Glasgow Sleep Centre

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Course Outline

The programme is largely delivered by distance learning (online) plus a two week residential course (optional). Notional hours per course is 150 except for course 9 which is 600 hours.

Course 1: The nature and functions of sleep

Aims:

  • To develop knowledge and understanding of the regulation and the functions of sleep and wakefulness
  • To develop knowledge and understanding of demographic, developmental and social factors associated with sleep and sleep disorders

Content:
Definition of sleep and wakefulness; neurophysiology of human sleep; neurobiology of sleep; regulation of sleep and wakefulness; functions of sleep; sleep and dreaming; aging and sleep: sleep in all stages of human development; sleep and gender; sleep and society; sleep disorders: introduction

Course 2: Description, aetiology and classification of sleep disorders

Aims:

  • To develop understanding and knowledge of diagnostic and classification systsems relating to disorders of sleep and wakefulness
  • To develop understanding of clinical formulation and treatment options in routine practice

Content:
Sleep/Wake disorders: classification; insomnia; parasomnias; circadian rhythm disorders; sleep relating breathing disorders (SRBD); periodic limb movement (PLM) and restless leg syndrome; hypersomnia and narcolepsy

Course 3: BSM assessment of sleep disorders

Aims:

  • To develop applied skills in assessment and diagnosis of sleep disorders using behavioural sleep medicine methods
  • To develop skills in integrating clinical information from a range of methods to define sleep problems and to devise treatment plans

Content:
Assessment and diagnosis of sleep disorders; methods for measuring and monitoring sleep wakefulness; practical workshop I – the clinical interview; practical workshop II – administering and scoring psychometric and functional tests; setting up actiwatches and downloading actigraphy data; making sense of actigraphy and sleep diary data; practical workshop III – putting all together to formulate a diagnosis

Course 4: Psychological treatments in BSM practice

Aims:

  • To develop understanding, knowledge and applied skills relevant to psychological practice in behavioural sleep medicine
  • To develop applied cognitive and behavioural skills for use in primary sleep disorders and in complex cases

Content:
Insomnia; cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia; practical workshop I – delivering behavioural components of CBT-I; dealing with issues decreasing adherence to treatment; practical workshop II – delivering cognitive components of CBT; dealing with issues related to cognitive components of CBT-I; practical workshop III – putting all CBT-I package together; maintaining good adherence to treatment; CBT-I and sleep medications

Course 5: Evidence based practice in BSM

Aims:

  • To develop knowledge and understanding of outcomes and correlates of sleep disorder
  • To develop knowledge and understanding of the evidence base for CBT and PCT insomnia

Content:
Sleep and human performance; pharmacotherapy; pharmacotherapy versus CBT-I for insomnia; personal strategies for managing sleep problems; sleep problems and social life; sleep and substance abuse disorders

Course 6: Specialist populations and BSM practice

Aims:

  • To develop knowledge and understanding of sleep problems and treatment applications associated with developmental stages
  • To develop knowledge and understanding of sleep characteristics and treatment applications associated with medical and psychiatric disorders

Content:
Sleep and emotion; sleep and psychopathology; sleep and psychiatric disorders; sleep disturbances and learning disability (mental retardation); sleep disturbances in brain injury; sleep disturbances in dementia; sleep and medical disorders; sleep-related problems in childhood; sleep-related problems in adolescence

Course 7: Sleep Laboratory Assessments

Aims:

  • To develop understanding, knowledge and applied skills in the neurophysiology of human sleep
  • To develop understanding of how sleep laboratory techniques contribute to the diagnosis of sleep disorders

Content:
Monitoring human sleep; staging human sleep; pathologies and sleep staging; summarising PSG recordings; sleep, cognition, and cognitive neuroscience; practical workshop I – setting up a PSG montage; practical workshop II – scoring PSG recordings

Course 8: Professional Practice of BSM

Aims:

  • To develop knowledge and skills in the training and supervision of others using BSM methods, and in clinical consultancy
  • To develop knowledge of public health, and of statutory and forensic aspects of sleep and sleepiness

Content:
Sleep and safety; forensic aspects of sleep; consultancy; workshop I – clinical assessment related to legal situations; psychological input to increase adherence to CPAP; workshop II – clinical assessment and treatment of sleep-related problems; workshop III – training BSM practitioners; supervising BSM practitioners; quality assurance of adherence to protocols by BSM practitioners

The MSc programme also requires the successful completion of a research portfolio.