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APSS - 6.10.21 35th Annual SLEEP Meeting ENDURING
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Objective 1: Summarize relevant information on the latest sleep research and clinical practices
By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.
By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.
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Objective 2: Identify present issues or challenges in diagnosis/treatment of sleep disorders, practice of sleep medicine or topics related to the field of sleep
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By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
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Objective 3: Integrate strategies and tools for the enhancement/advancement of sleep medicine
By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.
By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.
The teaching methods used were appropriate to the objectives
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Discuss key concepts of recent basic and clinical sleep research and how these concepts apply to current practice
Apply up-to-date information and evidence-based knowledge to the clinical management of patients with a variety of sleep disorders
Improve clinical care and outcomes as a result of application of this knowledge in the clinical setting
Understand state of the art sleep medicine.
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Manage the sleep clinic and the sleep laboratory in the COVID-19 era
Assess sleep-disordered breathing beyond the apnea-hypopnea index and discuss its impact on cognitive impairment and dementia
Recognize the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in sleep medicine clinical care and training
Understand the impact of inadequate sleep on cardiometabolic health at the population level and integrate pharmacological and behavioral therapies in routine clinical practice
Identify and evaluate newly described sleep disorders in adult and pediatric patients.
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Describe best practices in the evaluation and treatment of parasomnias, narcolepsy, insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
Identify best practices and areas of controversy in the treatment of the spectrum of sleep-disordered breathing
Understand how obstructive sleep apnea affects the airway.
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Discuss which polysomnographic markers best predict, quantify and characterize sleep-disordered breathing in pediatric patients
Understand how sleep macro- and microarchitecture on pediatric polysomnography can be used as a biomarker and predictor of neurodevelopment
Recognize how polysomnography can help characterize and manage sleep/wake disorders in children with central, peripheral and neuromuscular disorders
Describe polysomnographic features of particular neurogenetic syndromes which are sometimes phenotypic and even diagnostic of the syndrome
Recognize polysomnographic markers of sleep disorders in children with epilepsy including identifying epileptiform and ictal activity.
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Appreciate the importance of non-normal and missing data and how to properly handle these two circumstances within cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs
Describe the various methods available to group participants
Understand how to assess causal relationships between dependent and independent variables of interest outside of simple regression
Recognize frequent mistakes made during the planning, reporting and interpreting of statistical analyses/results in sleep research.
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Describe how machine learning fits into the broader construct of AI
Identify how machine learning differs fundamentally from the use of traditional statistics to understand data
Define commonly used machine learning terms, such as: supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, ground truth, training and testing datasets
Describe important considerations for deployment of commercial AI tools in the sleep laboratory environment
List the potential uses of AI in sleep medicine to impact clinical management beyond automated sleep staging.
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Describe updates in evidence-based behavioral intervention strategies to address insomnia in young children, including modifications for children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Review indications and best practices for the use of a variety of tools to assess sleep/wake patterns in young children
List effective strategies to promote PAP desensitization and adherence in young children.
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Understand the foundation on EEG principles for recording and waveform recognition
Recognize normal variants and artifact that may fool readers;
Recognize the basic patterns of pathological waveforms including interictal and epileptic seizure patterns
Understand the diagnostic electrographic and behavioral features of parasomnias and other nocturnal events including epileptic seizures.
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Understand the neurophysiological and scientific basis of mindfulness practices for both patients and providers in the context of consciousness during sleep and waking states
Discuss how different mindfulness practices (breath work, physical practice of yoga, meditation, and relaxation techniques) may be implemented for a range of sleep-related indications from CPAP adherence to insomnia
Develop skills in the utilization of basic techniques that can be used and implemented with patients
Describe unique experiential practices provided by each faculty member.
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Distinguish insufficient sleep from insomnia
Understand the relative relevance of circadian, homeostatic, and emotion regulation factors
Understand why insomnia is a primary risk for major mental health issues including anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress
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Identify common and rare patient-device asynchrony during advanced in-laboratory PAP titrations
Apply strategies to correct patient-device asynchrony during advanced in-laboratory PAP titrations
Develop volume assured pressure support titration skillset for complex sleep-related respiratory disorders.
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Understand the autonomic nervous system, its fluctuations across wake and sleep stages, and basic measurements
Summarize relevant current literature of the changes in autonomic nervous system activity during sleep across the lifespan, sex differences and race; and
Understand the integration between central and autonomic nervous systems interactions supporting sleep-dependent cognition.
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Explore the new data behind COVID-19 mitigation strategies as we learn from the pandemic
Identify the variety of adaptations reported in pediatric practices over the last 12 months in response to the pandemic;
Describe the association of sleep apnea and COVID-19-related outcomes in the acute setting; and
Consider new ways to expand the practice of sleep medicine.
