Effectiveness of an innovative and interactive smoking cessation training module for dental students: A prospective study
| Autor: | Philipp Kanzow, Sophia Elisabeth Vollath, Tobias Raupach, Annette Wiegand, Alex Bobak, Sabine Sennhenn‐Kirchner, Sarah E Jackson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Counseling
medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics Objective structured clinical examination medicine.medical_treatment education Teaching module Students Dental 02 engineering and technology Specific knowledge Education 03 medical and health sciences Health problems 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Education Dental General Dentistry business.industry 4. Education 030206 dentistry 3. Good health Physical therapy Smoking cessation Smoking Cessation Clinical Competence Knowledge test business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Dental Education. 24:361-369 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0579 1396-5883 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/eje.12507 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Smoking is one of the world's major health problems and dental professionals are in a unique position to promote smoking cessation. However, according to the current literature, neither dental students nor dentists feel adequately prepared to counsel smokers. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a teaching intervention on smoking cessation for fourth-year dental students and assess its effectiveness in terms of learning outcome on knowledge, communication skills and attitudes. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective intervention study, students in the intervention group (n = 28) participated in a teaching module consisting of a podcast, an interactive lecture, a seminar, and small-group sessions with role-play interactions. Knowledge, communication skills and attitudes were measured using written examinations and an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) at the end of the module and 6 months later. Results were compared with data from a historical control group (n = 27) receiving standard teaching. RESULTS Compared with the control group, students in the intervention group had higher scores in the knowledge test (67.1% vs 41.8%; P |
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