Tobacco Education and Counseling in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkships: a Survey of Medical School Program Directors

Overview

Journal Matern Child Health J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2010 Sep 16

PMID 20842522

Citations 2

Authors

Catherine A Powers

Jane Zapka

Sharon Phelan

Tulin Ozcan

Katie Brooks Biello

Joseph ODonnell

Alan Geller

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Abstract

The 16,000 medical students completing OB/GYN clerkship programs each year provide a unique opportunity to motivate and mentor students in facilitating tobacco cessation. To determine the scope of current tobacco teaching in obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) education at US medical schools and to assess opportunities for including new tobacco teaching, a 28-question survey was administered to directors and assistant directors at US medical school OB/GYN clerkship programs. Surveys were completed at 71% of schools. Only 9% reported having at least 15 min of dedicated teaching time for improving tobacco cessation skills. Nearly three-fourths of respondents reported teaching students how to intervene to reduce smoking during a work-up in the OB/GYN clinic, but only 43% reported that students would know where to refer someone wishing to quit. Only a third of respondents reported teaching students both to intervene with and refer OB/GYN patients who smoke. These findings suggest that although medical students see many OB and GYN patients who smoke, they have few opportunities to learn comprehensive cessation skills during their clerkships.

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