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June 2021
Home Mechanical Ventilation UK Meeting 2021
The HMV UK Meeting provides a multi-disciplinary network for established clinicians and healthcare professionals that are either caring for patients dependent on home mechanical ventilation, or that have an interest in continual care using highly advanced specialist technologies. The meeting offers an invaluable opportunity to learn more about the latest advances in the management of children and adults with chronic respiratory failure. The HMV UK Meeting is also renowned for providing respiratory professionals and experts from around the country…
Find out more »The genetics of sleep: Episode 10
The tenth webinar in The genetics of… series. In this webinar, we will explore sleep as a phenotype, the genetic influences that govern normal circadian rhythm and the molecular mechanisms in disordered sleep patterns. On average we spend 26 years of our lives asleep, but it is not without its complexities. Sleep disorders can cause significant knock-on effects on executive functioning, mental health and memory. During this webinar you will: Understand the normal sleep pattern, including the different phases and stages that underlie…
Find out more »July 2021
Making Sleep: New Insights for a New Public Health?
The UK Government are “planning to issue guidance on how much sleep people should be getting every night” (BBC News, 2019). According to a Department of Health & Social Care (2019) Green paper, the Government will review the evidence on sleep and health with the view to informing the case for guidance on hours of sleep. This resonates with calls from the UK Royal Society for Public Health, for a ‘slumber number’ to be published which makes it easier for…
Find out more »August 2021
EDINBURGH SLEEP MEDICINE COURSE 2021
NEW DATES CONFIRMED: Monday 23rd August to Friday 27th August 2021 EDINBURGH SLEEP MEDICINE COURSE 2021 Venue: Hilton Edinburgh Carlton North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1SD This annual course aims to provide up-to-date information on the theory and practice of sleep medicine. The course is aimed at all professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. It is open to applicants from all countries. Competence in understanding spoken English is required. PROPOSED GUEST…
Find out more »CBT-I (Basic) Course 2021
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Insomnia (CBT-I) Basic Course 28th – 29th August 2021 VENUE FACULTY Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Jason Ellis PhD North Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1SD PROGRAM OVERVIEW The aim of this course is to provide the relevant information to identify, assess, and diagnose cases of insomnia, and with peer supervision, manage cases using the principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). It is open…
Find out more »September 2021
2nd Baltic Sleep Meeting
2nd Baltic Sleep Meeting will take place on 3–4th September 2021, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Meeting is intended for sleep specialists, neurologists, child neurologists, pediatricians, pulmonologists, otorhinolaryngologists, psychiatrists, family doctors, psychologists-psychotherapists and nurses. More information and registration: https://reg.eventas.lt/BSM2021
Find out more »15th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)
The international 15th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy) will be held virtually on September 23-26, 2021. CONy is an annual exclusive forum which focuses on controversial issues in neurology. The core of the CONy Congresses is debates which enable participants to focus on unresolved issues with leading world experts. The Congresses aim to provide the most recent data armoring the clinician with reliable, up-to-date scientific information, helping in everyday patient care. For more information about…
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