SLTBR/AAMCC Joint Continuing
Medical Education Course
I. Light Therapy for SAD
Learning objectives:
A. To identify patients most likely to
respond to light treatment
B. To learn a standardized protocol for
light treatment in SAD patients
C. To become familiar with the different
light units available
D. To consider safety issues with
various light treatments
II. Non-light treatments for SAD
Learning objectives:
A. To review response rates for light
therapy in SAD
B. To review studies comparing light
therapy and medication
C. To learn about which medicines have
been shown to work for SAD
D. To learn about other alternative
approaches to SAD
Learning objectives:
A. To learn about rhythm-disturbances as causal of functional and organic disorders
B. To review rhythms in human disease and their symptoms
C. To discuss biological rhythm-dependencies of common diagnostic tests
Learning objectives:
A. To review concepts and mechanisms of
chronopharmacology (administration-
time differences in the pharamcokinetics and effects) of medications
B. To present examples of chronopharmacokinetics and chronodynamics
C. To discuss the rationale for the chronotherapy
of medications
D. To review current chronotherapies in
clinical use today