Topics in Neurology and Sleep Medicine for Primary Care Providers

Topics in Neurology and Sleep Medicine for Primary Care Providers is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and would be held during Mar 26 - Apr 02, 2016 at 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America. The targeted audience for this medical meeting basically for Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants.

Learning Objectives :
- Participants will understand basic sleep physiology, stages, and functions of sleep.
Participants will be able to identify signs and symptoms of common sleep disorders.
Participants will understand types of sleep testing, and when to refer to a specialist.
- Participants will learn about Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia, Klein Levin Syndrome, Long Sleeper Syndrome, and Circadian Rhythm Disorders.
Participants will become familiar with other medical causes of fatigue symptoms.
- Participants will become familiar with several models of insomnia symptoms.
Participants will become familiar with first line therapy for insomnia which includes Sleep Restriction, Stimulus Control, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Relaxation Training.
- Participants will understand mechanisms of how stress affects medical disorders, and its impact on metabolic and psychological disorders.
Participants will learn about efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in stressed based disorders.
- Participants will learn about common applications for Motivation Interviewing (MI)
Participants will be able to identify which patients they can use MI skills to elicit change.
- Participants will become familiar with the core symptoms of childhood disorders, ADHD and Autism.
Participants will be able to identify appropriate adult criteria for ADHD. Participants will become familiar with medical therapy for these disorders.
- Participants will become familiar with medical therapies of sleep disorders including Insomnia, RLS, Parasomnias, Narcolepsy, and sleepiness from Sleep Apnea.