Clinical Skills Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences | Mātauranga Hauora, The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand; Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences | Mātauranga Hauora, The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences | Mātauranga Hauora, The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
Sleep Med. 2024 Aug;120:29-33. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.05.052. Epub 2024 Jun 3.
To explore final-year medical students' perceptions of sleep education during medical school to inform the development of a sleep curriculum.
Year 6 medical students on their final general practice placement in 2020 were invited to complete an online survey including questions regarding sleep education recalled during the medical programme.
Responses were received from 51/71 (72 %) students. Main learning topics recalled by participants were sleep apnoea (83 %), sleep physiology (71 %), and snoring (69 %). Education in other topics was reported by <65 % of students. Priority topics for students were treating common sleep disorders, taking a sleep history, and navigating shift work.
Whilst the majority of students recalled education on specific topics, many had little awareness of education relating to sleep assessment, insomnia, or shift work. Sleep education in the curriculum needs more emphasis and reinforcement given sleep's relevance across many domains of health and morbidity. We propose that an identifiable sleep curriculum is required to ensure medical students have the necessary core education regarding sleep and sleep disorders both for patients and themselves. Further, we believe this is possible to achieve in a short timeframe within the constraints of an existing curriculum and propose some creative solutions.
探讨医学生对医学院期间睡眠教育的看法，为睡眠课程的开发提供信息。
2020 年，在最后一个普通实习岗位上的 6 年级医学生被邀请完成一项在线调查，其中包括关于医学课程中回忆的睡眠教育的问题。
收到了 71 名学生中的 51 名（72%）的回复。参与者回忆的主要学习主题是睡眠呼吸暂停（83%）、睡眠生理学（71%）和打鼾（69%）。不到 65%的学生报告了其他主题的教育。学生的优先主题是治疗常见的睡眠障碍、进行睡眠史记录和应对轮班工作。
虽然大多数学生回忆起了特定主题的教育，但许多学生对睡眠评估、失眠或轮班工作相关的教育知之甚少。课程中的睡眠教育需要更多的强调和强化，因为睡眠与健康和发病率的许多领域都有关联。我们提出需要一个明确的睡眠课程，以确保医学生在睡眠和睡眠障碍方面有必要的核心教育，无论是针对患者还是他们自己。此外，我们认为在现有课程的限制内，可以在短时间内实现这一目标，并提出了一些创造性的解决方案。
