German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.

<p>AIM: To assess the extent of undergraduate medical training on alcohol use disorders (AUD) and smoking, and medical students' perceived knowledge regarding consequences of, and treatment options for, these disorders compared with other chronic conditions.</p><p> DESIGN: Cro...

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Main Authors: Strobel, L, Schneider, N, Krampe, H, Beißbarth, T, Pukrop, T, Anders, S, West, R, Aveyard, P, Raupach, T
Other Authors: Society for the Study of Addiction
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons 2012
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author Strobel, L
Schneider, N
Krampe, H
Beißbarth, T
Pukrop, T
Anders, S
West, R
Aveyard, P
Raupach, T
author2 Society for the Study of Addiction
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Strobel, L
Schneider, N
Krampe, H
Beißbarth, T
Pukrop, T
Anders, S
West, R
Aveyard, P
Raupach, T
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description <p>AIM: To assess the extent of undergraduate medical training on alcohol use disorders (AUD) and smoking, and medical students' perceived knowledge regarding consequences of, and treatment options for, these disorders compared with other chronic conditions.</p><p> DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey assessing teaching and perceived knowledge of health consequences and treatment options for AUD and smoking compared with diabetes and hypertension.</p><p> SETTING: Medical schools in Germany.</p><p> PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-five of 36 medical school offices (response rate 69.4%) and 19 526 of 39 358 students from 27 medical schools (response rate 49.6%).</p><p> MEASUREMENT: Medical schools were asked to provide information on curricular coverage of the four conditions. Students reported their year of study and perceived knowledge about the consequences of all four disorders and perceived knowledge of treatment options.</p><p> FINDINGS: Courses time-tabled approximately half as many teaching hours on AUD and tobacco as on diabetes or hypertension. Final-year students reported high levels of knowledge of consequences of all four conditions and how to treat diabetes and hypertension, but only 20% believed they knew how to treat alcohol use disorders or smoking. </p><p>CONCLUSIONS: Curriculum coverage in German medical schools of alcohol use disorders and smoking is half that of diabetes and hypertension, and in the final year of their undergraduate training most students reported inadequate knowledge of how to intervene to address them.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:cbbed7f7-17eb-4969-8252-f5c3703855542022-03-27T07:17:03ZGerman medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:cbbed7f7-17eb-4969-8252-f5c370385554EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordJohn Wiley and Sons2012Strobel, LSchneider, NKrampe, HBeißbarth, TPukrop, TAnders, SWest, RAveyard, PRaupach, TSociety for the Study of Addiction<p>AIM: To assess the extent of undergraduate medical training on alcohol use disorders (AUD) and smoking, and medical students' perceived knowledge regarding consequences of, and treatment options for, these disorders compared with other chronic conditions.</p><p> DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey assessing teaching and perceived knowledge of health consequences and treatment options for AUD and smoking compared with diabetes and hypertension.</p><p> SETTING: Medical schools in Germany.</p><p> PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-five of 36 medical school offices (response rate 69.4%) and 19 526 of 39 358 students from 27 medical schools (response rate 49.6%).</p><p> MEASUREMENT: Medical schools were asked to provide information on curricular coverage of the four conditions. Students reported their year of study and perceived knowledge about the consequences of all four disorders and perceived knowledge of treatment options.</p><p> FINDINGS: Courses time-tabled approximately half as many teaching hours on AUD and tobacco as on diabetes or hypertension. Final-year students reported high levels of knowledge of consequences of all four conditions and how to treat diabetes and hypertension, but only 20% believed they knew how to treat alcohol use disorders or smoking. </p><p>CONCLUSIONS: Curriculum coverage in German medical schools of alcohol use disorders and smoking is half that of diabetes and hypertension, and in the final year of their undergraduate training most students reported inadequate knowledge of how to intervene to address them.</p>
spellingShingle Strobel, L
Schneider, N
Krampe, H
Beißbarth, T
Pukrop, T
Anders, S
West, R
Aveyard, P
Raupach, T
German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.
title German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.
title_full German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.
title_fullStr German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.
title_full_unstemmed German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.
title_short German medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking.
title_sort german medical students lack knowledge of how to treat smoking and problem drinking
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