Empowering healthcare professionals to help smokers quit: Relevance of a smoking cessation online training program.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Healthcare professionals are instrumental in aiding smokers to quit, necessitating evidence-based smoking cessation education. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide a flexible platform for such education. This study assessed the satisfaction of health professionals with the content of the MOOC "Smoking: Quit Your Own Way!", distributed over the period 2020-2023, and their success rates in completing of this course.

Study design

We conducted a descriptive study.

Methods

The study based on quantitative data from 4229 learners on France Université Numérique (FUN) and 1488 on Pédagogie Numérique en Santé (PNS) platforms who completed the satisfaction questionnaire on the content of the MOOC and who answered the quizzes offered during the course.

Result

SUBMITTER: Alleaume D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12767846 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature