Evaluation of a train-the-trainer program for tobacco cessation.
OBJECTIVE
To assess pharmacy faculty members' perceptions of the Rx for Change tobacco cessation program materials and train-the-trainer program.


METHODS
Pharmacy faculty members attended a 14.5 hour train-the-trainer program conducted over 3 days. Posttraining survey instruments assessed participants' (n = 188) characteristics and factors hypothesized to be associated with program adoption.


RESULTS
Prior to the training, 49.5% of the faculty members had received no formal training for treating tobacco use and dependence, and 46.3% had never taught students how to treat tobacco use and dependence. Participants' self-rated abilities to teach tobacco cessation increased posttraining (p < 0.001). The curriculum materials were viewed as either moderately (43.9%) or highly (54.0%) compatible for integration into existing curricula, and 68.3% reported they were "highly likely" to implement the program in the upcoming year.


CONCLUSIONS
Participation in a national train-the-trainer program significantly increased faculty members' perceived ability to teach tobacco-related content to pharmacy students, and the majority of participants indicated a high likelihood of adopting the Rx for Change program at their school. The train-the-trainer model appears to be a viable and promising strategy for promoting adoption of curricular innovations on a national scale.
Corelli
Robin L
RL
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, 521 ParnassusAvenue [C-152], Box 0622, San Francisco, CA 94143-0622, USA. corellir@pharmacy.ucsf.edu
Fenlon
Christine M
CM
Kroon
Lisa A
LA
Prokhorov
Alexander V
AV
Hudmon
Karen Suchanek
KS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*