Training future clinicians: An interprofessional approach to treating tobacco use and dependence.

Training future clinicians: An interprofessional approach to treating tobacco use and dependence. J Interprof Care. 2018 Oct 18;:1-9 Authors: Schwindt R, McNelis AM, Agley J, Lay K, Hudmon KS, Wilgenbusch B Abstract The high prevalence of smoking among persons with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders has not changed in the past decade despite a decline in smoking among the general population. Interprofessional collaborative care offers clinicians the opportunity to engage their patients in tobacco cessation treatment that is coordinated and comprehensive. Investigators applied a 1-group, pre/post-test design with qualitative and quantitative descriptive analyses to estimate the impact of an interprofessional tobacco education program on perceived self-efficacy and self-reported counseling abilities of graduate nursing, social work, and pharmacy (PharmD) students (N = 36; nursing, n = 13, n = 9 PharmD, n = 14 social work) to treat tobacco dependence among this subpopulation of smokers, and to assess their perceptions of interprofessional education. All participants completed a 2-h web-based module, a 3-h classroom training, a simulation with a standardized patient, and a group audio-recorded debriefing session with faculty. Emergent themes from qualitative analyses were valuing simulations, demystifying disciplines, reflecting on and critiquing practice, and lessons learned. Participants' perceived self-eff...
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research