Teaching family medicine medical students about sleep disorders.
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.
Schillinger
Erika
E
Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine, Stanford University, 1215 Welch Road, Modular H, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5408, USA. erikas@stanford.edu
Kushida
Clete
C
Fahrenbach
Ruth
R
Dement
William
W
LeBaron
Samuel
S
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