OVERVIEW

Updates in the management of insomnia: therapeutic updates and optimizing is organized by ScientiaCME.

Release Date: Oct 18, 2019
Expiration Date: Oct 18, 2021

Accreditation:
Credit Designation: ScientiaCME delegates this online CME educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)? toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians can acquire the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists
ScientiaCME is authorised by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This session is recommended for 1.00 hours (0.10 CEUs) of continuing education.? Proof of participation will be posted to your NABP CPE profile within 4 to 6 weeks to participants who have favourably completed the post-test.?? Participants must take part in the entire presentation and finish the course evaluation to receive continuing pharmacy education credit.? ACPE # 0574-0000-19-044-H01-P.? CPE credit effective 10/19/19 and expires 10/19/21.?

Description:
In this online CME self-learning activity:
Insomnia is characterised by the dissatisfaction of sleep quality or quantity characterized by having struggle falling asleep, staying asleep, waking too early, or an aggregate of these. It is described as chronic if the position endures for three months, despite the chance for sleep or eradication of external stimulus. Insomnia influences people of all ages, though the likelihood of improving insomnia increases with age: reporting one-third of the adult population having been affected by at least one symptom of insomnia.

This learning activity has been outlined to produce healthcare professionals? knowledge of the procedures for the treatment of insomnia up to date and to enhance their competence and performance in treating it. The activity will also focus on the role of novel pharmacotherapies in the management of insomnia.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of the session, attendees should be able to,
• Explain the pathophysiology of insomnia such that it might acquaint treatment mechanisms
• Recognize the currently accessible and developing pharmacotherapeutic treatments for the management of insomnia and implement them to patient cases using evidence-based medicine
• Estimate a treatment plan for a specific patient with insomnia to optimize safety and efficacy, suggesting modifications for improvement
• Define barriers to care associated with treating patients with insomnia