoring and interpretation
  • To understand measurement constructs such as validity, reliability, sensitivity and specificity as applied to the practical evaluation of patients with sleep disorders
  • To develop your knowledge and evaluative skills of emerging technologies in sleep medicine

 

This module usually takes place November-January (of Year 1 for MSC/PGDip students)

How to apply

You will be expected to use the same guidelines as for the PgDip in Sleep Medicine.  

Applications must be received at least six weeks before the start of each module