SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Sleep science masterclass: from mixed signals to mastery
Tracks
Track 3
| Friday, November 13, 2026 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Details
A comprehensive Polysomnography masterclass aimed to consolidate knowledge of sleep physiology and technology and refresh concepts required for ANZSSA’s Certification in Sleep Science examination. Facilitated by expert speakers, participants will learn what’s normal, what’s not, how to interpret it all, and when to act. Explore key phenomena seen in PSG, including Cheyne-Stokes respiration, phase disorders, catathrenia, PLMD, and selected cardiac rhythms. Diversify your clinical toolkit with practical insights into PSG setup and signal interpretation topics; Amplifier types, A/D conversion, practical explanation of filters, biocalibration, oximetry, 10-20 accuracy, and EOG features. Sharpen your sleep staging skills with a focus on sleep stage transitions, effects of hypnotics on EEG, transient phenomena, and nuanced application of scoring rules. Differentiate key differences in paediatric sleep: including AHI thresholds for childhood OSA, developmental milestones in sleep spindles, and how hypnograms evolve with age.
Speaker
Dr Brett Duce
Scientific Director
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Sleep monitoring instrumentation
10:30 AM - 10:50 AMBiography
Angela Freeman
Performing and interpreting polysomnography
10:50 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Dr Kerri Melehan
Senior Sleep Scientist
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Sleep disorders
11:10 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Kerri is a sleep scientist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and runs the sleep medicine Masters course at University of Sydney.
Angela Campbell
Paediatrics
11:30 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Laura Marriott
ANZSSA
Chair
Biography
Fraser Lowrie
Chair
Biography