Overview

Using an evidence based approach this course aims to give health professionals the knowledge and skills to treat and manage nicotine dependency to help people addicted to smoking to quit. The program skills participants to be able to work effectively one to one and to conduct smoking cessation clinics.

Outline

Topics covered include:

• Smoking in Australia - facts and figures
• Impact of smoking on health
• Effect of nicotine on body and brain
• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Nicotine withdrawal syndrome
• Measuring nicotine dependence
• Cue conditioning
• Treating symptom withdrawal
• Special groups - people with psychiatric disorders, diabetes, pregnancy, teenagers
• Behaviour modification / cue conditioning
• What works and what doesn't
• Setting up a smoking cessation clinic
• Case studies
• Evaluating the intervention
• And much more...

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Hours

This course has 14 CPD hours

Facilitators

Adrienne James, Coordinator Lung Health Promotion Centre, Sacha Filia, Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Julie Evans, Community Health Nurse, Maureen Goodwin, School Smoking Educator, Darebin Community Health

Course Dates

Thursday 8 - Friday 9 March 2012

(Other dates in 2012)
Thursday 26 - Friday 27 July
Thursday 1 - Friday 2 November

Course times

9.00am - 5.00pm

Course venue

AMREP Education Centre
The Alfred
Commercial Road
Melbourne, Vic

Cost

 $580 (inc GST)

Course Discounts

Early Bird Discount:
$522 (inc GST) if paid in full on or before 9/2/12.

Multiple Course Bookings:
Recieve the following discounts when you pay in full for 2 or more programs at the same time:
$20 off any 1 day program
$35 off any 2 or more days program