This educational activity will explore new and novel ways to measure sleep. New diagnostics being brought to patient’s homes is a forthcoming reality. In the area of sleep apnea, home sleep testing has already largely taken over except for children and those with complex medical comorbidities and neurological disease, etc.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for sleep experts, primary care clinicians, medical professionals and caregivers with an interest in sleep.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
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Examine the necessary elements in lab polysomnogram, the standard for sleep assessment.
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Define potential options for the remote monitoring of cardiac signals during sleep.
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Evaluate how integration of these cardiac signals could be utilized in improving prevention, diagnosis and therapy of sleep related diseases.
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Discuss the range of currently available home sleep and sleep disturbed breathing diagnostics and their accuracy compared to in-laboratory polysomnography.
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List home sleep devices toward better understanding of the complex relationships between sleep and health, and cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
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Explore future home sleep assessment approaches likely to become useful for home sleep assessment.
Faculty
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Erik K. St. Louis, M.D. |
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Virend K. Somers, M.D., Ph.D. |
European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)
EACCME Accreditation Statement
The Monitoring and Integration of Cardio, Respiratory, and Neural Variables During Sleep, made available on https://www.medtalks.com/en/cardio-respiratory-neural-variables-during-sleep and organized by Dane Garvin Ltd., is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.
EACCME Term Offering
July 9, 2024 to July 9, 2026
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM . Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
Information regarding the conversion of EACCME® credits
Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.
For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Accreditation
AARC Designation Statement
This Non-traditional program has been approved for 1.25 contact hour Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care; 9425 N. MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100, Irving TX 75063 Course #191821000.
How to Obtain AARC / CRCE Credit
Attendees are expected to review all academic materials before attempting to apply for credit. Successful completion of this activity will lead to the issuance of a certificate for 1.25 contact hour of CRCE approved continuing education.
To receive credit, please follow these steps:
- Complete the online registration (registration is free).
- Review all of the academic materials provided.
- Click on the CRCE link to apply for credit.
- Complete the online test and/or evaluation. Participants must receive a test score of at least 70% and answer all evaluation questions to receive a certificate.
- Qualified applicants will be provided with an online (printable) CRCE certificate based on their attendance and satisfactory completion of this academic acitivity.
Term Offering
This activity was released on February 2, 2025 and is valid for two years. Requests for credit must be made no later than February 2, 2027.
The above term offering is for the following accreditations: AARC.
