Abstract:
Еvery doctor has a duty to lead a healthy lifestyle in order to help patients and at the
same time remain strong and maintain long-term ability to work. It's no secret that lack of sleep is
bad for our body, but medical students and doctors constantly have to break the rules of healthy
sleep: they often stay on duty, work out, prepare for exams. There is an important concept -cognitive functions. Cognitive or mental capabilities are the highest functions of the brain that
provide a person with the opportunity to be a person. These include thinking, spatial orientation,
understanding, calculation, learning, speech and reasoning ability. Today an average of 50% of
people do not sleep the recommended 8 hours each night. It's an epidemic of sleep deprivation.
It`s extremely important for future doctors to have developed cognitive abilities for productive
work and memorization of the material. In this regard, we decided to conduct a research and show
how lack of sleep affects working capacity and prove the importance of good sleep in the practice
of every doctor.
