Open AccessTobacco Control Competencies for US Medical Students
Author(s) -
Alan C. Geller,
Jane G. Zapka,
Katie R. Brooks,
Catherine Dubé,
Catherine A. Powers,
Nancy A. Rigotti,
Joseph F. OʼDonnell,
Judith K. Ockene
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.057331
Subject(s) - medical education , tobacco control , graduation (instrument) , curriculum , core competency , psychological intervention , action plan , medicine , smoking cessation , public health , nursing , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , marketing , business , biology , pathology
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.