Development and implementation of a health behavioral counseling curriculum for physician assistant cancer education.
A health behavioral counseling curriculum grounded in Motivational Interviewing and the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change was developed to enhance knowledge and clinical skill among physician assistant (PA) students in managing cancer risk behaviors. A literature and curriculum review informed course content, teaching strategies, and learning activities. The course was evaluated over two pilot years. Students demonstrated increased knowledge and skills regarding the basic principles of the intervention models. The course was integrated into the pre-clinical year of PA training and will be disseminated, beginning with a faculty development workshop for all PA training programs in Texas, USA.
McLaughlin
Robert J
RJ
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. robertm@bcm.edu
Fasser
Carl E
CE
Spence
Laurel R
LR
Holcomb
J David
JD
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009369:Neoplasms; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education*; D012309:Risk-Taking