| Title | Tobacco control competencies for US medical students. | | Author(s) | Geller AC, Zapka J, Brooks KR, Dube C, Powers CA, Rigotti N, O'Donnell J, Ockene J, Prevention and Cessation Education Consortium | | Institution | Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA. ageller@bu.edu | | Source | Am J Public Health 2005 Jun; 95(6):950-5. | | MeSH | Adult
Clinical Competence
Competency-Based Education
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Humans
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Schools, Medical
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco Use Disorder
United States
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
| | Abstract | The 2004 National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation recommended that the US Department of Health and Human Services convene a diverse group of experts to ensure that competency in tobacco dependence interventions be a core graduation requirement for all new physicians and other key health care professionals. Core competencies would guide the design of new modules and explicitly outline the learning objectives for all graduating medical students.In 2002, the National Cancer Institute funded a consortium to develop, test, and integrate tobacco curricula at 12 US medical schools. Because there was neither an explicit set of tobacco competencies for medical schools nor a process to develop them, one of the consortium's tasks was to articulate competencies and learning objectives. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15914815 |
|
