Screening for
Sleep Disorders, a Webcast for PCPs

Please review the following CME Information, and then select Step 2 to meet our Faculty.

 

CME Information

Presented by The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Support for this program has been provided by an educational grant from Neurocrine Biosciences.

Accreditation Statement
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) to physicians.

Statement of Responsibility
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

Credit Designation Statement
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Release: April 1, 2008
Program Expiration: April 1, 2010

Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes

There are no prerequisites for participation.

The intended audience for this newsletter includes primary care physicians, family physicians, internists, and OB/GYNs.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the epidemiology of insomnia, including individual symptoms, with the goal of establishing a link between insomnia symptoms and patient self-management
• Describe current neurobiologic findings regarding sleep and insomnia
• Determine how the neurobiology impacts the individual nature of insomnia, and explore how to use that information to educate patients on their role in managing insomnia
• Describe key elements of behavioral treatments for insomnia, including understanding the best outcomes that can be achieved with behavioral treatments
• Review current and emerging pharmacologic treatments for insomnia
• Challenge the current thinking behind sleep through an understanding of the science

CME Credit
For receipt of CME credit, an evaluation and posttest must be completed at the conclusion of this activity. You need a minimum grade of 70% to receive a CME certificate. Detailed information on how to receive your certificate is available on the posttest tab of the Sleep University Web site.

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