Nanhua University offers the first "Sleep Medicine" course in the provincial university

On September 3rd, the "Sleep Medicine" course was officially started at Nanhua University. This is the first time the university in the province has set up the "Sleep Medicine" course. More than 160 students took the course.

The first lecture "Introduction to Sleep Medicine" was taught by Professor Tang Yonghong, a executive director of the China Sleep Research Association, a well -known Chinese sleep expert, chairman of the Hunan Sleep Research Association, and Dean of Nanhua Hospital affiliated to Nanhua University. At the scene, Tang Yonghong described the basic concepts, sleep physiology, sleeping techniques of sleep, and sleep medicine at home and abroad, from the perspective of clinical thinking, and explained the diagnosis and treatment of sleep and treatment, the drugs and psychological psychology of sleeping diseases, Treatment, etc., introduced students to the door to sleep medical knowledge.

With the strong support of the Academic Affairs Office of Nanhua University, as the chairman of the Hunan Sleep Research Association, the Sleep Medicine Center of Nanhua Hospital Affiliated to Nanhua University applied for a course of "Sleep Medicine" course. Pharmaceutical School textbook "Sleep Medicine" second edition.

Sleep, as a necessary process for life, is one of the four major cornerstones of health. At present, sleep disorders have become serious public health problems. According to statistics, the incidence of sleep disorders in my country is 38.2%, and continuous sleep disorders will cause adverse consequences such as physical and mental damage, socioeconomic losses, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, mental illness, low immunity, and traffic accidents. mortality rate.

睡眠医学作为一门新兴的交叉学科，几乎涵盖了临床所有科室包括神经内科、精神心理科、大内科（如呼吸内科、心血管内科）、外科（如减重外科）、妇产科、儿科、 Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Stomatology, Ear, Eye, Nose, and Cable Cable. After more than 30 years of development, sleep medicine has become an important part of clinical medicine. In June 2019, the Chinese Physician Association listed "Sleep Medicine" as a specialized training list. Level subject.

The opening of the "Sleep Medicine" course will start a new starting point for the development of Sleep Medicine Discipline in Nanhua University, and laid a good foundation for the students to engage in clinical work of sleep medicine in the future. Delivery sleep medical professionals, and build a professional golden signboard for colleges and universities at Hengyang Medical College of South China University. (Correspondent Zhang Ping Xia Wenhui Li Yue)

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