Smoking Cessation Brief Advice Training for General Practitioners

About this course: This course is designed to support smoking cessation care in general practice. It will equip general practitioners with the skills, confidence and knowledge to provide smoking cessation brief advice to patients who smoke. 

Accreditation: Quit is an education provider under the RACGP Continuing Professional Development Program and the ACCRM Professional Development Program. This course and additional activities are CPD activity approved by RACGP and Accredited by ACRRM.

RACGP:

• 1.5 Educational Activity Hours
• 1.5 Measuring Outcomes hours (additional activity)
• 0.5 Reviewing Performance hours (additional activity)

ACCRM:

• 1.5 Educational Activity hours
• 1.5 Outcomes Measurement hours (additional activity)
• 0.5 Performance Review hours (additional activity)

This education has been approved as a Lung Learning Quality-Assured Activity.

Duration:

• 90 minutes EA
• 90 minutes MO (optional)
• 30 minutes RP (optional) 

Cost: Free

Learning outcomes:

• Describe the negative impact smoking has on physical and mental health, and social outcomes.
• Discuss the three-step (Ask, Advise, Help) model of brief advice for smoking cessation in clinical practice.
• Explain how currently available smoking cessation pharmacotherapy options may be used effectively to reduce withdrawal symptoms and minimise side effects.
• Identify and manage common and clinically significant drug interactions associated with smoking and stopping smoking.

Certification: printable certificate (for each CPD activity)

Access: 30 days