What you get by completing this session

  • 40 mins of CPD

    A 30 minute video lecture with presentation slide, you can stop and start anytime you like. Includes 10 minute quiz.

  • Certificate of Completion

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What you'll learn in this expert session

As a result of increasing late night device use, chronic school day sleep deprivation has doubled in 15 years, and is now occurring in 70% of Australian teens. Chronic sleep deprivation in teens is usually mislabelled as either a primary mood problem, or simply part of normal teenager-hood. In this presentation, Dr Chris Seton addresses sleep deprivation in teenagers, its causes, management and treatment options. 

Learning objectives:

  • Describe the 'flow on effect' that may develop in teens as a result of sleep deprivation 
  • Discuss the impacts of sleep deprivation on the teenage brain
  • Outline the top three contributors to poor sleep
  • How to diagnose sleep deprivation in children 
  • Discuss why umbrella or multi-faceted treatments for sleep deprivation are more effective

Educational content supported by

The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research


The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (WIMR) is an Australian medical research institute that is focused on the prevention and treatment of sleep and respiratory disorders, lung cancer, and tuberculosis. Their team of more than 200 medical researchers is dedicated to investigating the causes of disease, finding better treatments and translating our discoveries into new clinical practice. Their work involves clinical investigation of new therapies and innovative approaches to patient management as well as implementation research to improve the uptake of our evidence. 

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Expert: Dr Chris Seton 

Dr Chris Seton is a Paediatric and Adolescent Sleep Physician in Sydney. He helped establish Australia’s first Paediatric Sleep Investigation Unit at Children’s Hospital Camperdown in 1990. Chris has worked at Children’s Hospital as a Staff Specialist in Sleep Medicine since that time. He has sleep clinics for babies, children and teenagers, at The Woolcock Institute in Glebe, Westmead, Hornsby and, in cyber world, at SleepShack (sleepshack.com.au).


Course curriculum

  • 1

    How to complete this course

    • Instructions
  • 2

    Teen Sleep and Digital Technology - Important Issues

    • Summary and learning objectives

    • Video lecture (30 mins)

    • Quiz: test your learning (10 mins)
  • 3

    Documentation your CPD here

    • CPD Documentation and Reflection Activity Tool
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