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Identify two WHO social determinants related to sleep health
Describe how social determinants contribute to sleep health disparities across populations; and
Recognize how the policy environment can promote sleep health.
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Assess benefits of CBT in adolescents
Explore growth trajectories in preschoolers who undergo adenotonsillectomy for OSA
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Understand the new career paths and options for sleep technologists
Describe virtual programs and job functions that have emerged for sleep technologists; and
Understand how technology has adapted to streamline sleep center processes and testing.
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Understand the effect of meal timing on obesity and weight loss
Recognize novel information about siesta and the effect on obesity
Understand personalized nutrients and the interaction with genetics
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Discuss the use of detailed semiological analysis when evaluating complex sleep-related events.
Describe which clinical, semiological, EEG and video-PSG features best differentiate sleep-related seizures and NREM arousal disorders.
Recognize the value of anatomo-electro-clinical correlation in the implication of functional network activation in complex sleep-related events.
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Understand risk and protective factors for sleep loss in essential occupations
Describe the effect of strenuous physical exertion on cognitive deficits due to insufficient sleep
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Understand the efficacy of cognitive behavioral approaches to insomnia in diverse clinical populations
Describe the efficacy of cognitive behavioral approaches in individuals that need hypnotic discontinuation
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Identify the AASM position for the use of home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) for the diagnosis of OSA in children
Review recent investigations evaluating home sleep apnea testing in children;
Describe limitations and potential applications of HSAT in children;
Review the history of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the clinical importance of OSA in the pediatric population; and
Understand the important aspects of evaluation of OSA in the pediatric population.
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Review contemporary testing for obstructive sleep apnea and recent advances in home sleep apnea testing
Identify the role of sleep technologists in PAP management with emphasis on necessary skills for downloading of PAP devices;
Examine current recommendations for hypoglossal nerve titration and discuss potential issues that arise with this technology; and
Evaluate current recommendations for the use of mandibular advancement devices in the management of obstructive sleep apnea including necessary skills for the sleep technologist.
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Provide a historic overview of the research approaches that have unlocked the translational value of circadian bench-to-bedside and sleep bedside-to-bench research
Describe recent discoveries in applying basic circadian undertanding to clinical relevance; and
Discuss fundamental sleep mechanisms uncovered by translational approaches to study clinical sleep disorders.
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Understand the evidence and decision making behind the 2021 AASM Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of CNS disorders of hypersomnolence
Recognize the limitations in interpreting and comparing existing treatment data to formulate recommendations; and
Recognize the gaps in knowledge and future research needs for the treatment of CNS disorders of hypersomnolence.
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Understand the approach for recognizing sleep in animals lacking a neocortex
Understand how sleep is regulated in animals lacking brains;
Understand the sub-states of sleep in simple animal models; and
Describe the function of sleep based on observations in fish and invertebrates.
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Understand the developmental trajectory of persistent insomnia
Review the impact of persistent insomnia and its association with cognition in adulthood
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Describe the broad science of artificial intelligence
Understand, at a high level, the methods used to develop and test artificial intelligence algorithms that stage sleep; and
Discuss the potential uses of artificial intelligence in sleep.
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Identify key features of sleep that serve learning and memory
Understand why the timing of sleep traits, cycles, and circadian alignment is important
Understand how traits of sleep contribute to mental and neurological health
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Appreciate the diagnostic challenges of narcolepsy
Appreciate the comorbidities with narcolepsy
Update the concepts of management of narcolepsy
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Learn about sleep in populations with health disparities
Describe the Einstein Aging Study
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Learn basic principles of circadian entrainment relative to social and solar time
Understand the case for and against maintaining Standard Time year-round; and
Understand how the general and patient populations may be affected by maintaining Daylight Saving Time vs. Standard Time year-round.
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Discuss the evaluation and management of sleep-related breathing disorders seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and neuromuscular disease
Discuss the evaluation and management of sleep-related breathing disorders seen in neuromuscular disease;
Discuss the evaluation and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome; and
Discus the evaluation and management of central sleep apnea.
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Describe the difficulties in defining global circadian transcriptional rhythm strength
Describe how different measures of circadian function have unique strengths and interpretations;
Undertand how circadian transcriptional rhythms may be disrupted in patients with different diseases; and
Describe new research on genomic modulators of rhythm strength.
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Understand the association between pain, particularly the opioid system, and RLS
Understand when to treat refractory RLS with opioids and the long-term safety issues in RLS;
Understand differences and clinical implications of painful versus painless RLS in adults; and
Understand the differences between painful RLS, painless RLS, and growing pains in children.
