30 Seconds Can Save a Life – How a Quick Approach and Pharmacotherapy Can Help Your Patients Become Non-Smokers

CAN-eng

$0

free

Mainpro+

1 hour

Medication Management

1 Credits

Course Description

This continuing education program will introduce a quick and practical approach to addressing tobacco use that can be applied to all patients and will demonstrate how to intervene into tobacco use in individuals with comorbid chronic conditions using case-based examples.

Course Details

Expiry Date: 2021-10-02

Professions: Physician

Faculty

John Axler, MD, CCFP, FCFP

Michael Boivin, B. Pharm, CDE, CTE, CTH

Milan Khara, MBChB, CCFP, Dip. ABAM

Vivien Brown, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP, NCMP

Accreditation

This Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1 Mainpro+ credits.

Learning Objective(s)

After successful completion of the program, the participant will be better able to:

  • Recognize the importance of addressing tobacco use at every patient encounter, including patient with comorbid chronic conditions.
  • Apply the 3A’s (Ask, Advise, Act) brief tobacco intervention algorithm.
  • Recall the rationale and evidence for using combination nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in smoking cessation.
  • Discuss how “Reduce to Quit” with NRT can help patients quit smoking.
  • Determine appropriate NRT dosing and product selection tailored to individual patient needs.