title: A workshop on smoking cessation for pharmacy students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop, implement, and evaluate a targeted educational intervention focusing on smoking cessation with final-year undergraduate pharmacy students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A smoking-cessation educational workshop entitled Smoking Cessation in Pharmacy (SCIP) was designed on the principles of adult learning and implemented with a full cohort of final-year undergraduate pharmacy students at the University of Sydney. A previously validated questionnaire testing the knowledge and attitudes of respondents was administered both before and after implementation of the designed workshop to evaluate changes resulting from the intervention. Informal feedback was obtained from students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pre-course mean total knowledge and attitude scores calculated were 65.8±9.1 and 86.4±12.1, respectively. The post-course mean total knowledge score was 74.9±8.1, and the attitude score was 88.8±9.1 Improvement in knowledge and attitudes was significant (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Educational interventions for pharmacy students designed with careful attention to pedagogic principles can improve knowledge about evidence-based smoking-cessation strategies and enhance positive attitudes to pharmacist roles in smoking cessation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bittoun
authors.forename: Bandana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saini
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration; D024382:Professional Role; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: pharmacy students; smoking cessation; workshop