This tobacco cessation training program was created to transform the landscape of clinician education related to tobacco. It is a comprehensive program designed to equip health professional students and practicing clinicians with evidence-based strategies for assisting patients with tobacco cessation. The content draws heavily from the US Public Health Service clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence. It advocates for the delivery of tailored, evidence-based interventions. Once you complete this program, you will be able to apply evidence-based approaches for helping your patients become tobacco free. Working together, we can reduce the overall prevalence of tobacco use and the heavy burden it places on the nation’s health, by helping our patients achieve healthier, tobacco free lifestyles.

Format

Interactive, self-paced module.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the relevance and importance of tobacco cessation treatment in addiction settings.
• Develop skills to effectively assist patients to quit smoking.
• Apply evidence-based approaches for helping your patients become tobacco free.
• Review smoking + mental illness epidemiology, medication interactions, nicotine, dual diagnosis and withdrawal symptoms.
• Demonstrate skills for clinicians using behavioral techniques for smoking cessation, including the 5 A's and pharmacologic cessation aids in psychiatry.
• Use RxforChange, a web-based curriculum to disseminate tobacco treatment training for health care professionals, including specific training for psychiatric settings.

Target Audience

Psychiatrists, Medical Students, Psychologists, other mental health professionals

Estimated Time to Complete

Estimated Duration: 5 hours
Begin Date: January 6, 2023
End Date: January 6, 2026

How to Earn Credit

Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ or a certificate of participation may do so by completing all sections of the course including the evaluation. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the completion date and hours earned. 

Continuing Education Credit

In support of improving patient care, American Psychiatric Association (APA) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team."

The APA designates this enduring CME activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty and Planner Disclosures

All financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this activity have been mitigated.

Program Presenters

• Smita Das, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Health Care. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.
• Jill Williams, MD, Psychiatrist, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.
• John Fromson, MD, Vice Chair for Community Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital Chief of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.
• Andy Saxon, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW Medicine. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.
• Steven Schroeder, MD, Professor, Medicine, UCSF. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.

Program Planners

• Smita Das, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Health Care. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.

Accessibility for Participants with Disabilities

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Technical Requirements

This internet-based CME activity is best experienced using any of the following:

• The latest and 2nd latest public versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari
• Internet Explorer 11+

This Web site requires that JavaScript and session cookies be enabled. Certain activities may require additional software to view multimedia, presentation, or printable versions of the content. These activities will be marked as such and will provide links to the required software. That software may be: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Windows Media Player.

Optimal System Configuration:

• Browser: Google Chrome (latest and 2nd latest version), Safari (latest and 2nd latest version), Internet Explorer 11.0+, Firefox (latest and 2nd latest version), or Microsoft Edge (latest and 2nd latest version)
• Operating System: Windows versions 8.1+, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) +, Android (latest and 2nd latest version), or iOS/iPad OS (latest and 2nd latest version)
• Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher

Minimum Requirements:

• Windows PC: Windows 8.1 or higher; 1 GB (for 32-bit)/2 GB (for 64-bit) or higher RAM; Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver; audio playback with speakers for programs with video content
• Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.5 or higher with latest updates installed; Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor; 512 MB or higher RAM; audio playback with speakers for programs with video content

For assistance: Contact educme@psych.org for questions about this activity | Contact learningcenter@psych.org for technical assistance