ArticleHealth behavior and policy review2026
Innovative Approaches in Medical Student Training: A Pilot Study of the Supporting Tobacco-Related ONGoing Education and Research (STRONGER) Scholar Program.
Article in Health behavior and policy review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Objectives: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death, disproportionately affecting marginalized groups. Addressing these disparities requires a workforce skilled in tobacco addiction research and intervention. The STRONGER Scholar Program trains medical students in tobacco dependence research and treatment and its intersection with health equity to meet workforce needs. Methods: Medical students (n = 7; national catchment) participated in the 10-week program. Scholars developed tobacco-related research projects with a faculty mentor and participated in interdisciplinary programming, including tobacco treatment specialist training, sessions on linking research knowledge to clinical practice, and a health promotion campaign masterclass. Mixed methods were used for program evaluation of this first scholar cohort. Results: Scholars showed gains in all targeted constructs and reported high satisfaction with programming, strongly agreeing that it advanced understanding of how their research connected with clinical practice. The health promotion campaign masterclass was lauded, among other innovative program components. Qualitative findings supported quantitative results. Conclusions: This pilot study of the STRONGER Scholar Program showed promise in preparing the future physician-scientist workforce to address patients' tobacco use through research-informed practice and yielded information for future improvement. Results and lessons learned can inform the design of other research education programs.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.