Online Training And CME
Title: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Description: CME/CE credit course for physicians, nurses and pharmacists; developed by the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.
Website: www.medscape.com/viewprogram/3607
Audience: Physicians, nurses and pharmacists
Continuing Education Credits: Physicians - up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 continuing medical education credits for physicians; Nurses - up to 1.2 ANCC continuing education contact hours for nurses; Pharmacists - up to 1.0 ACPE continuing education credits for pharmacists (0.1 CEUs)
Cost: Free
Title: TobaccoCME
Description: Funded by NHLBI, managed by Clinical Tools, Inc. Offers free online CME courses: Overview of Tobacco Cessation, Pharmacotherapy of Tobacco Cessation, Five Cases - Basic Tobacco Interventions, and more.
Website: www.TobaccoCME.com
Audience: Physicians and other healthcare professionals, counselors, substance abuse workers, psychologists, and trainees in related fields.
Continuing Education Credits: To qualify for the TobaccoCME Core Curriculum certificate, take 8 of the courses below and earn at least 8.75 hours of credit, ACCME toward AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM for 1.0 hour(s). Other types of credits are available.
Cost: There is a cost of $150.00 associated with this program. This fee must be paid before you can receive CME credit for any of the courses in the program.
Title: Tobacco Free Patients
Description: Funded by NCI, managed by Clinical Tools, Inc. Offers free online CME courses: Basic Behavioral Tobacco Interventions, Tobacco Cessation Drug Therapy, Team Approach to Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Cessation Counseling Techniques, Health Effects of Tobacco (with other topics in development).
Website: www.TobaccoFreePatients.com
Audience: Physicians and other healthcare professionals, counselors, substance abuse workers, psychologists, and trainees in related fields.
Continuing Education Credits: Users can earn free AMA category 1 and/or (for some courses) ACPE or NBCC continuing education credits. Practicing health professionals may obtain ACCME, ACPE, CAADAC, NASW, NBCC, NYS OASAS and TCBAP credit.
Cost: Practicing health professionals may obtain ACCME, ACPE, CAADAC, NASW, NBCC, NYS OASAS and TCBAP credit at $15 per credit hour. Other users may obtain a Letter of Completion for $15 per credit hour.
Title: Basic Skills for Working with Smokers
Description: University of Massachusetts online training; 11 hr self-study with module exercises and short test upon completion designed as an introduction to the basic concepts needed by professionals who are working with tobacco users.
Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/tobacco/train.aspx
Audience: RNs, RTs, certified health education specialists, certified substance abuse counselors, social workers and nutritionists/dieticians.
Continuing Education Credits: CEUs offered for RNs, RTs, certified health education specialists, certified substance abuse counselors, social workers and nutritionists/dieticians.
Cost: $125
Title: AAFP CME Webcasts
Descriptions:
Conduct and Get Paid for Tobacco Cessation Group Visits -- View this webcast to learn how to enhance quality of care and productivity, improve patient satisfaction and decrease the overall cost of providing care through group visits. Available for up to 2.0 Prescribed CME credits through May 16, 2009.
Beyond the Guidelines: Advances in Tobacco Cessation Treatment and Payment -- View this webcast to learn about evidence-based treatment, effective counseling strategies and reimbursement. Available for up to 2.0 Prescribed CME credits through April 24, 2008.
Become a Tobacco Aware Practice: Using an Organizational and Team-based Approach -- View this webcast to learn how to structure your office to identify tobacco users, and streamline your efforts to help them quit. This webcast is for your entire practice team.
Treating Tobacco Dependence -- View this webcast to learn about new pharmacotherapies, counseling strategies, quick interventions and reimbursement. Website : Click Here
Audience: Family Physicians
Cost : Free
Title : Rx for Change
Description : Rx for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation is a comprehensive, downloadable tobacco cessation training program that equips health professional students and licensed clinicians with knowledge and skills for assisting patients with quitting.
Website: http://rxforchange.ucsf.edu/
Cost: Free, downloadable program.
Residential Training Programs
Title : UMNDJ School of Public Health, Tobacco Dependence Program
Description: The 5-Day Core Training provides health professionals with an in-depth understanding of Tobacco Dependence, as well as the essential science-based treatment tools necessary to help their client’s achieve freedom from tobacco use.
Audience: Nurses and nurse practitioners, doctors, dentists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, mental health professionals, addiction professionals, and social workers.
Website: http://www.tobaccoprogram.org/tobspeciatrain.htm
Cost: $900
Title: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota: Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification
Description: This program is an intensive, five-day course focusing on the skills needed to effectively treat tobacco dependence.
Audience: This training program is designed for health care professionals already providing tobacco dependence treatment and for those with a strong interest in entering the field.
Website:
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/ndc_education/tts_certification.cfm
Cost: $1000
Title: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control, Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) Training.
Description: This is an intensive, evidence-based training program. There is a two-day Basic Skills for Working with Smokers course and a five-day Core Certification training course. There are two levels of certification, (1) an entry level certification which requires 240 hours experience in tobacco treatment in the last 5 years for licensed healthcare professionals* (approximately 4 hours/month) OR 480 hours experience in tobacco treatment in the last 5 years for other healthcare professionals (approximately 8 hours/month), and (2) a Master TTS certification for those tobacco treatment providers who have at least 2000 hours documented experience within the last 5 years.
Audience: Designed for persons who deliver moderate to intensive tobacco treatment services within a health care or community setting.
Website:http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/tobacco/train.aspx
Cost: $950 :