Paediatric sleep

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

1. Consider critically the value of normal sleep across childhood and contrast this with the damage caused by common respiratory and non-respiratory sleep problems
2. Propose an investigation and management strategy for a paediatric sleep problem

The course runs online over 2 consecutive weeks, and you are expected to conduct approximately 7 to 10 hours of self-directed study per week, depending on your pace of learning. This consists of weekly directed tasks that you can undertake at your own pace and timing such as watching recorded lectures, assigned reading articles or reflection and forum work but also may consist of group work online.

There are also two (one per week) synchronous (live) online sessions delivered by Teams or Zoom, usually towards the end of the week of maximum 90 minutes duration to discuss ideas, present group, and individual work and to facilitate further learning.

Evidence of sufficient participation will be required to obtain a course certificate.

The course consists of synchronous sessions on a video-conferencing platform (UK time):

• Friday, 14 March 2025: 9.00 - 10.00am
• Friday, 21 March 2025: 9.00 - 10.30am

A full timetable and access to course materials will be made available to registered participants prior to the start of the course.

This course will benefit paediatricians, GPs, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals involved in Child Health.

As the course is a multi-professional programme, students will develop an understanding of how their own individual behaviours, and those of the teams within which they work, can have a significant influence on the quality of care delivered.