Get continuing medical education (CME)

• MyCME.com’s “Disorders of Hypersomnolence Resource Center”
  • This center provides several current idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) CME programs, including some that are jointly presented by the Hypersomnia Foundation
  • It also includes CME programs for other hypersomnias, such as narcolepsy
• UpToDate articles for CME credit:
  • “Idiopathic Hypersomnia”
  • “Classification of Sleep Disorders”
  • “Approach to the Patient With Excessive Daytime Sleepiness”
  • “Excessive Daytime Sleepiness due to Medical Disorders and Medications”
• CME Outfitter’s program “A New Dawn in the Management of Idiopathic Hypersomnia” (expires 1/18/2024)
• EfficientCME.com’s program “Wake up: Modern Strategies to Recognize and Combat Sleepiness in Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia”
• Medscape’s CME center “Clinical Advances in Hypersomnolence: Exploring Narcolepsy, IH, EDS, and OSA”
• WebMD Education “What to Know About Idiopathic Hypersomnia”

Attend World Sleep Academy

World Sleep Academy provides accessible training in sleep medicine to healthcare workers, particularly those in communities underserved by sleep medicine specialists. Their program is organized into 3 tiers of increasing complexity in sleep science and medicine topics. Courses are delivered entirely online, and learning activities are usually asynchronous but supplemented with weekly live sessions with the lead faculty. Completing all 3 tiers of content takes one calendar year. Visit their website to learn more.