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Description
Tobacco use causes about one of every five deaths in the United States and is the single
most preventable cause of death and disease in our nation (1). At least 70% of smokers visit a
physician each year, but most are not advised or assisted in any attempt to quit (2). While more
than 90% of childr~n visit a pediatrician annually, little is known about the prevalence of smoking
prevention counseling (3). Few practicing physicians are prepared to prevent smoking or help
patients stop smoking and a majority of medical school graduates are not adequately trained to
counselfamilies, treat nicotine dependence, or minimize smoking initiation among youth (4). The
lack of a tobacco control curriculum in medical schools is now a well.recognized deficit (5).
At Boston University, students graduating in the past three years have received at least
nine new hours of tobacco control curriculum, interwoven into major preclinical and clinical
courses. Boston University's effort follows successful integration of tobacco curricula at the
University of Massachusetts (since 1990). Other universities have recently begun tobacco control
education with many opportunities to implement and evaluate new curriculum in multiple contexts.
In this project, 12 medical schools from throughout the United States (including Boston
University)(see letters of support), with a wide range of depth and breadth of tobacco curricula, will
develop, refine, and integrate new modules, train medical school faculty, evaluate teaching
content, assess opportunities for diffusion, and disseminate Resource Guidesff 001 Kits to multiple
universities. We anticipate that exemplary universities of tobacco teaching can be developed to
serve as regional and national role models. We are aided in this effort by national representatives
of major primary care practice organizations, preventive health specialists, medical student
organizations, and cancer control advocates (see letters of support). With expertise in medical
student education, curriculum development, faculty training, and evaluation for tobacco prevention
and cessation, TP ACEMS has the following speC1fic aims:
Aim 1-Assess current curriculum and organize and convene a national conference
Aim 2-Develop new modules, plans for Integration, and conduct faculty training
Alm3.Conduct trial implementation
Aim 4-Conduct a comprehensive, formative, process and impact evaluation
Aim 5-Disseminate Resource GuideslTool Kits to other medical schools
At the end of this five.year grant, we anticipate that tobacco education modules will be
succassfully incorporated into a number of US medical schools and graduating students at these
schools will be able to skillfully perform tobacco prevention and cessation counseling for children,
adolescents, and adults.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/26/02 → 6/30/07 |
Funding
- Boston University: $32,000.00
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