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. 2013 Apr 3:6:130.
doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-130.

Sleep education in pediatric residency programs: a cross-cultural look

Jodi A Mindell  1 , Alex Bartle, Youngmin Ahn, Mahesh Babu Ramamurthy, Huynh Thi Duy Huong, Jun Kohyama, Albert M Li, Nichara Ruangdaraganon, Rini Sekartini, Arthur Teng, Daniel Y T Goh
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Sleep education in pediatric residency programs: a cross-cultural look

Jodi A Mindell et al. BMC Res Notes. .

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.

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