OVERVIEW

Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation | Smita Das, MD, MPH is organized by California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM).

Course opens: 09/22/2016
Course expires: 08/24/2019

Target Audience:
• Addiction medicine specialists who want an overview of the latest developments in the field and their relevance to clinical practice.
• Primary care clinicians who want to get a better understanding of addiction and manage patients with addictions in their practice.
• Public health officials who want an understanding of the current state of addiction treatment.
• Non-physicians who are involved in the treatment of addiction.

Available Credit:
• 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
• 1.00 Attendance

MOC:
This course has been approved by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM). Physicians enrolled in the ABAM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program can apply a maximum of 1 AMA/PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing the Review Course.

Course Overview:
This lecture reviews:
• Epidemiology of Tobacco Use
• Forms of Tobacco
• Nicotine Pharmacology & Principles of Addiction
• Drug Interactions with Smoking
• Assisting Patients with Quitting
• Aids for Cessation

Learning Objectives:
As a result of participating in this lecture learners should have a working knowledge of the following topics, essential to competency in addiction medicine and identify areas where more study may be needed:

• Cite the widespread impact of tobacco use on public health and addiction
• Understand the pharmacology of nicotine (receptors, messengers, clinical effect)
• Be able to describe the neurobiology of nicotine dependence.
• Understand the medical risks of various tobacco products, including emerging tobacco products.
• Provide brief skills for clinicians using behavioral techniques for smoking cessation, including the 5 A's and increase knowledge of pharmacologic cessation aids and their use in addiction settings.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.