title: Nodding and napping in medical lectures: an instructive systematic review.
abstract: A comprehensive, international systematic review, spanning more than 100 years of data collection, suggests that soporific lectures at medical meetings are common, annoying and persistent. Low lights and boring material are prominent risk factors for nodding off during presentations. Extreme remedial measures are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rockwood
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: D001887:Boredom; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D012890:Sleep; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic