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Evaluation of Tobacco Education at 12 US Medical Schools Catherine A. Powers, EdD Jane Zapka, ScD. Pathways and Barriers to Curricular Change at Twelve US Medical Schools. I. Non-tobacco Behavioral Intervention Teaching II. Faculty Development and Preparation
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Evaluation of Tobacco Education at 12 US Medical SchoolsCatherine A. Powers, EdDJane Zapka, ScD
Pathways and Barriers to Curricular Change at TwelveUS Medical Schools I. Non-tobacco Behavioral Intervention Teaching II. Faculty Development and Preparation III. Student Knowledge and Skills IV. Barriers to Tobacco Education V. Tobacco Education-The Vision Thing
NON-TOBACCO BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION TEACHING
Non-Tobacco Behavioral Intervention Skills - Teaching Techniques
Areas of Faculty Training for Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
High Level of Institutional Commitment for Faculty Development
High Level of Faculty Support for Workshops Integrating Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Into Coursework
Students’ Knowledge oftheStages of Change Model, Intervention at Various Stages and Knowledge of Referrals
Students’ Knowledge of Public Health & Public Policy Related to Tobacco
BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES TO TOBACCO EDUCATION
Faculty Related Issues (PI Survey vs. Administrators’ Survey)
Student and AdministrativeBarriers (PI Survey vs. Administrators’ Survey)
Other Barriers and Challenges to Tobacco Innovation (PI Survey vs. Administrators’ Survey)
Institutions’ Willingness to Integrate Tobacco Cessation into Cultural Competency
Summary Non-Tobacco Behavioral Intervention - Patient communication and counseling are very promising areas to include new tobacco information. - They are taught across all four years and include a variety of teaching methodologies
Faculty Development and Preparation • Need for improvement in faculty training for tobacco prevention • Strong levels of institutional commitment for faculty development • Faculty resistance to tobacco workshops is a significant barrier • Need to explore other methods for faculty tobacco training
Student Knowledge and Skills • Need for improvement in students’ prevention and cessation skills • Need for improvement in students’ knowledge of public health and public policy related to tobacco • Students have knowledge of behavioral intervention and stages of change, but need improvement in patient referral
Barriers to Tobacco Education • Faculty resistance and low priority on prevention topics present major barriers • The good news is that student and administrative barriers are minimal
Educational Vision • Majority of schools envision adding new cases to existing courses and adding greater opportunities for practice • The existing patient communication and counseling curriculum may provide a perfect opportunity for achieving these objectives