CME Outfitters Announces psychCME TV 2005 Season Premiere: "Wakefulness and Excessive Sleepiness: A Look at the Relationship and Its Impact on Our Patients"
This continuing education activity premieres Wednesday, January 26, 2005, from 12:00 p. m.–1:00 p. m. ET, and will focus on better understanding the relationship between wakefulness and excessive sleepiness and developing treatment strategies to maximize patient outcomes.
Rockville, MD (PRWEB) January 6, 2005
CME Outfitters, LLC, nationally accredited provider of multidisciplinary medical education programming and related healthcare communications services, is pleased to announce an upcoming live and interactive evidence-based CE activity titled "Wakefulness and Excessive Sleepiness: A Look at the Relationship and Its Impact on Our Patients." Offered as a live satellite broadcast, webcast, and telephone audioconference premiering Wednesday, January 26, 2005, from 12:00 p. m.–1:00 p. m. ET, the activity will focus on better understanding the relationship between wakefulness and excessive sleepiness and developing treatment strategies to maximize patient outcomes. The recorded satellite broadcast will re-air from 3:00 p. m.–4:00 p. m. ET; the archived webcast and telephone audioconference will be available shortly after the live broadcast.
Participation in this activity is free, as is obtaining a CE certificate; however, registration is required. Three forms of registration are accepted:
Fax: View the activity details page at http://www. psychCME. net/cmea. asp? ID=105 (http://www. psychCME. net/cmea. asp? ID=105), print and complete the activity details form, and fax to 240.243.1033
Online: Visit the psychCME TV page at http://www. psychCME. net (http://www. psychCME. net)
Phone: Call 877.CME. PROS (877.263.7767)
Statement of Need:
Sufficient sleep is not an absolute entity based on quantitative hours of rest, but rather a measure of the rest and restoration experienced by each individual. Epidemiological data suggests that approximately 10% of individuals suffer from some form of sleep disturbance. Insomnia is the most prevalent form of sleep disturbance, affecting approximately 34% of the general population. Conversely, excessive sleepiness is estimated to affect approximately 31% of the adult population. Excessive sleepiness can have a myriad of negative socioeconomic consequences, from diminished functioning at home and poor professional performance to increased incidence of accidents. In this evidence-based psychCME TV activity, the experts will look at the relationship between wakefulness and excessive sleepiness and offer tools and strategies for achieving positive outcomes in patients.
Faculty:
Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP
Brookside Family Practice
Pottstown, PA
Thomas Roth, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Director of Sleep Disorders and Research Center
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
PsychCME Chair and Moderator
Prakash S. Masand, MD
Consulting Professor of Psychiatry
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
• Define wakefulness and excessive sleepiness.
• Compare and contrast normal sleep and sleep disturbances that impact wakefulness.
• Develop screening tools for the recognition of excessive sleepiness.
• Implement treatment regimens that utilize pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies to achieve resolution of symptoms of excessive sleepiness.
Target Audience:
Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, social workers, certified case managers, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with an interest in mental health.
Credit Information:
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
Note to Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category I CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
CNE Credit (Nurses):
This Educational Activity is presented by CME Outfitters, LLC, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. It has been assigned code 5UYSJZ-PRV-0449. 1.2 contact hours (Pharmacology)
CEP Credit (Psychologists):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. CME Outfitters, LLC, maintains responsibility for the program. 1.0 CE credits
NASW Credit (Social Workers):
This program was approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886407722) for 1 continuing education contact hour.
CCMC Credit (Certified Case Managers):
This program has been approved for 1 hour by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC).
CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 1.2 contact hours (0.12 CEUs)
Universal Program Number: 376-999-05-003-L01 (live presentation) 376-999-05-003-H01 (recorded programs)
To receive credit, participants must review all activity materials in their entirety, score 70% or above on a post-test, and fully complete and return both the credit request form and activity evaluation. A certificate or statement of credit will be mailed within 4–6 weeks to all who successfully complete these requirements.
Commercial Support:
CME Outfitters, LLC, gratefully acknowledges an educational grant from Cephalon, Inc., in support of this CE activity.
About psychCME:
PsychCME is a collection of evidence-based CME/CE activities available in formats designed to offer maximum convenience. These include psychCME TV (satellite television), psychCME TALK (telephone audioconferences), psychCME REPORTS (newsletters), and psychCME CLASSIC (live hotel-based meetings). Most psychCME activities are also available online and in a variety of enduring materials. psychCME is a collaborative effort from psychCME, Inc., and CME Outfitters, LLC. For more information on psychCME, please visit http://www. psychcme. net (http://www. psychcme. net).
About CME Outfitters:
CME Outfitters is a full service healthcare communications agency providing continuing education content development, production, marketing, accreditation, and project management services to the healthcare industry. Among its many collaborative ventures, CME Outfitters enjoys an exclusive role in producing, certifying, and supporting the popular psychCME series of educational activities originally developed at Duke University Medical Center. For more information on CME Outfitters, including a complete calendar of its free award-winning educational activities, please visit http://www. cmeoutfitters. com (http://www. cmeoutfitters. com), or call 877.CME. PROS (877.263.7767).
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Contact: Christopher Perez
CME Outfitters, LLC
240.243.1303 direct
240.243.1033 fax
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