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Understand the latest research on sleep's benefits to cognitive function
Describe the research on sleep's benefits to cognitive impairments with sleep deprivation
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Better understand the importance of capnography for obese patients
Identify the risk of elevated blood pressure during pregnancy in chronic snorers
Appreciate the impact of chronotype on CPAP adherence
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Identify common and rare emergencies in the sleep laboratory
Identify benign and serious cardiac arrhythmias during a sleep study; and
Describe management of various emergencies in the sleep lab.
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Summarize relevant information on treatment development and dissemination
Describe the value of studying transdiagnostic targets
Identify challenges associated with treating sleep and circadian problems in routine practice settings
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Understand the early history of RBD
Understand current knowledge about RBD
Understand future directions in RBD research
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Learn about new findings in neural signals during sleep and wake
Understand the whole-brain network analysis of neural oscillations during light sleep
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Understand how physical health is affected by sleep disorders
Understand the effect sleep disorders have on physical health
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Describe the underlying physiology of sleep inertia
Understand the efficacy of various sleep inertia countermeasures; and
Appreciate the importance and challenges of managing sleep inertia in the real world.
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Describe the most common types of sleep problems and deficits exhibited by high-risk populations of infants, children and adolescents, as well as potential avenues for intervention
Become familiar with the ways in which familial, socio-economic, and environmental factors impact upon the sleep of infants, children and adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds; and
Become familiar with various methods for investigating sleep health among infants, children and adolescents living with various types of adversity.
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Understand how social and psychological impacts resulting from COVID-19 have influenced multiple dimensions of sleep and circadian health in a range of populations, and how these findings can inform policy and decision making in our public health response to COVID-19
Discuss how to improve sleep and circadian health beyond COVID-19-specific scenarios
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Understand the disparity of obstructive sleep apnea prevalence within the lifespan of women in comparison to men
Conquer the under-recognition of sleep-disordered breathing in women due to atypical presentation and differences in phenotypes;
Understand management of obstructive sleep apnea in the pregnant patient; and
Identify the sex differences in treatment response and long-term consequences of obstructive sleep apnea.
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List practices to help sustain the sleep lab during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Describe the practices to protect sleep technologists and health care workers in the COVID-19 era;
Define the AASM task force's COVID-19 guidelines; and
Demonstrate the pros and cons of PAP titration and therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Interpret and recognize value of emerging research from experts in operational contexts
Identify the real-world implications of conducting research outside human sleep laboratories in populations at-risk from sleep and fatigue challenges;
Understand some of the unique research challenges and benefits associated with researching sleep and fatigue in operational and clinical contexts; and
Recognize multiple future research avenues to further enhance current and emerging research questions relevant to operational and clinical contexts.
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Relate how reporting quality may help improvement efforts and increase revenues
Discuss how quality measures may highlight opportunities to serve patients better
Relate ways to use the AASM quality reporting tools to enhance understanding of quality performance of an individual or practice.
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Learn relevant new findings on the neuronal circuits of sleep, sleep mechanisms, and sleep function
Understand the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing with leptin-loaded exosomes
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Understand common terminology related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Discuss microaggression, racism, invalidation, invisibility, diversity tax, and bias inclusion;
Review gaps and needs to be addressed by our society regarding diversity and inclusion;
Discuss the importance of role modeling; and
Celebrate diversity and its strengths within our organization.
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Review pediatric polysomnography scoring techniques
Review adult polysomnography scoring techniques; and
Gain familiarity with the inter-scorer reliability interface.
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Describe how sex modulates the relationship between sleep, circadian disruptions and substance use from both preclinical and clinical research
Understand sex differences in the effects of sleep loss at molecular level; and
Learn about sex differences on sleep disturbance in alcohol use disorder and their brain correlates.
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Describe the developmental course of sleep-disordered breathing as measured by the apnea/hypopnea index and other cardiorespiratory indices
Identify the impact of sleep-disordered breathing and its phenotypes on behavioral and cardiovascular health outcomes across the life-course;
Understand the developmental trajectories of sleep EEG biomarkers as children mature into adolescents and young adults; and
Recognize changes in sleep and sleep EEG biomarkers across adolescence in the context of typical development, substance use, and emergence of depression.
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Gain confidence in interpreting attributes of disturbed sleep in the setting of anxiety disorders, depression, and suicidality
Appreciate the impact of fear, anxiety, and psychological trauma on sleep
Review the strong relationship between sleep and cognition
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Demonstrate the case for creating sleep monitoring pathways for patients who experience 'difficult intubation' during general anesthesia
Describe the conduct of upper airway point-of-care ultrasound assessment of the upper airway and define the summary measures of accuracy and value of using this technology;
Describe the major perioperative implications of narcolepsy and RLS for patients undergoing anesthesia and surgery; and
Describe the postoperative outcome implications of patients who have central sleep apnea and define the process steps to limit negative consequences.
