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From BBC News
Doctors taught to sleep soundly
Having trouble sleeping can affect patients and doctors alike. Trainee doctors are being taught the importance of getting a good night's sleep in a pioneering course.
Medical staff are renowned for working long shifts, and tiredness has been linked to an increased risk of errors.
The course at Warwick Medical School teaches students how to deal with their sleep problems, and those of patients.
Lack of sleep is a common problem, but the professor teaching the Warwick course said it is barely covered in the usual undergraduate curriculum. Read more...
Makes sense to me
Doctors taught to sleep soundly
Having trouble sleeping can affect patients and doctors alike. Trainee doctors are being taught the importance of getting a good night's sleep in a pioneering course.
Medical staff are renowned for working long shifts, and tiredness has been linked to an increased risk of errors.
The course at Warwick Medical School teaches students how to deal with their sleep problems, and those of patients.
Lack of sleep is a common problem, but the professor teaching the Warwick course said it is barely covered in the usual undergraduate curriculum. Read more...
Makes sense to me
