REMember to Sleep! Introducing Dr. Michelle Haroldson

Ridgeview Podcast: CME Series

In this podcast, Dr. Michelle Haroldson, a hospitalist and a sleep medicine physician with Ridgeview's Sleep Clinic, talks about sleep and why it is important, specific sleep conditions and various treatments.

Enjoy the podcast.

Objectives:Upon completion of this podcast, participants should be able to:

• Summarize the importance of sleep for physical health and wellness
• Identify barriers to (impacts upon) sleep
• Identify treatment options for sleep disorders.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation criteria, standards and policies of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA). Ridgeview is accredited by the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME credit is only offered to Ridgeview Providers & Allied Health staff for this podcast activity. After listening to the podcast, complete and submit the online evaluation form. Upon successful completion of the evaluation, you will be e-mailed a certificate of completion within approximately 2 weeks. You may contact the accredited provider with questions regarding this program at [e-mail].

Click the link below, to complete the activity's evaluation.

CME Evaluation

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It is Ridgeview's intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.

Ridgeview's CME planning committee members and presenter(s) have disclosed they have no significant financial relationship with a pharmaceutical company and have disclosed that no conflict of interest exists with the presentation/educational event.

Thank-you for listening to the podcast.

SHOW NOTES: *See the attachment for additional information.

How do we break the cycle of burnout? Approximately 50% of burnout is present with clinicians prior to COVID.

Why sleep is important- 1/3 of an individual's life is spent sleeping. - Sleep is when the body resets, restores, and heals - Higher mortality rates may occur with those who sleep less than 6 hrs a night. - Optimal sleep window is 6.5 to 8.5 hours a night.

Stages of Sleep- 4 stages (Light sleep, slow wave, dream sleep) - Sleep architecture -Shift work

REM sleep- what happens during this sleep stage

Sleep conditions/disorders - Narcolepsy - Sleep walking - Dream enactment - Sleep apnea - Sleep talking - Snoring - Kleine-Levin

Why see a sleep specialist- People are paying attention to their sleep- Sleep study

Impacts upon sleep - Society's values on sleep - Blue wave light - Lack of sleep associated with major accidents

How to improve sleep - Decide sleep is a priority - Appropriate bedtime - Decreasing exposure to blue wavelength light - Remove light from sleeping environment - Sleep temperature - White noise - Sleep zone

Medications that affect sleep (for better or worse) - Mental health or psychiatric meds - Vistaril, Benadryl - Beta blockers- Melatonin - antidepressants

Thanks to Dr. Michelle Haroldson for her knowledge and contribution to this podcast.

Please check out the additional show notes for more information/resources.