On-Demand
How Insomnia Impacts Cardiovascular Health and Metabolic Diseases
Barry Simon, MD, FRCP
Topics: Cardiovascular Health, Insomnia, Metabolic Diseases
- Up to 1.5 CFPC Mainpro+ Credits
Objectives
Faculty
Credit
- Identify the need to screen and assess a patient presenting with symptoms of insomnia
- Determine the impact of insomnia on affected patients
- Discuss the link between insomnia and cardiometabolic risk
- List the different non-pharmacological and non-prescription options for the management of sleep
- Contrast the benefits and risks of the different pharmacological treatment options for the management of chronic insomnia
Barry Simon MD, FRCP
Dr. Barry Simon MD FRCP is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a Consultant with the Leadership Centre for Diabetes at Mount Sinai Hospital where he improves diabetes adherence in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. For the past two decades he has educated dietitians, family doctors and medical specialists on effective motivational and psychological strategies to improve diabetes adherence, the mental health issues in chronic illness and managing binge eating disorder.
Live Session
This Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the CFPC & has been certified by Queen's University for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ Credits and is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College and approved by Queen’s University Office of CPD for up to 1.5 hours.
On-Demand Session
This Individual Learning program meets the certification criteria of the CFPC & has been certified by Queen's University for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ Credits.
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