Publication: Sleep education in pediatric residency programs: A cross-cultural look
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2013-04-05
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17560500
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BMC Research Notes. Vol.6, No.1 (2013)
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Jodi A. Mindell, Alex Bartle, Youngmin Ahn, Mahesh Babu Ramamurthy, Huynh Thi Duy Huong, Jun Kohyama, Albert M. Li, Nichara Ruangdaraganon, Rini Sekartini, Arthur Teng, Daniel Yt Goh Sleep education in pediatric residency programs: A cross-cultural look. BMC Research Notes. Vol.6, No.1 (2013). doi:10.1186/1756-0500-6-130 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31331
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Sleep education in pediatric residency programs: A cross-cultural look
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Saint Joseph's University, United States
Sleep Well Clinics
Eulji University, School of Medicine
National University Hospital, Singapore
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center
Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong
Mahidol University
Universitas Indonesia
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia
National University of Singapore
Sleep Well Clinics
Eulji University, School of Medicine
National University Hospital, Singapore
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center
Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong
Mahidol University
Universitas Indonesia
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia
National University of Singapore
Abstract
Background: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of education about sleep and sleep disorders in pediatric residency programs and to identify barriers to providing such education. Methods. Surveys were completed by directors of 152 pediatric residency programs across 10 countries (Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States-Canada, and Vietnam). Results: Overall, the average amount of time spent on sleep education is 4.4 hours (median = 2.0 hours), with 23% responding that their pediatric residency program provides no sleep education. Almost all programs (94.8%) offer less than 10 hours of instruction. The predominant topics covered include sleep-related development, as well as normal sleep, sleep-related breathing disorders, parasomnias, and behavioral insomnia of childhood. Conclusions: These results indicate that there is still a need for more efforts to include sleep-related education in all pediatric residency programs, as well as coverage of the breadth of sleep-related topics. Such education would be consistent with the increased recognition of the importance of sleep and under-diagnosis of sleep disorders in children and adolescents. © 2013 Mindell et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.