Medications for Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment (Breathe Easy NC Professional Development Series)

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Description

This online module on tobacco use treatment is designed for medical professionals - physicians, advance practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, technicians, social workers and tobacco treatment specialists, addiction providers and others who work with patients who use tobacco. The module is designed to help providers understand the drivers of tobacco use and tobacco treatment medications a bit better. The training is based in evidence with references to tobacco treatment studies, and based on day-to-day clinical experience.

Every day in communities across North Carolina, Breathe Easy NC is working to connect people who struggle with mental health and substance use to the best practice tobacco treatment they deserve. The Breathe Easy NC Professional Development Series will prepare professionals from diverse disciplines and settings to help those with behavioral health conditions to become tobacco-free. See the below topics/dates and links for registration.

Module Information
Release Date: October 31, 2023
Valid Through: October 30, 2025

Speaker
Dr. James Davis, Duke Smoking Cessation Center

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Tobacco Cessation in Day Programs for Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions
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Treating Adolescents and Young Adults: The Clinical Approach
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Credit Information
No Partial credit awarded

0.3 CEU
CEUs are expressed in tenths and 0.1 CEU is based off 60 minutes of instruction.

2.50 Contact Hours
1.0 contact hour is based off 60 minutes of instruction.

2.50 NC Psychologist Credit (Category A)
1.0 Psychologist Hour is based off 60 minutes of instruction.

2.50 NC Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board (NCASPPB)
This program is approved for 1.50 hours of SS (ND) through the NCSAPPB. Approval Code # 23-616-S.

In Partnership with:
Mecklenburg County Public Health and NC DHHS

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Objectives

  • Understand the overview of epidemiology and effects of tobacco use in the US
  • Understand the drivers of tobacco use
  • Understand the FDA approved smoking cessation medications - how they work and relative efficacy
  • Outline a routine tobacco treatment visit
  • Discuss e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn products

Contact

Cortney Fowler BSBA

Sessions

Status
Open
Presenter(s)
James Davis MD
Date(s)
Oct 31, 2023 - Oct 30, 2025
Credit
0.30 - CEU
2.50 - Contact Hours
2.50 - NCASPPB SS ND
2.50 - Contact Hours (category A) CE for NC Psychologists
Location
Online Learning
Details
Status
Open
Date(s)
Oct 31, 2023 - Oct 30, 2025
Location
Online Learning
Fees
$0.00
Free Registration
Credits
0.30
CEU
2.50
Contact Hours
2.50
NCASPPB SS ND
2.50
Contact Hours (category A) CE for NC Psychologists