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Understand the physiology of motor control during sleep
Recognize the anatomo-electroclinical correlations of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy) and disorders of arousal manifestations and, in so doing, make a correct differential diagnosis;
Critically examine and discuss the different phenotypic aspects of sleep-related motor disorders, their differential diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches;
Recognize the heralding clinical picture of narcolepsy, challenge the differential diagnosis, consider the most appropriate treatment, and speculate about the pathophysiological mechanisms; and
Evaluate the pathophysiology of hypermotor insomnia in children and how its evolution will impact their daily and nocturnal behaviors and understand the rationale for supplemental treatment.
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Discuss the complex interrelationships of sleep and sleep apnea with cardiovascular health, including the risk for bradyarrhythmias, atrial tachy-arrhythmias and ventricular tachy-arrhythmias
Understand risk factors and the relationship of sleep and sleep apnea to sudden death in specialized populations;
Gain insights into mechanisms relating sleep disorders with cardiac arrhythmias;
Understand implications and actions required for arrhythmias, especially regarding home monitoring and wearable technologies; and
Articulate the meaning of big data and artificial intelligence and how they can benefit understanding of the links between sleep and cardiac arrhythmias.
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Identify socio-cultural, environmental, and policy-level contributors to sleep health and sleep health disparities
Identify clinical and research gaps in addressing sleep health disparities in underserved populations;
Recognize opportunities to incorporate multi-level and community-based interventions to address sleep health disparities; and
Estimate the impact of COVID-related disparities on sleep health.
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Understand the latest data linking sleep and circadian disruption to poor cognitive and psychological health outcomes, and have an understanding of the interactions between sleep and circadian physiology in contributing to these adverse health outcomes
Describe the effect of irregular sleep patterns on psychosocial and academic outcomes
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Recognize new objective indicators in the assessment of excessive sleepiness and be able to apply these clinically
Become familiar with new innovations in the management of patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence
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Analyze and improve sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Summarize sleep patterns in adolescents during the pandemic
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Identify NIH resources to move innovative advancements in sleep and circadian rhythms research towards solutions to impact health
Recognize how these funding resources can be used effectively to acclerate the development of research projects toward innovative products for sleep and circadian rhythms interventions and therapeutics; and
Discuss the critical next steps for research that may influence the future practice of sleep medicine.
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Describe the process for screening a patient for obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Choose the correct mode of ventilation to treat obesity hypoventilation syndrome;
Establish protocols in the sleep laboratory to titrate the patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome;
Undertand how to fulfill the criteria required to transition a newly diagnosed patient with obesity hypoventilation syndrome from inpatient to outpatient care; and
Determine the timing of performance of polysomnogram in patients suspected of obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
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Understand how sleep and sleep physiology change from infancy to older adulthood
Describe the effect of light exposure on rest-activity rhythms in older adults
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Understand the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on adults in terms of sleep health, and how sleep-related factors have affected COVID-19 outcomes
Describe the transition to telemedicine for sleep apnea care during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Have a more thorough understanding of how sleep, sleep disorders, and neurological functioning interact with one another
Understand how sleep, sleep disorders, and neurological illness interact
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Identify brain regions most vulnerable to chronic sleep loss
Relate Alzheimer's pathology and chronic sleep loss pathology
Understand the role of glial activation in sleep loss neural injury
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Understand the newly described pediatric diagnosis of RSD
Identify the most current evidence on pediatric scoring of movement disorders;
Discuss updates on the diagnosis and management of RLS, PLMD, and RMD; and
Discuss treatment with both oral and IV iron.
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Learn how disruption and deprivation of sleep and circadian rhythms affect alertness and blood pressure
Learn how disruption and deprivation of sleep and circadian rhythms affect hormonal secretion and EEG activity
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Learn about new non-invasive technologies for measuring sleep and circadian variables
Describe the way wearable sleep-tracking devices performed in the home environment
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Recognize the importance of a diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder in predicting neurodegenerative conditions
Appreciate the prevalence, impact, and opportunities when encountering patients with RLS in the setting of comorbid neurologic conditions
Please tell us about any sessions you found particularly good or bad.
Please tell us about any objectives you feel we accomplished well or poorly. 
Please tell us about any presenters you found particularly good or bad.
Please answer the following:
Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?
Was the educational content scientifically sound?
If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?
Was the mode of education effective to learning?
If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.
Did you perceive any product/service/company/commercial bias in any educational session you attended or materials you received?
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Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room (other areas do not matter) while you attended this educational activity?
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How much did you learn as a result of this education program?
What specifically did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient/client problems or patient/client challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?
What problems are your patients/clients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training (the overall meeting) be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient/client outcomes?

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