AZNMA Livestreamed Workshop "Making Peace with Sleep: Insomnia's Varied Manifestations and Simple, Non-Drug Solutions" presented by Janet E. Tatman, PhD, PA-C Emeritus on Saturday, September 24, 2022

AZNMA Livestreamed Workshop

Making Peace with Sleep: Insomnia's Varied Manifestations and Simple, Non-Drug Solutions

Presented by Janet E. Tatman, PhD, PA-C Emeritus

Sponsored by

Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association

Saturday, September 24, 2022

8:30 am - 4:45 pm Arizona Time

CMEs: 2.0 Pharmacy & 4.5 General Approved by the Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association

We’ll introduce a respected conceptual model of chronic insomnia and highlight basic sleep physiology, including both biological rhythms and homeostatic forces regulating sleep. We'll also briefly describe symptoms indicative of disordered REM vs. NREM sleep, setting the stage for understanding and detecting several common parasomnias.

We’ll explore diagnosis and treatment of two common sleep disorders often masquerading as insomnia and thus risk poor clinical outcomes as well as potential liability for the unaware clinician. Where relevant, discussion of available pharmacotherapies will be included.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is deemed first line therapy over chronic medication by two large professional medical societies. An introduction to the basics of CBT-I will occupy the afternoon, including the clinical use of patient-generated sleep logs, with illustrative examples. Procedures for six different CBT-I techniques will be outlined, with guidance on selecting those most appropriate and likely to succeed in the context of different patient types.

A case of chronic, medicated insomnia will be presented over the course of the program along with a method for gradual, successful elimination of long-standing, habituated use of a prescription hypnotic.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. define chronic insomnia and common factors contributing to its development and persistence

2. recognize the separate roles of the circadian rhythm for sleep and the homeostatic forces regulating sleep in the development and maintenance of chronic insomnia and utilize this information in the selection of appropriate therapeutic regimens on a case-by-case basis

3. appreciate the effects of aging, alcohol abuse, and total sleep duration vs. time in bed on the quality and restorative value of sleep

4. readily diagnose and understand the treatment of at least two other disorders of sleep that may present primarily or solely with complaints of insufficient or poor quality sleep

5. instruct patients on the use of sleep logs and interpret the resulting data, facilitating selection of optimal treatment recommendations

6. understand the pros and cons of each of six different components of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and select the most likely combination of these for success in individual cases

About the Presenter

Dr. Jan Tatman graduated from the Physician Assistant program at the George Washington University Medical Center and practiced in the Washington, DC area in primary care and emergency medicine for 14 years. During that time, she completed a PhD in clinical psychology at the American University, also in DC. Her graduate training culminated in an internship in Health Psychology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Sleep Medicine, also at Rush. In Phoenix she developed private practices in both sleep disorders and general psychology, continuing this work for 20 years and retiring clinically in 2013. Her practice included the interpretation of thousands of polysomnograms as well as diverse clinical services to both adult and pediatric sleep-disordered patients.

Dr. Tatman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and Certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. She periodically serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. During 2016, she developed a self-paced sleep medicine curriculum for A.T. Still University's Department of Physician Assistant Studies. She continues to relish teaching both professional and lay groups about sleep and its disorders.

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Schedule

8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Morning session with two 15 minute breaks
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Afternoon session with one 15 minute break

Registration Rates

$119- AzNMA Physician Member (log into your AzNMA account for the member rate)
$49 - AzNMA Student Member
$149 - Non-Member Physician
$69 - Non-Member Student

Upon completion of your registration, you will receive TWO emails: your payment receipt and confirmation of registration with a Go to Webinar registration link. Click the Go to Webinar link in the second email to complete your registration and receive the link from Go to Webinar to actually access the workshop.

Not able to attend live?

Please register for the workshop. The recorded version will be available within two days and all those who register will receive recording. The same CEs will be provided for those who watch the recording.