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Tobacco Professional Development Opportunities

Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (CCGC)'s Tobacco Program has a number of free professional development opportunities for Colorado physicians and clinical office staff. Opportunities exist in the form of webcasts, Grand Rounds, conference presentations, Train the Trainer, and sessions with office staff to integrate tobacco cessation into practice (TRIA).

Opportunities

Click on an opportunity below for details. Contact Emma Goforth at (720) 297-1681 to register.

Upcoming Webinars

Webinars are held on the first Tuesday of every month from 12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM MST. Click on the links below for more information and to register.

Title: The 5 R’s for Smoking Cessation:  Helping the Smoker Who is Not Ready to Quit
Speaker: Heather LaChance, PhD, LMFT, Assistant Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM MST

This session will focus on the “5 R’s” for smoking cessation:  Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks and Repetition – steps designed to motivate smokers who are unwilling, unmotivated or not ready to quit.  This presentation builds upon previous sessions for healthcare providers who are already implementing the 5 A’s – Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange – the basic steps providers follow in addressing smoking with patients.  This next level of training – the 5 R’s – includes motivational intervention techniques that help providers effectively intervene with resistant-to-quitting smokers.  Case examples will be used to illustrate concepts.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/145736890

Past Presentations

Some of the following past presentations require Windows Media Player to view. If you do not have it installed on your computer, you can download Windows Media Player for free. If you are unable to view any of the videos, please contact Emily Gingerich at (720) 297-1681 to order a DVD.

2008 Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence – Review and Highlights
Date
 June 3, 2008
Video
 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline Update .WMV file
PowerPoint
 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline Update .PDF file
Speaker
 Elizabeth Kraft, MD, MHS
Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Cessation: Treatment Update and Clinical Pearls
Date
 May 20, 2008
Video
 Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Cessation .WMV file
PowerPoint
 Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Cessation .PDF file
Speakers
 Laura B. Hansen, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Clinical Practice Funding Opportunities
Date
 March 18, 2008 (repeated on March 25, 2008)
Video
 Clinical Practice Funding Opportunities .WMV file
PowerPoint
 Clinical Practice Funding Opportunities .PPT file
Speakers
 Alison Long, MPH, Michele Patarino, MBA, MSHA, Elizabeth Kraft, MD, MHS
Handout
 Request for Letters of Interest (due May 1, 2008)
What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About the Colorado QuitLine
Date
 March 4, 2008
Video
 What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About the Colorado QuitLine .WMV file
PowerPoint
 What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about the Colorado QuitLine .PPT file
Speaker
 David Tinkelman, MD
UPDATE
 Important Clarifications for the What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About the Colorado QuitLine webinar
Where There's Smoke... WE Can Be The Difference:
Healthcare Provider Toolkits Webinar for Local Health Agencies
Date
 February 26, 2008
Video
 Where There's Smoke... WE Can Be The Difference .WMV file
PowerPoint
 Where There's Smoke... WE Can Be The Difference: Healthcare Provider Toolkits Webinar for LHAs .PPT file
Hot Topics in Tobacco Cessation and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction
Date
 February 5, 2008
Video
 Hot Topics in Tobacco Cessation and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction .WMV file
PowerPoint
 Hot Topics in Tobacco Cessation and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction .PPT file
Speaker
 Elizabeth Kraft, MD, MHS
Tobacco Cessation for Persons with Mental Illnesses: Primary Care Strategies
Date
 December 2007 (repeated on April 1, 2008)
Video
Tobacco Cessation for Persons with Mental Illnesses: Primary Care Strategies .WMV file
PowerPoint
 Tobacco Cessation for Persons with Mental Illnesses: Primary Care Strategies .PDF
Speakers
 Biosketches of presenters Jeanette Waxmonsky, PhD and Alexis Giese, MD
Stages of Change and Motivational Intervention with Clinical Populations
Date
 November 2007
Video
Stages of Change and Motivational Intervention with Clinical Populations .WMV file
PowerPoint
 Stages of Change and Motivational Intervention with Clinical Populations .PPT file
Speaker
 Dr. Heather LaChance's biography
Where There's Smoke... WE Can Be The Difference: Healthcare Provider Toolkits Webinar for Local Health Agencies
Date
 October 2007
Video
(coming soon)
PowerPoint
 Where There's Smoke... WE Can Be The Difference: Healthcare Provider Toolkits Webinar for Local Health Agencies .PPT file
Speaker
 Elizabeth Kraft, MD, MHS

Unified Health Communication 101:
Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency

The federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has created an online training tool designed to help providers better communicate with patients, AHA News Now reports. The tool was developed by HRSA's Center for Quality, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, and Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights in collaboration with representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice. The resource teaches providers to assess and respond to patients' health literacy, cultural background and language skills. The approximately five-hour self-paced course includes five modules. The first four sections provide an overview of health communication, health literacy, cultural competency and limited English proficiency. The fifth module tests the efficacy of participants' communications skills, challenging them to apply the information learned in the previous modules. According to an HRSA release, participants will be able to earn continuing education credits from agencies including the National Committee for Quality Assurance and the American Association for Health Education (AHA News Now, 11/26/07; HRSA release, 11/21/07).

hospital Additional Information

For questions and additional information, please contact one the Tobacco Program team members below at (720) 297-1681.

              • Elizabeth Kraft, MD, MHS (Tobacco Project Medical Director)
              • Michele Patarino, MBA, MSHA (Tobacco Project Director)
              • Alison Long, MPH (Tobacco Project Director)
              • Emily Gingerich (Tobacco Project Manager)