Title
Medical school curriculum characteristics associated with intentions and frequency of tobacco dependence treatment among 3rd year U.S. medical students
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine; UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
Publication Date
2015-01-05
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities | Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Medical Education | Preventive Medicine | Substance Abuse and Addiction
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Physicians play a critical role in addressing tobacco dependence, yet report limited training. Tobacco dependence treatment curricula for medical students could improve performance in this area. This study identified student and medical school tobacco treatment curricula characteristics associated with intentions and use of the 5As for tobacco treatment among 3rd year U.S. medical students.
METHODS: Third year medical students (N = 1065, 49.3% male) from 10 U.S. medical schools completed a survey in 2009-2010 assessing student characteristics, including demographics, tobacco treatment knowledge, and self-efficacy. Tobacco curricula characteristics assessed included amount and type of classroom instruction, frequency of tobacco treatment observation, instruction, and perception of preceptors as role models.
RESULTS: Greater tobacco treatment knowledge, self-efficacy, and curriculum-specific variables were associated with 5A intentions, while younger age, tobacco treatment self-efficacy, intentions, and each curriculum-specific variable were associated with greater 5A behaviors. When controlling for important student variables, greater frequency of receiving 5A instruction (OR = 1.07; 95%CI 1.01-1.12) and perception of preceptors as excellent role models in tobacco treatment (OR = 1.35; 95%CI 1.04-1.75) were significant curriculum predictors of 5A intentions. Greater 5A instruction (B = .06 (.03); p< .05) and observation of tobacco treatment (B = .35 (.02); p< .001) were significant curriculum predictors of greater 5A behaviors.
CONCLUSIONS: Greater exposure to tobacco treatment teaching during medical school is associated with both greater intentions to use and practice tobacco 5As. Clerkship preceptors, or those physicians who provide training to medical students, may be particularly influential when they personally model and instruct students in tobacco dependence treatment.
Keywords
Medical school curriculum and education, Medical students, Tobacco dependence treatment
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.12.035
Source
Prev Med. 2015 Jan 5;72C:56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.12.035. [Epub ahead of print] Link to article on publisher's site.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Preventive medicine
Related Resources
PubMed ID
25572623
Repository Citation
Hayes RB, Geller AC, Crawford SL, Jolicoeur DG, Churchill LC, Okuyemi KS, David SP, Adams M, Waugh J, Allen SS, Leone FT, Fauver R, Leung K, Liu Q, Ockene JK. (2015). Medical school curriculum characteristics associated with intentions and frequency of tobacco dependence treatment among 3rd year U.S. medical students. Preventive and Behavioral Medicine Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.12.035. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/prevbeh_pp/327