Conference paper
TRAINING IN SLEEP MEDICINE AMONG EUROPEAN EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS: A PROJECT FROM THE EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION – EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS COMMITTEE
Barry Walls
; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Katja Kölkebeck
Alina Petricean-Braicu
; Birmingham, UK ; European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees
Zuzana Lattova
; Prague Psychiatric Centre, Czech Republic
Martina Rojnic Kuzman
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb and Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb Croatia
Olivier Andlauer
; European Psychiatric Association, Early Career Psychiatrists Committee ; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Abstract
Introduction: Sleep disorders have a proven association with psychiatric illness. Therefore, psychiatrists require appropriate
training in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders. To date, there is no data available in Europe on training in sleep medicine for
early career psychiatrists (ECP).
Aims: To identify the availability of training in sleep medicine for psychiatric trainees across Europe and to establish how
confident doctors feel in treating these conditions.
Methods: European-wide survey carried out by the European Psychiatric Association (EPA)-Early Career Psychiatrists
Committees. Representatives of ECPs from each participating European country filled in a questionnaire about availability of
training in sleep medicine in their country. ECPs were also invited to fill out a questionnaire at the EPA congress in Nice in 2013.
Results: 55 participants from 27 European countries responded. Only 24% had sleep medicine training mandatorily included in
their national training curriculum. A majority (60%) felt that the quality of the training they received was either average or below
average. 88% felt either very or fairly confident in treating insomnia. However, when asked to select the correct management options
for insomnia from a provided list of six, only 19% and 33% of respondents chose the two correct options.
Conclusions: There is a clear gap between the level of confidence and the clinical judgements being made to treat insomnia
among European ECPs. There is a definite need to improve the availability and structure of sleep medicine training for psychiatric
trainees in Europe.
Keywords
sleep medicine; training; psychiatry; Europe; insomnia
Hrčak ID:
264573
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Publication date:
8.9.2015.
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