@article {Victor157, author = {J. Charles Victor and Joan M. Brewster and Roberta Ferrence and Mary Jane Ashley and Joanna E. Cohen and Peter Selby}, title = {Tobacco-related medical education and physician interventions with parents who smoke}, volume = {56}, number = {2}, pages = {157--163}, year = {2010}, publisher = {The College of Family Physicians of Canada}, abstract = {OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between physicians{\textquoteright} tobacco-related medical training and physicians{\textquoteright} confidence in their tobacco-related skills and smoking-related interventions with parents of child patients. DESIGN Mailed survey. SETTING Canada. PARTICIPANTS The survey was mailed to 800 family physicians and 800 pediatricians across Canada, with a corrected response rate of 65\% (N = 900). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Physicians{\textquoteright} self-reported tobacco-related education, knowledge, and skills, as well as smoking-related interventions with parents of child patients. Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel χ2 tests were used to examine relationships between variables, controlling for tobacco-control involvement and physician specialty. Data analysis was conducted in 2008. RESULTS Physicians reporting tobacco-related medical education were more likely to report being {\textquotedblleft}very confident{\textquotedblright} in advising parents about the effects of smoking and the use of a variety of cessation strategies (P \< .05). Furthermore, physicians with tobacco-related training were more likely to help parents of child patients quit smoking whether or not the children had respiratory problems (P \< .05). Physicians with continuing medical education in this area were more likely to report confidence in their tobacco-related skills and to practise more smoking-related interventions than physicians with other forms of training. CONCLUSION There is a strong relationship between medical education and physicians{\textquoteright} confidence and practices in protecting children from secondhand smoke. Physicians with continuing medical education training are more confident in their tobacco-related skills and are more likely to practise smoking-related interventions than physicians with other tobacco-related training.}, issn = {0008-350X}, URL = {https://www.cfp.ca/content/56/2/157}, eprint = {https://www.cfp.ca/content/56/2/157.full.pdf}, journal = {Canadian Family Physician} }