Survey of undergraduate sleep

medicine teaching in UK medical schools A 1993 survey1 found that, on average, only 2 h was devoted to undergraduate teaching of sleep medicine and that 7 % of medical schools undertook no sleep medicine teach-ing whatsoever. Since the time of publica-tion of this survey, numerous articles have highlighted the effects of sleep-disordered breathing on human disease as well as child development. Examples include the report-ing of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) as an independent risk factor for adult hyper-tension2 3 as well as the documentation of the adverse effects of OSA on childhood growth4 and cognitive development.5 6 The aim of our study was to establish whether such knowledge breakthroughs had led to increased teaching within the undergradu-ate curricula. The 1993 survey of Rosen and colleagues1 was adapted into a semi-structured ques-tionnaire, consisting of nine closed and open-ended questions and distributed via email to the undergraduate deans of all UK medical schools. Email (×2) and postal reminders were sent. The response rate was 57 % (17/30), including 2 medical schools that refused to participate. Dat