title: Pediatric residency training director tobacco survey II.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the current status of pediatric residency training on tobacco use and smoke exposure.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nationwide survey of all pediatric residency training directors in the United States was conducted from November 2010 to May 2011 via use of surveymonkey.com. The survey assessed training director characteristics, attitudes and beliefs about pediatricians' role in addressing tobacco control in patients and parents, past training in tobacco use and smoke exposure, inclusion of tobacco control in their training curriculum, and barriers to inclusion. Data are presented as percentages, with χ(2) tests of significance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-five percent of programs included tobacco control in the curriculum, and training directors who received past training in tobacco prevention and control were significantly more likely to include tobacco use and smoke exposure than those without training. The vast majority of training programs focused on health effects as opposed to intervention, failed to employ active learning to teach tobacco intervention skills, did not evaluate resident tobacco knowledge and skills, and did not encourage use of medications to help parents quit smoking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pediatric residency training programs must do more to prepare residents to address tobacco use and smoke exposure. Given the many competing priorities of residency training, there is a need to explore new ways of integrating tobacco control into the 3-year curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Behavioral Health Science Building, 183 South Orange Ave, Newark, New Jersey, 07103, USA. hymowitz@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hymowitz
authors.forename: Joseph V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Schwab
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010819:Physician's Role; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000628:therapy*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution