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Purkabiri K, Steppacher V, Bernardy K, Karl N, Vedder V, Borgmann M, Rogausch A, Stammberger U, Bals R, Raupach T, Koellner V, Hamacher J. Outcome of a four-hour smoking cessation counselling workshop for medical students. Tob Induc Dis 2016; 14:37. [PMID: 27924139 PMCID: PMC5123240 DOI: 10.1186/s12971-016-0103-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Lack of smoking cessation education in undergraduate medical training hinders healthcare professionals in providing adequate tobacco cessation counselling. We developed a comprehensive 4-h smoking cessation counselling course for medical students that is easy to incorporate in a medical school curriculum, and assessed its short-term outcome for knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Methods Eighty-eight medical students (53f, 35 m) were educated by a doctoral student in five identical 4-h courses. A 45-min theoretical introduction was followed by patient-physician role-playing by student pairs. Knowledge, skills, and attitude were assessed before and 4 weeks after the course by questionnaires, and by blinded analysis of pre- and post-course videos of a five-minute standardized patient situation. Results Knowledge: Before the course 10.6 (mean, SD: 2.7) questions out of 29 were answered correctly, and increased to 19.2 (3.6) after the course (p < 0.0005). Major features of the students’ counselling skills improved. Significant and highly relevant attitude changes reflected increased motivation to counselling smokers. Conclusion Implementing a four-hour smoking intervention workshop into a medical curriculum was highly effective in improving students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes towards smoking counselling, as well as providing them with additional clinical competencies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12971-016-0103-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kurosch Purkabiri
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.,Clinic of Pulmonary Medicine and Respiratory Cell Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Division of Pain Medicine, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Bochum, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.,Divison of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Münsingen, Münsingen, Switzerland
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.,University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland
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- Clinic of Internal Medicine, Lindenhofspital, Bremgartenstrasse 119, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Clinic Sonnenhalde, Riehen, Switzerland.,Division of Assessment und Evaluation, Institute for Medical Teaching, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Behavioral Therapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Federal German Pension Agency, Teltow, Germany.,Medical Faculty, Saarland University Hospitals, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Homburg/ Saar, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.,Clinic of Internal Medicine, Lindenhofspital, Bremgartenstrasse 119, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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