Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series

A primer on sleep for healthcare professionals: A lifestyle medicine approach

Speaker: Param Dedhia, MD, is a curious internal medicine doctor and passionate integrative medicine practitioner. As a sought-after speaker and physician, he translates medical science into our everyday lives. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the components of healthy sleep
2. Discuss the physiological & psychological role of sleep
3. Explain the bidirectional connection between sleep & health
4. Identify the most common sleep disorders & treatment
5. Review approaches for sleep for the healthcare professional (on-call and shift work) and young families
6. Describe the keys to optimal sleep

This lecture is part of an online series of 6 lectures has been certified for up to 6 CFPC Group Learning credits and 6 Royal College Section 1- Group Learning hours, 1 credit/lecture. It provides a Queen’s University certificate of completion for up to 6 hours of professional learning for health professionals.