Sleep Medicine for Primary Care 2016

Oakstone Primary Care Series – Clinical Update

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Explore Key Topics

This CME course is a wide-ranging review of the important topics in sleep medicine. Sleep Medicine for Primary Care looks at the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, with evidence-based lectures on topics like insomnia, sleep apnea, REM and NREM sleep disorders, restless leg syndrome, and sleep problems in geriatric and pediatric patients. It will help you to:

• Identify and address sleep issues in the primary care setting
• Classify REM and NREM sleep disorders
• Compare and contrast sleep problems in adult and pediatric patients
• Differentiate between sleep disorders that can be safely managed by primary care practitioner versus those that require subspecialty referral

Expand Your Skills

This learn-at-your-own-pace course in sleep medicine — part of our Primary Care Series — provides a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™, 11 MOC points, and 11 contact hours. Available online or via audio MP3 CDs, it provides access to unbiased, clinically based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 11.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 11 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Date of Original Release: November 15, 2016
Date Credits Expire: November 15, 2019
Contact Hours: 11.00 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the best clinical approach to a patient with a known or suspected sleep disorder
• Differentiate between restless leg syndrome and other movement disorders in sleep
• Analyze the causes of and treatment approaches to sleep apnea
• Explain how circadian rhythm works and how best to manage jet lag
• Contrast sleep disorders specific to older patients as compared to younger adults
• Compare sleep problems in children with sleep problems in adults
• Classify REM and NREM sleep disorders
• Diagnose sleep disorders amid comorbid medical disorders
• Outline sleep disorders that occur concomitantly with psychiatric disorders

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for internists, family physicians, geriatricians, pediatricians, obstetricians/gynecologists (who act as primary care providers), residents in internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, physician assistants in primary care practices and nurse practitioners in primary care practices.

Topics/Speaker:

• Approach to the Patient with Sleep Problems – Matt T. Bianchi, MD, PhD

• Insomnia – Matt T. Bianchi, MD, PhD

• Sleep Apnea – Sairam Parthasarathy, MD

• Restless Leg Syndrome and Other Movement Disorders in Sleep – John W. Winkleman, MD, PhD
  

• Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia – Thomas E. Scammell, MD

• Circadian Rhythm Disorders and Jet Lag – Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD, FAASM

• NREM Parasomnias – Michael J. Howell, MD

• REM Sleep Disorders – Michael J. Howell, MD

• Sleep Problems Specific to Geriatric Patients – Nalaka S. Gooneratne, MD

• Sleep Problems Specific to Pediatric Patients – Umakanth A. Khatwa, MD, MB, BS

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease – Virend K. Somers, MD

• Sleep and Co-Morbid Psychiatric Disorders – Andrew D. Krystal, MD