Evaluation of an Online Tobacco Cessation Course for Health Professions Students
| Autor: | Brandon Nixon, Karen Suchanek Hudmon, Andrew N. Schmelz, Anna M. McDaniel, Alan J. Zillich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male Program evaluation Educational measurement medicine.medical_specialty Instructional Design and Assessment education Distance education Computer-Assisted Instruction Pharmacy Education Education Distance Young Adult Patient Education as Topic Surveys and Questionnaires Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Program Development General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Curriculum Tobacco Use Cessation Self-efficacy Internet Medical education business.industry General Medicine Self Efficacy Health Occupations Therapy Computer-Assisted Scale (social sciences) Physical therapy Female Clinical Competence Educational Measurement business Software Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 74:36 |
| ISSN: | 1553-6467 0002-9459 |
| Popis: | Objective. To implement and evaluate the impact of a semester-long, online, 1-credit elective course designed to promote tobacco cessation counseling proficiency among health professions students. Design. Online technology was used to create an elective course devoted to tobacco cessation, modeled closely after the Rx for Change curriculum. Students from pharmacy, nursing, and other health disciplines enrolled in the course. Assessment. Students completed pretraining and posttraining survey instruments that assessed their self-reported skills and ability to counsel patients for tobacco cessation. Overall ability to counsel for tobacco cessation and each of the “5 A's” approach for comprehensive counseling (ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange) increased significantly from pretraining to posttraining (p < 0.001). Self-efficacy also increased from 2.2 to 4.1 (p < 0.001; on a 5-point scale). Conclusion. This study demonstrated that an online tobacco cessation course improved student-reported ability and skil... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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