A research coding method to evaluate a smoking cessation model for training residents —A preliminary report

Although declining from 20.9% in 2005, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that, in 2015, 15.1% of adults over 18 years of age currently smoked cigarettes. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S., accounting for>480,000 deaths yearly, one of every five deaths, and>16 million Americans live with a smoking related disease [1]. Efforts to train clinicians to encourage patients to stop smoking have had variable results, several studies disappointing [2].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Short communication Source Type: research