In this engaging talk, Dr. Alison Bentley, international sleep expert, gives us an outline of how sleep works and the ways that insomnia manifests.
Objective:
OPD Points: 5
Outline:
Content:
Presenter / Provider:
Dr Alison Bentley
Presenter Qualifications:
Dr Bentley has been seeing patients with sleep problems, both adults and children, off and on over the last 30 years. She ran the first private diagnostic sleep laboratory in South Africa from 1990 to 1998. After joining Wits University she was head of the Wits Dial.a.Bed Sleep Laboratory in the School of Physiology for 10 years. She was the founding chairperson of the Sleep Society of South Africa in 1996 and served two terms representing Africa on the governing council of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM). She has supervised more than 10 Masters and 2 PhD students on sleep-related topics. She has published over 30 published articles and two book chapters. She has presented over 40 formal invited presentations at conferences ranging from the International Paediatrics conference and World Association of Sleep Medicine to local conferences such as SA Thoracic Society and PainSA. She is currently in private practice at Donald Gordon Medical Center and runs a home-based apnea screening company.
Contact:
- Kyla Edinburg
- N/A
- admin@calabash.courses
Car Parking:
Disabled Parking:
Meals Included:
Meal Info:
