Program Description

The health of smokers impact physicians everyday through illness, co-morbidities, and premature death. The 2008 U.S. Public Health Service release of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence provides evidence based recommendations that help patients quit smoking.

Learning Objectives

After listening to this activity, participants should be able to:

• Screen all patients for smoking status
• Design individual cessation interventions for patients who smoke
• Assess patient's willingness to quit smoking
  

Target Audience

This activity is designed for all physicians and health care professionals desiring to improve smoking cessation management in their practice.

Faculty/Disclosures

Faculty:
Carol Havens, MD
Nothing to disclose

Host:
Lee Freedman, MD
Nothing to disclose

Planner:
Mary S. Conklin
Nothing to disclose

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.  Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
IPMA designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Provider

Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association

For 93 years, IPMA has been dedicated to providing clinically relevant education for primary care clinicians.  We help clinicians expand their knowledge to improve patient care.

This segment was developed in conjunction with the CS2day Educational Collaborative.

Commercial Support

This program is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer.

Instruction for Participation

To earn continuing education credit, simply listen to the podcast program. Learners must then complete a posttest and evaluation and receive a passing score of 70% or more on the posttest.  Upon submission of the evaluation, learners will have the option of printing a certificate for their records.

Legal Disclaimer

The views expressed in this activity are those of the faculty.  It should not be inferred or assumed that the faculty is expressing the views of IPMA.  

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