E-learning module on tobacco counselling for students of medicine and dentistry in India: a needs analysis using mixed-methods research.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the background of lack of integrated tobacco counselling training (TCT) in the existing medical and dental curriculum, the present study was undertaken to determine the need for developing an e-learning module on tobacco counselling for students of medicine and dentistry in India.

Methods

A mixed-method research with a modified exploratory sequential design was undertaken between January and August 2022 in a private medical and a dental college in Southern India, where the qualitative research was done by conducting in-depth interviews with six subject experts and two focus group discussions (FGDs) separately among six medical and six dental interns to identify the gaps in current TCT. Based on the themes from qualitative research, a questionnaire was develop

SUBMITTER: B R C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature