Free Webinar - Working with Patients to Quit Smoking

Save the date for a FREE webinar that will provide you with the essentials of smoking cessation for your patients who use tobacco. Dr. Amy Lukowski, Clinical Director at National Jewish Health, will discuss how smoking impacts patients' health and review the treatment options for smoking cessation, including pharmacotherapy, best practices and brief motivational counseling options. You will learn specific counseling strategies to motivate smokers and the tools to work with smokers who are ready to quit. Finally, you will learn about the Colorado QuitLine and other resources available to support and inspire smokers to quit.

Two dates and times to choose from, details to follow:

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 4:00-5:00 p.m.          Thursday, June 14, 2012, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

 

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care and National Jewish Health are pleased to offer this free, LIVE CME/CE educational activity for health care providers throughout Colorado.

   

Accreditation and Designation 

National Jewish Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. National Jewish Health designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. National Jewish Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 12724.  Nursing contact hours are pending.