Implementing smokeless tobacco instruction into medical student education: addressing the gap.
| Autor: | Spangler J; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. jspangle@wfubmc.edu, Foley KL, Crandall S, Lane C, Walker K, MacRae M, Vaden K, Marion G |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Teaching and learning in medicine [Teach Learn Med] 2009 Jan-Mar; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 33-7. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10401330802573944 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Despite the unique health and epidemiological aspects of smokeless tobacco use, medical education regarding this topic is virtually lacking. Description: The purpose of this study is to develop a comprehensive tobacco curriculum that includes smokeless tobacco education. A thorough review of the literature was carried out to develop includes 8 modules in basic and clinical sciences that are evaluated by pretest/posttest increases in knowledge as well as standardized patient encounters and process evaluation. Evaluation: Pretest/posttest data indicate that students increased knowledge on specific smokeless tobacco questions. Students also scored well on interactions with standardized patients using the Tobacco Intervention Risk Factor Interview Scale, a validated instrument to assess medical students' tobacco counseling skills. Process evaluation data indicate that modules were generally well received. Conclusions: This Web-based, comprehensive curriculum-the only curriculum we are aware of treating the topic of smokeless tobacco use-appears to be effective and well received. Smokeless tobacco should be included in medical education. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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