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 inform...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of cancer education 2010-03, Vol.25 (1), p.9-15
Main Authors: McLaughlin, Robert J., Fasser, Carl E., Spence, Laurel R., Holcomb, J. David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer Research
Clinical Competence
Course Content
Curricula
Educational Measurement
Educational Strategies
Faculty Development
Health Behavior
Health Education - methods
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Learning
Learning Activities
Neoplasms
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Physician assistants
Physician Assistants - education
Risk factors
Risk-Taking
Skill development
Teaching Methods
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary: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.
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-010-0038-5