Sleep education in medical school curriculum: A glimpse across countries

Mindell, Jodi A.; Bartle, Alex; Wahab, Norrashidah Abd; Ahn, Young‐Min; Ramamurthy, Mahesh Babu; Huong, Huynh Thi Duy; Kohyama, Jun; Ruangdaraganon, Nichara; Sekartini, Rini; Teng, Arthur; Goh, Daniel Yam Thiam

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2011.07.001

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“…This suggests that insomnia is perceived as a less-urgent matter. Therefore the adequacy of sleep-health coverage in the medical curricula warrants further attention given that only~6 h is spent on sleep health by the average Australian medical school (Mindell et al 2011). However, the pharmacists in this study readily referred patients to see a GP following the unsuccessful management of insomnia.…”

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Primary health care practitioner perspectives on the management of insomnia: a pilot study

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Aust. J. Prim. Health

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Abstract. This paper reports a qualitative pilot study exploring primary care health practitioners' perspectives on the management of insomnia following the extensive media coverage on the adverse effects of zolpidem in 2007-08. General practitioners and community pharmacists were recruited throughout metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales using a convenience sampling and snowballing technique. Demographic information was collected from each participant followed by a semistructured interview. In total 22 participants were interviewed, including eight general practitioners and 14 community pharmacists. Interview transcripts were analysed using 'framework analysis'. Participants' responses illuminated some of the key issues facing primary care practitioners in the management of insomnia. Practitioners perceived there to be an overreliance on pharmacotherapy among insomnia patients and inadequate support for directing patients to alternative treatment pathways if they require or prefer non-pharmacological management. Current prescribing trends appear to favour older benzodiazepines in new cases of insomnia whereas some successful sporadic users of zolpidem have continued to use zolpidem after the media coverage in 2007-08. The findings of this pilot study suggest the need to address the limitations in the management of insomnia within the current health care system, to revise and disseminate updated insomnia guidelines and to provide educational opportunities and resources to primary care practitioners concerning management options.

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Primary health care practitioner perspectives on the management of insomnia: a pilot study

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“…Main reason for this poor knowledge in medical students and physicians is lack of a structured sleep medicine curriculum. Mindell et al did an analysis on quality of sleep education in 409 medical colleges in 12 countries; it was seen that on an average only 2.5 h is spent on sleep education [24]. In a study done in 100 medical colleges from India, it was found that only 50% of the faculty at medical colleges feels that OSA should be a part of MBBS curriculum.…”

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Poor Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Among Medical Students in India: A Call for MBBS Curriculum Change

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Context and AimsSleep disorders are one of the most common disorders but are not given enough importance in medical teaching. This study was done to find the knowledge of medical students about the most common sleep disorders. Design Cross-sectional study. Methods and Materials A total of 232 final-year medical students from four medical colleges filled up OSAKA and OSAKAkids questionnaire. Statistical Analysis Used Demographic variables were summarized by descriptive statistic measures like counts and percentages. Continuous variables like knowledge scores were summarized as mean and standard deviation. Knowledge scores and perceived importance were compared using t test; p value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results Knowledge score of students for OSAKA adults and OSAKA-kids questionnaire was 37.93 ± 16.31 and 42.1 ± 20.27%. 91.47, and 86.21% of students rated OSA in adults and kids, respectively, as important to extremely important clinical disorder. Conclusions Although majority of medical students think OSA is significant medical disorder, their knowledge regarding OSA is very poor. Dedicated sleep medicine training covering main sleep disorders should be done in all medical colleges.

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“…Less than 3 hours is the mean duration dedicated to sleep education in medical schools around the world. 3 Most alarmingly, data show that only 17 minutes is reserved for paediatric sleep topics. Because of this lack of education, there is still a low rate of diagnosis of sleep disorders -less than 1% in some communities.…”

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Sleep awareness and education among clinical practitioners

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Sleep education in medical school curriculum: A glimpse across countries

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Primary health care practitioner perspectives on the management of insomnia: a pilot study

Primary health care practitioner perspectives on the management of insomnia: a pilot study

Poor Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Among Medical Students in India: A Call for MBBS Curriculum Change

Sleep awareness and education among clinical practitioners

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