At the conclusion of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. List specific factors relevant to the medical setting that put physicians at risk for sleepiness and fatigue
2. Describe the impact of sleep loss on residents’ personal and professional lives, including performance of work-related tasks, health and safety of medical trainees, medical education, and medical errors
3. Recognize the common (and frequently overlooked) signs of sleepiness and fatigue in themselves and others
4. Recognize and challenge the most common misconceptions among physicians about sleep and sleep loss, and understand the empirical basis for the counter arguments to these misconceptions
5. Use and adapt the information presented in the curriculum including fatigue countermeasures such as napping and strategic caffeine use, optimal sleep health behaviors and other information to develop individualized alertness management strategies.