Neuroscience at the Core of a Sound Sleep Health Curriculum

AMA J Ethics. 2024 Oct 1;26(10):E771-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.771.

Abstract

Neuroscience should be at the core of a sound sleep health curriculum, especially in early classroom-based medical education. This article canvasses ways in which sleep medicine has been rapidly transformed by tele-sleep tools and by research on neurobiological mechanisms underlying sleep disorders and on comorbidities associated with sleep disorders, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and movement or neurocognitive disorders.

MeSH terms

  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Medical / methods
  • Humans
  • Neurosciences* / education
  • Sleep / physiology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / therapy