Teaching smoking cessation skills to senior medical students: A block-randomized controlled trial of four different approaches

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-258

  Roche, Ann M ^a,b,d   Eccleston, Philippa ^a   Sanson Fisher, Rob ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Medical practitioners; Medical students; Smoking cessation; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SMOKING CESSATION; TEACHING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0029937410     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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