ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2015
Smoking cessation education and training in U.K. medical schools: a national survey.
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- An evaluation of junior doctors' experience in smoking cessation training in a rural mental health setting.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Effects of education methods on self-efficacy of smoking cessation counseling among medical students.PeerJ · 2021Article
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- Igniting activation: Using unannounced standardized patients to measure patient activation in smoking cessation.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
- Smoking and pulmonary complications: respiratory prehabilitation.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Review
- Non-communicable Disease Risk Reduction Teaching in India: A Curricular Landscape.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Smoking cessation counselling training in the pre-clerkship curriculum of Canadian medical schools: A national survey.Canadian medical education journal · 2018Article
- Smoking-Related Attitudes and Knowledge Among Medical Students and Recent Graduates in Argentina: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2017Article
- Structured Smoking Cessation Training for Medical Students: A Prospective Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Observational
- Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training Programs: An International Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Article
- School-based anti-smoking intervention for physiotherapy students: a three-year non-randomized trial.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2016Article
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introductionSmoking cessation is one of the most cost-effective of all health interventions. Physicians are in a strong position to encourage smokers to make a quit attempt and to help them achieve long-term abstinence. Formal teaching on tobacco-related disease, the evidence base of smoking cessation, and practical skills training regarding cessation advice and counseling are therefore important parts of undergraduate medical education. A survey of U.K. medical schools conducted 11 years ago revealed substantial deficits in the curricular coverage of these topics. This study aimed at establishing whether the situation has improved since then.
methodsIn 2013, all U.K. medical schools were invited to participate in an online survey of their curricular coverage of tobacco addiction and smoking cessation.
resultsOf the 33 medical schools, 22 (67%) schools responded. Health effects of smoking were addressed in more than 90% of curricula, and factual knowledge on nicotine addiction and withdrawal symptoms was covered in 50% of curricula. Only 1 in 3 medical schools offered practical skills training in artificial (i.e., role play) or clinical settings, and 50% of schools did not address smoking in summative assessments.
conclusionsPractical skills training regarding cessation counseling is insufficient at most U.K. medical schools and may have become worse during the last 11 years. Increased curricular coverage-including summative assessments-of these topics would ensure that future physicians are adequately equipped to encourage and support effective evidence-based quit attempts in their patients.
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