Training Opportunities for Healthcare and Pharmacy Teams

Live Webinars and In-Person Sessions

• Tobacco dependence as a chronic, relapsing condition
• Evidence-based pharmacotherapy options, including combination NRT
• Best practices for integrating cessation into primary care, oncology, behavioral health, and OB/GYN

On-Demand Courses and Modules

• Brief intervention skills
  • Ask, Advise, Refer Ask, Advise, Refer to Quit Don't Switch
    The Ask, Advise, Refer to Quit Don't Switch training is based on the CDC's Ask–Advise–Refer model and utilizes updated tools and strategies for conducting an effective brief tobacco intervention with patients identified as tobacco users, including e-cigarettes. This one-hour, on-demand online course seeks to target healthcare professionals who may have direct patient contact and may initiate a brief tobacco intervention.
  • Lung.training

• Engaging patients who vape or use multiple products
• Supporting youth and young adults who use nicotine
  • ACT to Address Youth Cessation ACT to Address Youth Cessation
    The ACT to Address Youth Cessation Training is a one-hour on-demand, online course that provides an overview for healthcare professionals, school personnel and community members in youth/adolescent supportive roles in conducting a brief intervention for teens who use tobacco. Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' Youth Tobacco Cessation: Considerations for Clinicians, the session outlines the steps of Ask, Counsel, Treat, and provides guidance, support and best practices for effectively delivering ACT as a brief intervention for adolescents who identify as tobacco users, including e-cigarettes.
  • Not On Tobacco
  • Vape Free CT (youth and young adult resources)  

Pharmacy-Focused Learning 

• Practical approaches to counseling at the counter
• Documentation, communication with prescribers, and referral pathways
• Strategies to normalize cessation conversation in community pharmacies
• Training can be tailored for health systems, FQHCs, hospitals, behavioral health agencies and independent or chain pharmacies.