Sleep medicine education: Are medical schools and residency programs napping on the job?

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 344-345

  Gamaldo, Charlene E ^a   Salas, Rachel E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TEACHING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44949200234     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0808     Document Type: Article

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