16th Annual Sleep Medicine Virtual Course

16th Annual Sleep Medicine Virtual Course is organized by Clinical CME Group, LLC and will be held on May 04, 2024.

Introduction:
• Physicians in all areas of medicine encounter patients who complain of disturbed sleep. The purpose of this course, the 16th in its series, is to provide clinicians with the knowledge needed to recognize and treat major sleep disorders likely to be encountered in their clinical practice.
• The course would emphasize a practical approach to sleep medicine across multiple specialties, including primary care medicine, family practice, psychiatry, neurology, geriatrics, and clinical psychology.
• The course will focus on the assessment and evaluation of excessive sleepiness, sleep apnea, and narcolepsy, appreciate evaluation strategies and management of chronic insomnia disorder, and be able to recognize critical parasomnias and abnormal behaviors at night.
• The course will conclude with a discussion of the mechanism by which how poor sleep contributes to cognitive decline and dementia.
• Attendees will acquire skills needed in the recognition, evaluation, and management of the major sleep disorders they are likely to encounter during routine clinical practice. A primary goal of the course is to provide practitioners with both pragmatic evaluation strategies and treatment recommendations that may be integrated into their clinical practice.
• Course faculty will provide a discussion of etiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic strategies, and pharmacological and behavioral treatment options and harmonize the management strategies based on evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making.

Course Objectives:
• Outline the function of sleep, particularly relating to glymphatic clearance at night.
• Review the causes of sleepiness in specific patient populations most likely encountered in primary care practice and by specialists in family medicine, primary care, psychiatry,neurology, pediatrics, and geriatrics medicine.
• Understand the pharmacological management of chronic insomnia disorder and recognize the unique properties of hypnotic agents, cognitive and behavioral strategies for chronic insomnia, and consequences of untreated insomnia.
• Identify the unique mechanism of narcolepsy and identify diagnostic and treatment modalities.
• Formulate a practical approach for effective screening, assessment, and management of pediatric sleep disorders and apply treatment strategies in managing pediatric insomnia and hypersomnia,
• Comprehend the underlying physiological basis which gives rise to sleep and wakefulness.
• Describe the evaluation and management of sleep-disordered breathing.
• Recognize how poor sleep may contribute to cognitive decline and contribute to the evolution of Alzheimer's disease dementia by increasing the ?-amyloid burden.
• Appraise the underlying mechanisms for generating sleep-wake circadian rhythm and recognize disturbances in circadian rhythms and their impact on health.
• Appreciate the causes of sleep problems in older adults and their potential treatments in patients with neurodegenerative disorders.
• Analyze how specific brain wave patterns during sleep affect cognition, memory, and learning

Topics Covered:
• The Function of Sleep
• Sleep Disturbances in the Children and Adolescents
• Narcolepsy: Diagnosis and Treatment
• Chronic Insomnia and Circadian Disturbances
• Parasomnias
• Restless Legs Syndrome
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Sleep in Older Age & People with Dementia