Comprehensive Management of Insomnia and Sleep Disorders

October 21, 2023 Online Live Workshop

Online Activity

About the workshop

This Comprehensive Management of Insomnia and Sleep Disorders has been developed and conducted by experienced medical practitioners managing insomnia and sleep disorders. Based on their experience you will receive a comprehensive overview of this common indication, statistics, causes, comorbidities, pathophysiology and current treatments.

Our educators will prepare you to manage more patients by providing an in-depth review of current treatments, identifying the advantages and limitations to ensure each treatment plan is patient centered and designed to give your patients the best therapeutic outcome.

Upon completion of this masterclass, through interactive group activities and practical case studies you will learn how to manage patients better, and gain the knowledge to reduce polypharmacy and provide an integrative approach by incorporating plant-based medicines.

After this workshop, you will be able to:

Discern between the various insomnia and sleep disorder presentations in patients, and corresponding neural pathophysiology

Assess the socio-economic and public health impact of insomnia and sleep disorders in the Australian population

Demonstrate the skills, and the knowledge required for a comprehensive assessment for patients suffering from insomnia and sleep disorders

Create a patient-centred treatment plan considering non- pharmacological and pharmacological approaches

Distinguish various indications and contraindications to prescribe medicinal cannabis for patients suffering from insomnia and sleep disorders

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Earn 12 CPD hours

Saturday, 21 October 2023

08:30 - 14:00 AEDT

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Medihuanna is a CPD approved education provider, and this activity has been approved by the RACGP (Activity ID: 442654). Upon completing this activity, you will be eligible to claim CPD hours. The activity will include the following CPD allocation which will be uploaded to the RACGP dashboard.

Educational Activities:

2 hours

Reviewing Performance:

5 hours

Measuring Outcomes:

5 hours

Our Sponsors

Dr Dev Banerjee

Sleep Specialist and Medical Educator

About the Educator

Dr Dev Banerjee MBChB BSc Hons MD FRCP UK FRACP is a Specialist in Sleep Medicine with over 20 years' experience. His previous posts include Sleep Physician and Service Lead in Birmingham UK, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Woolcock Institute University of Sydney and now currently Medical Director at Lullaby Sleep in the Central Coast NSW. His specialist interest includes the management of mental health disorders causing insomnia using medicinal cannabis and he has been an Authorised Prescriber for Medicinal Cannabis since August 2020 (NIIM approved). Other interests include the role of medicinal cannabis in treating PTSD and insomnia in First Responders, with over 12 years experience working with the Police for the Offices of Public Prosecution in the UK and Australia as a medical legal expert. He is also Co-Director of Vivace Health which provides dispensing and treatment support for users of Medicinal Cannabis. He is supported by a team of staff who are passionate about treating the health and well being of patients using Medicinal Cannabis.

Session Plan

<p>This online activity is conducted live through our platform that comes with 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of interactive exercises, case studies and clinical applications. The remaining 8 hour module will be completed self-paced after the live component has concluded. For more information please download the program outline.<p>

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