Activity Description
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a prevalent but often underestimated sleep disorder with significant implications for the health and well-being of individuals in the United States. Despite its impact on chronic diseases and healthcare costs, OSA remains underdiagnosed, leading to untreated sleep apnea and its consequences. With emerging strategies for OSA treatment, it's crucial for healthcare providers to stay informed about the latest clinical evidence shaping the treatment landscape.
Explore the 3-part on-demand series, Breathing Easy: Conquering Obstructive Sleep Apnea for Better Health. This collaborative effort, in conjunction with local AAFP Chapter meetings, provides expert guidance and clinical best practices for screening, managing, monitoring, and treating patients with OSA. Key topics in Part 1: The Interconnection of OSA and Disease-related Complications include:
- The risks of undiagnosed and unmanaged OSA: Underdiagnosis and gaps in treatment and disease-related complications
- Common comorbidities with OSA: Comorbidities associated with OSA including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, etc. and their impact on OSA outcomes
- High-risk and underserved populations in OSA: Patient factors associated with poor outcomes such as weight, social determinants of health
Be sure to take part 2 and part 3 to maximize your education and impact!
- Part 2: Screening and Management of OSA
This activity covers evaluating sleep health and identifying patients at-risk for OSA, recognizing diverse presentations of OSA, and individualizing OSA management plans. - Part 3: Improving Collaboration Amongst Multidisciplinary Teams to Tackle OSA
This activity covers improving collaboration amongst multidisciplinary teams to tackle OSA, including improving access to OSA care for underserved and rural populations, engaging patients in care collaboration, and patient-first approaches to OSA care.
Speakers
Eric L. Johnson, MD
Professor
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Assistant Medical Director, Altru Diabetes Center
Grand Forks, ND
Dr. Johnson is a Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Department of Education Resources, where he is the Director of Interprofessional Education and the Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Program. He also serves as the Assistant Medical Director for the Diabetes Center at Altru Health System in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dr. Johnson completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of North Dakota-Fargo Program and is Board Certified in Family Medicine.
Dr. Johnson is a member of the American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee, past-Chair of the American Diabetes Association Primary Care Advisory Group, President of the American Diabetes Association- North Dakota Affiliate, and Past Co-Chair of the American Medical Association Chronic Disease Prevention and Management interest group. Dr. Johnson has publications in the areas of diabetes, tobacco related disease, interprofessional education, liver disease, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic eye disease, and cardiovascular disease.
Roger Seheult, MD
Optum California
Associate Clinical Professor
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor
School of Medicine and Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University
Co-Founder & Instructor, MedCram
Beaumont, CA
Dr. Seheult is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Allied Health at Loma Linda University.
Dr. Seheult is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Roger's current practice is in Beaumont, California where he is a critical care physician, pulmonologist, and sleep physician at Optum California. He lectures routinely across the country at conferences and for medical, PA, and RT societies, is the director of a sleep lab, and is the Medical Director for the Crafton Hills College Respiratory Care Program.
In 2012 he and Kyle Allred founded MedCram L.L.C., a medical education company with CME-accredited videos that are utilized by hospitals, medical schools, and hundreds of thousands of medical professionals from all over the world (and over 1 million YouTube Subscribers). His passion is promoting healthy lifestyles and regularly lectures to schools, hospitals, and media outlets. Dr. Seheult was the recipient of the 2021 San Bernardino County Medical Society's William L. Cover MD Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medicine and the 2022 United Health Group's The Sages of Clinical Service Award. In 2022, both Roger Seheult and Kyle Allred received the HRH Prince Salmon bin Hamad Al Khalifa Medical Merit Medal from the Kingdom of Bahrain for their contribution to health policy in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
His passion is "demystifying" medical concepts.
Accreditation and Disclosure Information
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Assess the risks of undiagnosed and unmanaged OSA and disease-associated complications to support timely screening, diagnosis, management, and care coordination.
- Incorporate evidence-based approaches including, routine evaluation of sleep history to promptly identify signs of OSA.
- Identify distinct phenotypes of OSA including typical and atypical presentations to initiate timely screening and diagnosis, raise awareness, and educate patients on OSA and associated complications.
- Create strategies to address health disparities in OSA outcomes by individualizing OSA care.
Program Agenda
- The risks of unmanaged OSA
Statistics of underdiagnosis and gaps in treatment and disease-related complications emphasize the importance of recognition, diagnosis and management - Common comorbidities with OSA
Comorbidities associated with OSA including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, etc. and their impact on OSA outcomes - High-risk and undeserved populations in OSA
Patients factors associated with worse outcomes such as weight, social determinants of health, etc. to identify high-risk OSA patients
Target Audience
This activity is directed towards primary care physicians and healthcare providers who interface with patients with OSA, including patients with associated health comorbidities (eg, obesity, CVD, T2D, etc).
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In support of improving patient care, Medical Learning Institute, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AAFP CME Credit
The AAFP has reviewed Breathing Easy: Conquering OSA for Better Health -The Interconnection of OSA and Disease-Related Complications and deemed it acceptable for up to 0.50 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 02/07/2024 to 02/06/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Lilly.
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Faculty Disclosures
Planner/Presenter
Eric L. Johnson, MD
Professor
University of North Dakota
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Assistant Medical Director
Altru Diabetes Center
Grand Forks, ND
Eric L. Johnson, MD, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.
Planner/Presenter
Roger Seheult, MD
Optum California
Associate Clinical Professor
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor
School of Medicine and Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University
Co-Founder & Instructor, MedCram
Beaumont, CA
Roger Seheult, MD, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
The following relationships have ended within the last 24 months:
Advisory Board/Consultant: Intrivo Diagnostics
Chair/Planner
Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP
Senior Family Practice Physician
Collegeville Family Practice
Medical Director, Wellness Center,
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Advisory Board/Consultant: AstraZeneca, Axsome, Idorsia
Speakers’ Bureau: Axsome, Idorsia
Stock Ownership: CVS, Pfizer
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