SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Sleep science masterclass: from mixed signals to mastery

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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 AM

Biography

Angela Freeman

Performing and interpreting polysomnography

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Biography

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Dr Kerri Melehan
Senior Sleep Scientist
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Sleep disorders

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

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 AM

Biography

Laura Marriott
ANZSSA

Chair

Biography

Fraser Lowrie

Chair

Biography

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