Overview
Physicians in training demonstrate severe sleepiness often resembling fatigue in serious sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea. Unfortunately, physicians-in-training and supervisors are often ill equipped in recognizing and managing sleep problems in themselves.
This webinar, presented by Alon Avidan, MD, MPH, will provide medical education professionals with a synopsis of the consequences of sleep loss in medical education and describe alertness management techniques. The presentation will provide a description of the causes of sleep disorders in medical education; review the consequences on professional and personal lives as well as specific tools and strategies for improvement.
Current Topics in Sleep Medicine Series
The presentations in the Current Topics in Sleep Medicine series cover the state-of-the-art of sleep medicine. The sessions go beyond the basics to explore diagnostic, therapeutic and technologic issues for sleep clinicians. Participants should expect to be challenged with integration of new methodologies into current practice, new patient management strategies and a discussion of unusual cases. Presentations included in this series are:
- Eyes Wide Shut: Sleep and Fatigue in Residency
- Hypnotic Therapy – What’s Next? – March 10, 2010
- Sleep Deprivation and the Metabolic Syndrome – March 30, 2010
- Updates in RBD Diagnosis and Management – April 7, 2010
Registration
The registration fee ($100.00 for individual members and employees of center members and $170.00 for nonmembers) includes access to the live session and an archived CD-ROM copy of the presentation sent via mail following the live webinar.
Webinar CME
The registration fee for the webinar includes the cost of CME credit for physicians or a letter of attendance for non-physicians for the individual who is registering. If there are other parties viewing this webinar who wish to also receive CME credit and/or a letter or attendance, the cost is $10.00 each for individual and center members and $20.00 each for non-members. Remember, if you will be the only person viewing the webinar from your location, you do not need to purchase credits; they are included.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This webinar has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Their Elements of the ACCME by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine will award 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.