Insomnia: Beyond the Basics - A LHEARN (Lakeridge Health Education and Research Network) Offered Course

Continuing Professional Development - Mainpro-C Workshop

Workshop Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

FACILITATOR: Dr. Jose Silveira (Read bio)

Workshop: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

• Lunch will be provided
• Parking passes will be provided by the LHEARN Centre (Please park in the multi-story parking garage on Hospital Ct.)
  

Program Description:
Insomnia is a common complaint in all areas of medicine but patients rely primarily on family physicians for treatment of insomnia. In many cases insomnia is either a transient disruption of an otherwise normal sleep pattern or a symptom of another medical problem and is resolved with relative ease. The latter cases come and go without challenging family physicians. Challenges arise when the usual counselling on basic sleep hygiene and standard hypnotics do not seem to resolve the patient’s complaints or the problem becomes chronic, recurrent and the primary focus for the patient. This workshop is intended to provide family physicians with the knowledge, skills and tools required for the management of difficult-to-treat insomnia and will make the management of uncomplicated insomnia feel very easy. 

Participants will learn about setting the “internal clock” and other advanced but easy-to-use behavioural techniques to manage insomnia.  Strategic and safe use of available sedative-hypnotics across the life cycle will be clearly delineated with the objective of improving participants’ confidence in using and not using available medication.  Elderly populations are a particular challenge and thus will be a special focus of the workshop.  Finally, while the intent of the workshop is to improve your ability to help your patients improve restful sleep, the workshop is designed to be highly interactive and stimulating.

CREDITS
This program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and is accredited for 3.0 CFPC Mainpro-C Credits.

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