This is the second installment of a two-part audio series about sleep in medical residency. In the first installment, experts discussed the question: Why is quality sleep so tricky for medical residents to achieve and what are the serious ramifications of this...
Sleep is an elusive necessity for many, but especially for resident physicians who frequently work erratic schedules, as they learn to develop and hone their clinical acumen. According to a 2020 study in JAMA Network Open, lack of sleep among medical residents leads...
When asked about poor sleep’s impact on overall health, Naina Limbekar, MD, MPH, a sleep neurologist at Boston Medical Center, responded with a simple, all-encompassing message: “If it affects your sleep, it affects your health.” Because of...