Integrated Sleep Care Essentials: Earn Continuing Education

Learning Objectives: Examine the relationship between obesity and sleep disorders and the rationale for integrating care across specialties. Analyze the clinical and operational components required to implement multidisciplinary sleep-obesity programs. Identify strategies sleep practices can use to incorporate weight management and collaborative care into clinical workflows. 

Learning Objectives: Describe the updated American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline recommendations for central sleep apnea. Compare therapeutic options for central sleep apnea, including CPAP, adaptive servo-ventilation, bilevel PAP with backup rate, and phrenic nerve stimulation. Analyze the shift toward patient-reported outcomes and individualized care when assessing treatment success.

Learning Objectives: Identify cognitive impairment as a significant and often underrecognized symptom of narcolepsy. Examine how attention, memory, and executive function deficits affect quality of life in individuals with narcolepsy. Discuss the importance of recognizing patient-reported experiences such as “brain fog” in clinical assessment.  

Learning Objectives: Identify clinical indicators and screening approaches dentists can use to detect obstructive sleep apnea risk in pediatric patients. Examine interdisciplinary strategies for integrating airway-focused care into general dental practices. Evaluate adjunctive therapies and collaborative treatment models used to manage pediatric sleep-disordered breathing. 

Learning Objectives: Describe the principles and therapeutic goals of sleep restriction therapy within cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. Explain why the term “sleep restriction” may misrepresent the clinical intent of the therapy. Analyze the evidence supporting sleep restriction therapy as an effective behavioral treatment for insomnia.