Sleep Medicine PgDip

**The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2024). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.** <br/><br/>**PGDip**<br/>As a student on the PGDip in Sleep Medicine, you will spend two years engaging in a comprehensive taught programme covering the physiology of sleep, through to clinical practice and societal implications. <br/><br/>Delivery of this course is mostly online, with a one-week residential component. You will engage in real time with classmates and teaching faculty. You may also wish to consider the related two-year MSc in Sleep Medicine.<br/><br/>**Structure and content** <br/>The PGDip is a part-time course, spread over two years. During that time you will complete eight modules, providing a comprehensive overview of sleep medicine that is in line with the European Sleep Research Societys teaching and training guidelines. These modules include:<br/><br/><br/>- The Physiological Basis of Sleep<br/><br/><br/>- Introduction to Sleep Medicine and Methodological Approaches<br/><br/><br/>- Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Sleep<br/><br/><br/>- Insomnias<br/><br/><br/>- Sleep Disordered Breathing and Sleep-related Movement Disorders<br/><br/><br/>- Hypersomnias and Parasomnias<br/><br/><br/>- Sleep in Specialist Populations<br/><br/><br/>- Sleep and Society.<br/><br/><br/>The course is designed to give as much flexibility as possible, whilst still providing necessary support and community. Lectures are pre-recorded and sent for you to watch in your own time, alongside any relevant reading, case studies and activities.<br/><br/>You will join discussion groups; these are run using conferencing software, allowing you to interact in real-time with classmates and teaching faculty and will typically last 90 minutes. For these sessions you will be expected to prepare short essays and/or presentations for discussion. You will also be expected to attend a week-long residential school in person at Oxford.<br/><br/>All core reading material will take the form of peer-reviewed publications, which you will have access to via the University online library, SOLO.<br/><br/>You will need a computer (Windows or iOS), webcam and microphone for this course. You will also need to ensure appropriate internet connection. The recommended bandwidth for the software is 1Mbps.<br/><br/>**MSc**<br/>As a student on the MSc in Sleep Medicine, you will spend two years engaging in a comprehensive taught programme covering the physiology of sleep, through to clinical practice and societal implications. <br/><br/>Delivery of this course is mostly online, with a one-week residential component. You will engage in real time with classmates and teaching faculty. This will culminate in the submission of a dissertation. You may also wish to consider the related two-year PGDip in Sleep Medicine.<br/><br/>The MSc is a part-time course, spread over two years. During that time you will complete eight modules, providing a comprehensive overview of sleep medicine that is in line with the European Sleep Research Societys teaching and training guidelines. These modules include:<br/><br/><br/>- The Physiological Basis of Sleep<br/><br/><br/>- Introduction to Sleep Medicine and Methodological Approaches<br/><br/><br/>- Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Sleep<br/><br/><br/>- Insomnias<br/><br/><br/>- Sleep Disordered Breathing and Sleep-related Movement Disorders<br/><br/><br/>- Hypersomnias and Parasomnias<br/><br/><br/>- Sleep in Specialist Populations<br/><br/><br/>- Sleep and Society.<br/><br/><br/>You will also have to complete two modules in research methods, which will support you as you work on your dissertation.