PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Michael Farquhar TI - Fifteen-minute consultation: problems in the healthy paediatrician—managing the effects of shift work on your health AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312119 DP - 2017 Jun 01 TA - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition PG - 127--132 VI - 102 IP - 3 4099 - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/3/127.short 4100 - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/3/127.full SO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2017 Jun 01; 102 AB - “You're not healthy unless your sleep is healthy”Professor William Dement, Stanford University, one of the founders of modern sleep medicineSleep is fundamental to good health. Healthcare professionals receive little teaching on the importance of sleep, particularly with respect to their own health when working night shifts. Knowledge of basic sleep physiology, together with simple strategies to improve core sleep and the ability to cope with working nights, can result in significant improvements both for healthcare professionals and for the patients they care for.