Lunch Debate

Lunch Debate Information

Sign up for lunch debates when you register for the SLEEP 2012 general session. In order to attend lunch debate sessions, you must be registered for the SLEEP 2012 general session. The APSS does not offer registration to only attend lunch debate sessions. These sessions have limited seating and are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Advanced purchase of tickets is strongly encouraged. If a lunch debate session is sold out, you will not be charged or you will receive a refund. Those attendees registered for SLEEP 2012 at the reduced training rate (i.e. Resident/Fellow or Student/Predoctoral), may register for the lunch debate sessions at the member rate regardless of membership status.

Listen as two experts in the field of sleep medicine or sleep research debate on a single topic in these large-group sessions. Boxed meals are provided at these sessions. Meals are pre-selected with standard dietary needs in mind and cannot be substituted to accommodate special needs.

CE credits for psychologists are not provided for Lunch Debate sessions.

Member fee: $40 Nonmember fee: $50

Monday, June 11, 2012
12:30pm – 1:30pm

L01: Does the MSLT Provide a Useful Measure of Daytime Sleepiness in Clinical Practice?
Faculty: Ronald Chervin, MD; and Michael Silber, MBChB

1. Generate a well-informed decision about whether to ask specific patients to undergo an MSLT after a polysomnogram;
2. Classify what clinical value is and is not provided by an MSLT;
3. Identify how to perform and interpret an MSLT in a manner that will maximize usefulness of this test for clinical assessment and patient management;
4. Examine the basis for normative values of the MSLT;
5. Inspect the uses of the MSLT in the diagnosis of disorders of excessive sleepiness; and
6. Discuss the limitations in the clincial use of the MSLT.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012
12:30pm – 1:30pm

L02: Are Periodic Limb Movements during Sleep Dangerous?
Faculty: Daniel Picchietti, MD; and David Rye, MD, PhD

1. Explain the evidence for the association of PLMS with cardiovascular disease and hypertension;
2. Describe the potential impact of periodic limb movements during sleep; and
3. Conclude that further work needs to be done to establish causality and define potential treatment options.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
12:30pm – 1:30pm

L03: REM Sleep and Dreaming: Cause or Consequence of Emotions?
Faculty: Sean Drummond, PhD; and Matthew Walker, PhD

1. Discuss the connection between memory networks and dream content;
2. Analyze clinical implications of emotion regulation during REM sleep and dreams; and
3. Review the latest data on bottom-up regulation of emotional processing in REM sleep.