Module Overview
Part of the Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies program, this topic module focuses on Sleep Health and contains two units:
- Sleep Physiology, Behavior, and Assessment | Csilla Veress, ND, LAc
- Circadian Physiology and Sleep Health | Csilla Veress, ND, LAc
Sleep health is a relatively new field of study in the realm of lifestyle medicine, and therefore the scientific literature regarding sleep health is limited. The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of the key concerns associated with improper sleep habits and how best to incorporate a sleep health component into your clinical practice. It will discuss sleep physiology, the physical and behavioral conditions that are impacted by sleep patterns, and how changes in lifestyle related to sleep can have a profound impact on your patients. This activity will help increase your knowledge regarding sleep health and provide a basis for providing this important component of lifestyle medicine to your patients.
Specific Objectives
After viewing the module presentations, learners should be able to:
Sleep Physiology, Behavior, and Assessment
- Recognize sleep’s role in physical health, relating to metabolic health, cardiovascular health, and immune function
- Recognize sleep’s role in mental and emotional health and in behavioral dysfunction
- Assess key factors that differentiate patient subpopulations with insufficient or poor-quality sleep
- Analyze specific sleep pattern diagnostics for proper practice management
- Identify lifestyle-based activity, dietary, environmental and coping behaviors that can improve sleep health
Circadian Physiology and Sleep Health
- Integrate circadian system components and physiology into sleep health
- Demonstrate role of light exposure and endogenous melatonin in sleep health
- Recommend lifestyle adjustments related to light exposure that support improved sleep
- Recommend lifestyle adjustments related to meal composition and timing that support improved sleep
- Compare and employ specific treatment options for sleep disturbances
Speakers
Csilla Veress ND, LAc
Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Acupuncturist, TrueNorth Health Center
Csilla Veress ND, LAc, is primary care doctor at TrueNorth Health Center, in Santa Rosa, CA. Dr. Veress is a graduate from Rutgers University with a degree in Biology, and obtained her medical degree from Bastyr University, where she also finished her masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. The focus of her practice and outreach is to educate and inspire individuals to achieve optimal health, through nutrition and lifestyle medicine.
Csilla lectures at TrueNorth Health and in the community on the impact of whole food, plant-based nutrition, water fasting and lifestyle modification in preventing and treating chronic illness. She is a contributing writer for NPLEX, helping elevate excellence within ND board examinations. She has also written several articles for Health Science Magazine and has been featured on various podcasts in the whole food, plant-based nutrition communities.
Credits
The ACPM designates this enduring material for 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ACPM is not accredited to offer credit to non-physicians. To determine if activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ are acceptable for your licensing or certification needs, please contact your credentialing body directly.
Please note: Continuing Education (CE) for allied health professionals is ONLY available for the full 32-hour program and is NOT available for individual modules.
This curriculum is applicable for Maintenance of Certification Credit (MOC) by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Additional medical specialty boards are reviewing this new program for MOC credit.
For physicians to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for this activity, they must achieve a score of 80% or higher on the post-test and complete the evaluation. Completing the post-test and evaluation will provide ABPM MOC credits as well.
Disclaimer
It is the policy of the Rush University Office of Interprofessional continuing Education to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias and beyond the control of persons or organizations with an economic interest in influencing the content of CE. Everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest (including but not limited to pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic) within the preceding 12 months.
Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.
The course directors, planners and faculty of this activity have stated they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
The information contained in this activity represents the views of those who created it and does not necessarily represent the official view or recommendations of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and American College of Preventive Medicine.
Priority recipient of this course
A key concept of the Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies Program is that it is designed and developed for a broad spectrum of healthcare providers emphasizing the need for a team approach to practicing lifestyle medicine. With this in mind, practitioners from the following professions can benefit from the curriculum:
- Preventive Medicine Physicians
- Primary Care Physicians
- Physician Specialists
- Psychiatrists/Psychologists
- Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners
- Registered Nurses
- Physical / Occupation Therapists
- Mental Health Counselors
- Dietitians/ Nutritionists
- Health Educators
- Residents / Medical Students
Pricing
- $68.32 (non-member)
- $38.24 (student/resident member)
- $40.92 (ACPM subscriber)
- $54.55 (member)
This is a self-paced course.