Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University, College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Respir Care. 2021 Mar;66(3):475-481. doi: 10.4187/respcare.07791. Epub 2020 Sep 8.
Although tobacco use is the leading cause of numerous preventable diseases, including respiratory illnesses, respiratory therapy students historically have received inadequate education for treating tobacco use and dependence. To address this gap, a respiratory-specific tobacco cessation training program was created and disseminated via a train-the-trainer approach for faculty in respiratory therapy and respiratory care programs across the United States. The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of the live, web-based, train-the-trainer programs on participating faculty, and to assess changes in the extent of adoption of tobacco cessation content in respiratory therapy curricula across institutions in the United States.
Five live, 2.5-h web-based train-the-trainer programs for respiratory therapy faculty were conducted. To characterize impact of this national initiative, surveys were administered at baseline, immediately after training, and then at the end of the subsequent academic year.
A total of 270 respiratory therapy faculty members participated in a live webinar training, representing 248 of the 402 (61.7%) respiratory therapy schools in the United States. At the end of the subsequent academic year, faculty reported significant improvement in their overall ability to teach tobacco cessation ( < .001). Nearly all (97.4%) agreed that the webinar train-the-trainer format was conducive to learning, and high self-ratings were reported for skills to teach the tobacco cessation content. During the 2016-2017 academic year, 1,248 respiratory therapy students received training. Faculty anticipated teaching a median of 3 h of tobacco cessation in the subsequent academic year.
Training respiratory therapy faculty using a train-the-trainer approach had a positive impact on faculty's perceived confidence and ability to teach tobacco cessation at their institutions.
尽管吸烟是许多可预防疾病的主要原因，包括呼吸系统疾病，但呼吸治疗专业的学生在治疗烟草使用和依赖方面接受的教育历来不足。为了解决这一差距，创建了一个专门针对呼吸系统的戒烟培训计划，并通过培训教师的方法在美国各地的呼吸治疗和呼吸护理项目的教师中进行推广。本研究的目的是评估现场网络培训计划对参与教师的影响，并评估美国各机构呼吸治疗课程中戒烟内容的采用程度的变化。
为呼吸治疗专业教师举办了五个现场、2.5 小时的网络培训师培训课程。为了描述这一全国性倡议的影响，在基线、培训后立即以及随后的学年末进行了调查。
共有 270 名呼吸治疗教师参加了现场网络研讨会培训，代表了美国 402 所（61.7%）呼吸治疗学校中的 248 所。在随后的学年结束时，教师报告在整体教授戒烟能力方面有显著提高（<0.001）。几乎所有人（97.4%）都认为网络研讨会培训师模式有利于学习，并且对教授戒烟内容的技能给予了高度评价。在 2016-2017 学年，有 1248 名呼吸治疗学生接受了培训。教师预计在下一个学年教授 3 小时的戒烟课程。
使用培训师培训方法培训呼吸治疗教师对教师在各自机构教授戒烟的信心和能力产生了积极影响。
