About this event
- Date and time Tue 6 Feb 2024 from 8:45am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Sleep Medicine
This exciting one-day sleep medicine course will cover the main sleep disorders, including insomnia, restless legs syndrome, and sleep-disordered breathing.
Join us to understand how these sleep disorders are present, what investigations may be required, and how to treat them. The course will also provide a general introduction to sleep, including how it changes during the lifespan.
This course is aimed at students, trainees and all professionals. It will provide a broad overview and insight into the growing field of sleep medicine.
During this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the structure and physiology of normal sleep and the evolution of sleep across the lifespan
- Be aware of the range of sleep disorders and how they present
- Understand the diagnostic tools and studies that are used in sleep medicine
- Be aware of the range of current treatments used in sleep medicine
A certificate with 6 CPD credits will be issued to those joining the event in person as well as those who watch the recording afterwards. Certificates will be issued 7 days after the event to those who attend in person and after 60 days for those who watch the recording.
Sleep Medicine Section: Student Essay Prize
Prizes:
- First prize: £300, and invited to deliver a presentation on the topic of their essay at a Sleep Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine
- Second prize: £200
- Third prize: £100
Submission deadline: Sunday 3 December 2023
Open to: Pre-clinical, clinical medical and dental undergraduate students
Title of the essay this year: Modern management of obstructive sleep apnoea
The aim of this prize is to promote discussion and understanding of sleep medicine and its relevance to current medical practice. The three highest-scoring essays will be shortlisted for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively. The entrant awarded the 1st prize will be invited to deliver a presentation on the topic of their essay at a Sleep Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine.
- Essays should be no longer than 1000 words. The word count does not include the reference list
- References should be formatted in Harvard style. There is no limit for the number of references used
- There should be no more than 1 figure and 1 table
- The name of the author should not be included in the essay
- The essay should be entirely your own original work, and should not have been previously published
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The Sleep Medicine Section would like to thank their Annual Sponsor Idorsia for their valued support of the 2023 to 2024 Academic Programme. We would also like to thank our sponsors Inspire Medical Systems and Radiometer for their support of this meeting.
Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Jane Hicks, President, Sleep Medicine Section Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant, Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Session 1
Chair: Dr Jane Hicks
Introduction to sleep physiology and sleep across the lifespan
Dr Hugh Selsick, Consultant Psychiatrist and Sleep Physician, Insomnia Clinic, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
Insomnia
Dr Dipesh Mistry, Consultant Psychiatrist and Sleep Physician, Insomnia Clinic, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussuion
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Dr Jane Hicks
Central hypersomnolence: sleepy stories
Dr Kirstie Anderson, Consultant Neurologist and Sleep Medicine Specialist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Parasomnias: things that go bump in the night
Dr Luci Richards, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
Panel discussion
Lunch
Idorsia sponsored symposium - Daridorexant for patients with chronic insomnia: phase 3 study data
Manisha Oberoi, Medical Lead, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Session 3
Restless legs syndrome: a night at the movies
Dr Kirstie Anderson, Consultant Neurologist and Sleep Medicine Specialist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
An introduction to circadian rhythm sleep wake disorders
Dr Jane Hicks
An introduction to respiratory sleep disorders
Dr Siriam Iyer, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Sleep Medicine Specialist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Dr Siriam Iyer
Sleep Medicine Section: Student Essay Prize, Presentation by prize winner
Hyobin Shim
Sleep investigations
Dr Hugh Selsick
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Monday 5 February 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.