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Evaluation of a Sleep Education Workshop for Trainee Psychologists Designed to Increase Knowledge and Practical Skills in Sleep and Insomnia Management: A Pilot Study
Meaklim, Hailey, Imogen C. Rehm, Moira F. Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A. Kennedy, Romola S. Bucks, Lisa J. Meltzer, and Melinda L. Jackson. "Development of a Novel Behavioral Sleep Medicine Education Workshop Designed to Increase Trainee Psychologists’ Knowledge and Skills in Insomnia Management." Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2023): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2164766
Meaklim, Hailey, Imogen C. Rehm, Moira F. Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A. Kennedy, Romola S. Bucks, Lisa J. Meltzer, and Melinda L. Jackson. "Development of a Novel Behavioral Sleep Medicine Education Workshop Designed to Increase Trainee Psychologists’ Knowledge and Skills in Insomnia Management." Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2023): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2164766
Meaklim, Hailey, Imogen C. Rehm, Moira F. Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A. Kennedy, Romola S. Bucks, Lisa J. Meltzer, and Melinda L. Jackson. "Development of a Novel Behavioral Sleep Medicine Education Workshop Designed to Increase Trainee Psychologists’ Knowledge and Skills in Insomnia Management." Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2023): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2164766
Meaklim, Hailey, Imogen C. Rehm, Moira F. Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A. Kennedy, Romola S. Bucks, Lisa J. Meltzer, and Melinda L. Jackson. "Development of a Novel Behavioral Sleep Medicine Education Workshop Designed to Increase Trainee Psychologists’ Knowledge and Skills in Insomnia Management." Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2023): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2164766
Abstract
Despite the strong links between sleep, circadian rhythms, and mental health, sleep education has been neglected in mental healthcare provider training programs. The current pilot study examined the potential efficacy and acceptability of a sleep education workshop for trainee psychologists, called the Sleep Psychology Workshop. Eleven students completing their Master of Psychology degrees (90% female, 24.4 ± 1.6 years old) attended the Sleep Psychology Workshop as part of their Health Psychology course, delivered as three, two-hour lectures (total six hours). Trainees’ sleep psychology knowledge quiz scores (% correct) demonstrated significant improvement from pre- (M = 60%, SD = .09) to post-workshop (M = 79%, SD = .08), t (6) = -5.18, p = .002. Trainees also reported increased self-efficacy to use common sleep-related assessment instruments and empirically supported interventions to manage sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances, along with increased confidence to manage insomnia disorder in clinical practice (all p<.02). Trainees also endorsed the workshop as an acceptable sleep education program for trainee psychologists via a post-workshop feedback survey, focus group, and six-month follow-up survey. This pilot study provides preliminary evidence for the Sleep Psychology Workshop as an effective and acceptable sleep education program for trainee psychologists.
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