Stephanie R Wappel1, Steven M Scharf1, Larry Cohen2, Jacob F Collen3, Brian D Robertson4, Emerson M Wickwire1, Montserrat Diaz-Abad1. 1. Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 2. Department of General Dentistry, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland. 3. Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Despite increasing recognition of its importance, sleep medicine education remains limited during medical training. We sought to assess the baseline knowledge of a group of health professions trainees and to determine whether an educational sleep medicine "boot camp" led to improvement in sleep medicine knowledge. METHODS: Participants attended a 2-day introduction to sleep medicine course designed for new sleep medicine fellows in July 2017 and 2018. Participants completed 2 validated sleep knowledge questionnaires (The Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education and The Dartmouth Sleep Knowledge and Attitude Survey) prior to and at the conclusion of the course. RESULTS: A total of 21 health professions trainees including 14 sleep medicine fellows completed both presurveys and postsurveys. Baseline Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education Survey score was 21.4 ± 3.4 out of 30 (71.4% ± 11.4%) and baseline Dartmouth Sleep Knowledge and Attitude Survey score was 16.1 ± 2.4 out of 24 (67.3% ± 9.9%). There was no difference in baseline scores between sleep medicine fellows and other health professions trainees. There was a statistically significant improvement in the Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education Survey (2.9 ± 2.1 points, P = .004) and Dartmouth Sleep Knowledge and Attitude Survey (2.5 ± 3.0 points, P = .001) scores among all participants after the course, without a difference in degree of improvement among sleep medicine fellows compared to other health professions trainees. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that baseline sleep medicine knowledge is higher than previously reported among health professions trainees. An educational sleep medicine boot camp improved knowledge even in a group of learners with high baseline knowledge and interest in sleep medicine, including new sleep medicine fellows. CITATION: Wappel SR, Scharf SM, Cohen L, et al. Improving sleep medicine education among health profession trainees. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17(12):2461-2466.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Despite increasing recognition of its importance, sleep medicine education remains limited during medical training. We sought to assess the baseline knowledge of a group of health professions trainees and to determine whether an educational sleep medicine "boot camp" led to improvement in sleep medicine knowledge. METHODS: Participants attended a 2-day introduction to sleep medicine course designed for new sleep medicine fellows in July 2017 and 2018. Participants completed 2 validated sleep knowledge questionnaires (The Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education and The Dartmouth Sleep Knowledge and Attitude Survey) prior to and at the conclusion of the course. RESULTS: A total of 21 health professions trainees including 14 sleep medicine fellows completed both presurveys and postsurveys. Baseline Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education Survey score was 21.4 ± 3.4 out of 30 (71.4% ± 11.4%) and baseline Dartmouth Sleep Knowledge and Attitude Survey score was 16.1 ± 2.4 out of 24 (67.3% ± 9.9%). There was no difference in baseline scores between sleep medicine fellows and other health professions trainees. There was a statistically significant improvement in the Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education Survey (2.9 ± 2.1 points, P = .004) and Dartmouth Sleep Knowledge and Attitude Survey (2.5 ± 3.0 points, P = .001) scores among all participants after the course, without a difference in degree of improvement among sleep medicine fellows compared to other health professions trainees. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that baseline sleep medicine knowledge is higher than previously reported among health professions trainees. An educational sleep medicine boot camp improved knowledge even in a group of learners with high baseline knowledge and interest in sleep medicine, including new sleep medicine fellows. CITATION: Wappel SR, Scharf SM, Cohen L, et al. Improving sleep medicine education among health profession trainees. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17(12):2461-2466.
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