- Title
- Development of a novel behavioral sleep medicine education workshop designed to increase trainee psychologists’ knowledge and skills in insomnia management
- Creator
- Meaklim, Hailey; Rehm, Imogen; Junge, Moira; Monfries, Melissa; Kennedy, Gerard; Bucks, Romola; Meltzer, Lisa; Jackson, Melinda
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/195667
- Identifier
- vital:18570
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2164766
- Identifier
- ISSN:1540-2002 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Objectives: Despite the clear influence of poor sleep on mental health, sleep education has been neglected in psychology training programs. Here, we develop a novel behavioral sleep medicine (BSM) education workshop, the Sleep Psychology Workshop, designed for integration within graduate psychology programs. We also examined the potential efficacy and acceptability of the workshop to upskill trainee psychologists in sleep and insomnia management. Methods: The Sleep Psychology Workshop was developed using a modified Delphi Method. Eleven trainee psychologists completing their Master of Psychology degrees (90% female, 24.4 ± 1.6 years old) attended the workshop, delivered as three, two-hour lectures (total of six hours). Sleep knowledge, attitudes, and practice assessments were completed pre-and post-intervention using the GradPsyKAPS Questionnaire. A focus group and 6-month follow-up survey captured feedback and qualitative data. Results: Trainees’ sleep knowledge quiz scores (% correct) increased from 60% to 79% pre- to post-workshop (p =.002). Trainees’ self-efficacy to use common sleep-related assessment instruments and empirically supported interventions to manage sleep disturbances increased, along with their confidence to manage insomnia (all p < .02). Participant feedback was positive, with 91% of trainees rating the workshop as “excellent” and qualitative data highlighting trainees developing practical skills in BSM. Six months post-intervention, 100% of trainees endorsed routinely asking their clients about sleep, with 82% reporting improvements in their own sleep. Conclusions: The Sleep Psychology Workshop is a potentially effective and acceptable introductory BSM education program for trainee psychologists, ready for integration within the graduate psychology curriculum. © 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Relation
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine Vol. 21, no. 6 (2023), p. 787-801
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
- Subject
- 4206 Public health; 5202 Biological psychology; 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Hailey Meaklim is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship administered through Monash University (previously through RMIT University).
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