Dr Angela Campbell PhD
Clinical Physiologist & Manager, WellSleep Centre; Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ
Angela is the manager of WellSleep, the University of Otago Wellington Sleep Investigation Centre and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine.  She has worked in both paediatric and adult sleep services since completing her PhD in 1997.  Research interests include the provision of sleep health education to the public, technology in the treatment of sleep disorders, familial links in OSA and oximetry in paediatric populations.  Her teaching role encompasses teaching sleep medicine and technology to Wellington based medical students, post graduate students working in primary care and those wishing to train as a clinical physiologists.  Angela is chair of the Clinical Physiologists Registration Board, a committee member of the NZ Branch of the Australasian Sleep Association and involved in the Paediatric Clinical Network for Sleep Medicine.  She is an honorary member of the Australasian Sleep Technologists Association.


Pulse Oximetry in Children Use and Interpretation Course

The workshop on oximetry for OSA will provide the attendess with the following information and skills.
 - Be able to understand the current guidelines and the role of oximetry in the management of childhood OSA
 - Have knowledge of the technical aspects of oximetry and how they relate to test quality
 - Be able to setup and check the technical settings in an oximeter to ensure suitability for overnight oximetry in children with suspected OSA 
 - Understand the limitations of oximetry in the setting of sleep disordered breathing diagnosis
 - Understand the numbers produced by an oximetry study and how they related to possible obstructive sleep apnoea

As well a presentations there will be the opportunity for case discussion.