In this episode:

• Talking to patients about life patterns and how they fit with shiftwork
• Understand the reasons why sleep might be difficult, and what the flow-on effects are from getting inadequate sleep
• Conversations that shiftwork will challenge sleep, and learning strategies for sleep and alertness management to figure out what works best for the individual

Guests: Prof Sally Ferguson, Director and Research Professor, and Dr Prerna Varma, Research Fellow

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 34 mins

Recommended resources:

• Sleep Health Foundation
• Australasian Sleep Association
• Healthy sleep practices | SHF Shriane et al.
• Shiftwork fact sheet | SHF
• Shiftwork management | ASA
• Health consequences of circadian disruption | Sletten et al
• Longitudinal data on changes in sleep, activity and nutrition in shift workers | Crowther et al.
• Pilot efficacy testing of a shift work digital intervention | Murray et al.