Title
A residents' training program for the development of smoking intervention skills
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Publication Date
1988-5
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Attitude of Health Personnel; Family Practice; Health Promotion; Humans; *Internship and Residency; Massachusetts; *Physician's Role; *Role; Smoking
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Women's Studies
Abstract
This article describes the results of a three-hour training program that teaches residents a patient-centered counseling approach to smoking cessation, emphasizing questioning and exploring feelings, rather than providing information. Fifty internal medicine and family practice residents affiliated with a university medical center were assessed before and after training using questionnaires and videotape documenting changes in their knowledge about smoking, attitudes concerning intervention, and intervention skills. The residents showed a significant increase in knowledge and perceived themselves as having significantly more influence on their patients who smoke after completion of the training program. Counseling skills improved significantly in the use of questions and exploring feelings as judged by blind evaluation of videotapes. The results of this three-hour training program suggest that physicians in training are responsive to the teaching of specialized skills deemed important for promoting health behavior changes in their patients.
DOI of Published Version
10.1001/archinte.1988.00380050045007
Source
Arch Intern Med. 1988 May;148(5):1039-45.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Archives of internal medicine
Related Resources
PubMed ID
3365074
Repository Citation
Ockene JK, Quirk ME, Goldberg RJ, Kristeller JL, Donnelly G, Kalan KL, Gould B, Greene HL, Harrison-Atlas R, Pease J. (1988). A residents' training program for the development of smoking intervention skills. Women’s Health Research Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1988.00380050045007. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/326