Sleep timing is more important than sleep length or quality for medical school performance

Chronobiology International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 766-771

  Genzel, L ^a   Ahrberg, K ^a   Roselli, C ^a   Niedermaier, S ^b   Steiger, A ^a   Dresler, M ^a   Roenneberg, T ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Chronotype; Medical education; Memory; Sleep timing

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SLEEP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879346638     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.763132     Document Type: Article

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