title: Teaching family medicine medical students about sleep disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A 3.5-hour workshop was developed to teach family medicine medical students about sleep disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  This family medicine clerkship requirement engages students in role-plays and provides them with didactic information about common sleep problems.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-one students completed questionnaires assessing their knowledge prior to the workshop, 2 weeks and 6 months after the workshop, and their clinical behavior after the workshop.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A role-play-based workshop is an effective, fun way to improve students' sleep knowledge and skills. Students retain that information over a 6-month period and are able to apply it during their clinical clerkships.
authors.affiliation: Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine, Stanford University, 1215 Welch Road, Modular H, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5408, USA. erikas@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schillinger
authors.forename: Clete
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kushida
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fahrenbach
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dement
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: LeBaron
mesh_terms: D004493:Education; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education*; D012381:Role Playing; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States