Sleep education in medical school curriculum: a glimpse across countries.
Sleep Med
; 12(9): 928-31, 2011 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-21924951
ABSTRACT
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 2.5h, 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 3h of education. Paediatric topics were covered for a mere 17 min compared to over 2h 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.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos do Sono-Vigília
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Pesquisas sobre Atenção à Saúde
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Educação Médica
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
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Asia
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article