Medical Grand Rounds

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Medicine.
 
Speaker: Brienne Miner, MD, Assistant Professor, Geriatrics, Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
 
Title: Sleep in Older Adults: What Changes, What Matters, and What We Miss
 
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
 
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am
 
Location: Keller Auditorium
 
 
Session Attendance Code: [insert code]
 
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Discuss the core functions of sleep and how normal sleep architecture and regulation change with aging
2.  Discuss common subjective and objective approaches to sleep assessment, including their strengths and limitations in older adult populations
3.  Discuss age-specific factors that influence sleep assessment and interpretation
4.  Discuss a sleep deficiency framework to more comprehensively evaluate sleep health in older adults beyond sleep duration or insomnia symptoms alone
 
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Brienne Miner, MD in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
 
Speaker Off-label Statement: Brienne Miner, MD will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Target Audience: Practicing physicians, medical residents and fellows, medical students, and other healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants (PAs), and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to _ 1 _ MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:  Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Session date: 
01/15/2026 - 8:00am to 9:00am EST
Location: 
UConn Health
263 Famington Ave
Keller Auditorium
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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Speaker(s)

Brienne Miner, MD MHS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.