Clinical Booster Course: Sleep
Welcome to this BOOSTER COURSE for SLEEP, designed to super-power your skills and confidence in applying approaches to support better sleep in your clinical practice.
We will deep dive in 8 chapters to increase your knowledge, deepen your understanding, and build your confidence in using evidence-based, structured assessment and intervention strategies for sleep in your everyday clinic.
For any queries or technical issues, please contact hazel@elevyohealth.com
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Welcome and introduction
Welcome and introduction to this Booster Course in Sleep. we will go over the course format, outline and objectives. Then, we followup by reviewing the field of Lifestyle Medicine and some key concepts to consider before we dive into the “sleep pillar”!
Welcome and introduction to this Booster Course in Sleep. we will go over the course format, outline and objectives. Then, we followup by reviewing the field of Lifestyle Medicine and some key concepts to consider before we dive into the “sleep pillar”!
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Sleep Science Fly-By
In this chapter we review some key concepts of sleep physiology. This can be very helpful when trying to understand what may lie behind what someone is describing in their symptoms or sleep habits.
In this chapter we review some key concepts of sleep physiology. This can be very helpful when trying to understand what may lie behind what someone is describing in their symptoms or sleep habits.
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Sleep in Health and Disease
Here, we explore the links between sleep and health and disease and review some of the high quality evidence demonstrating these. Sleep dysfunction can be the cause or consequence of other factors or conditions and can make a huge impact on both individuals and society.
Here, we explore the links between sleep and health and disease and review some of the high quality evidence demonstrating these. Sleep dysfunction can be the cause or consequence of other factors or conditions and can make a huge impact on both individuals and society.
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Common Sleep Issues
Here, we review common sleep disorders: insomnia; obstructive sleep apnoea; circadian misalignment disorders; restless leg syndrome; sleep deprivation. These are under-assessed, under-diagnosed yet have a huge impact on health and can lead to other disorders. Whilst they may lie outside the scope of practice of many healthcare providers, it is important to be aware of them and key features.
Here, we review common sleep disorders: insomnia; obstructive sleep apnoea; circadian misalignment disorders; restless leg syndrome; sleep deprivation. These are under-assessed, under-diagnosed yet have a huge impact on health and can lead to other disorders. Whilst they may lie outside the scope of practice of many healthcare providers, it is important to be aware of them and key features.
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Recovery
Sleep may be the keystone of recovery, but other forms of recovery are valuable and are reviewed here. We look at types of recovery, and how a personalised approach can help you support persons lacking recovery in their day to day lives.
Sleep may be the keystone of recovery, but other forms of recovery are valuable and are reviewed here. We look at types of recovery, and how a personalised approach can help you support persons lacking recovery in their day to day lives.
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Sleep Assessment Strategies
We review the different ways to assess for sleep and focus on sleep history and screening tools which are valuable to consider whether screening for sleep or doing a deeper analysis. Which, is driven patient preference and clinical indicators.
We review the different ways to assess for sleep and focus on sleep history and screening tools which are valuable to consider whether screening for sleep or doing a deeper analysis. Which, is driven patient preference and clinical indicators.
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Sleep Intervention Strategies
Here we review interventions to consider when supporting someone in getting better sleep. This is more than bedtime routine, and more than sleep hygiene (both of which we cover). It is also about looking after the other drivers for sleep quality and timing such as diet, movement, stress and even your microbiome.
Here we review interventions to consider when supporting someone in getting better sleep. This is more than bedtime routine, and more than sleep hygiene (both of which we cover). It is also about looking after the other drivers for sleep quality and timing such as diet, movement, stress and even your microbiome.
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Case Examples
We go through cases demonstrating how consideration, assessment and interventions for improving sleep are applied with three different patients.
We go through cases demonstrating how consideration, assessment and interventions for improving sleep are applied with three different patients.
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Takeaways and Steps to Complete Course
We close off the course with some key takeaways and give instructions on how to complete the course.
Please make sure you click on the course completion button below, complete the form. Once this is done, you will receive a reference list, resource list and certificate of completion.
Thank you and we hope you have enjoyed the course!
We close off the course with some key takeaways and give instructions on how to complete the course.
Please make sure you click on the course completion button below, complete the form. Once this is done, you will receive a reference list, resource list and certificate of completion.
Thank you and we hope you have enjoyed the course!
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