TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep education in medical school curriculum
T2 - A glimpse across countries
AU - Mindell, Jodi A.
AU - Bartle, Alex
AU - Wahab, Norrashidah Abd
AU - Ahn, Youngmin
AU - Ramamurthy, Mahesh Babu
AU - Huong, Huynh Thi Duy
AU - Kohyama, Jun
AU - Ruangdaraganon, Nichara
AU - Sekartini, Rini
AU - Teng, Arthur
AU - Goh, Daniel Y.T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted by the Asian-Pacific Paediatric Sleep Alliance and supported by Johnson & Johnson Asia Pacific .
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Background: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of education about sleep and sleep disorders in medical school education and to identify barriers to providing such education. Methods: Surveys were sent to 409 medical schools across 12 countries (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Canada and Viet Nam). Results: Overall, the response rate was 25.9%, ranging from 0% in some countries (India) to 100% in other countries (New Zealand and Singapore). Overall, the average amount of time spent on sleep education is just under 2.5. h, with 27% responding that their medical school provides no sleep education. Three countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Viet Nam) provide no education, and only Australia and the United States/Canada provide more than 3 h of education. Paediatric topics were covered for a mere 17 min compared to over 2 h on adult-related topics. Conclusion: These results suggest that there continues to be very limited coverage of sleep in medical school education despite an incredible increase in acknowledgement of the importance of sleep and need for recognition of sleep disorders by physicians.
AB - Background: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of education about sleep and sleep disorders in medical school education and to identify barriers to providing such education. Methods: Surveys were sent to 409 medical schools across 12 countries (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Canada and Viet Nam). Results: Overall, the response rate was 25.9%, ranging from 0% in some countries (India) to 100% in other countries (New Zealand and Singapore). Overall, the average amount of time spent on sleep education is just under 2.5. h, with 27% responding that their medical school provides no sleep education. Three countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Viet Nam) provide no education, and only Australia and the United States/Canada provide more than 3 h of education. Paediatric topics were covered for a mere 17 min compared to over 2 h on adult-related topics. Conclusion: These results suggest that there continues to be very limited coverage of sleep in medical school education despite an incredible increase in acknowledgement of the importance of sleep and need for recognition of sleep disorders by physicians.
KW - Education
KW - Medical education
KW - Medical school
KW - Physician education
KW - Sleep
KW - Sleep disorders
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.07.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 21924951
AN - SCOPUS:80455164544
SN - 1389-9457
VL - 12
SP - 928
EP - 931
JO - Sleep Medicine
JF - Sleep Medicine
IS - 9
ER -