TB and Tobacco

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Target Audience

The course is designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and field staff who interact with TB patients.

Price

Free

Program Description

This online course will familiarize the clinician and healthcare worker with the most recent scientific updates regarding the relationship between tobacco and tuberculosis. The curriculum is provided through lecture and the faculty has been selected for their knowledge of issues related to tobacco use and tuberculosis.

Requirements for Successful Completion

• This CME activity consists of an educational component (lecture videos in an electronic format, which is followed by an online discussion post, storyline activity, and/or a quiz).
• Certificates are awarded upon successful completion (80% proficiency) of the course.
• In order to receive credit, participants must complete the activities in their entirety.
• The University of Florida College of Medicine will report CME credit to CE Broker when applicable.
• Participants must complete online evaluation of the course in order to obtain CE/CME certificate.

Learning Objectives

As a result of participation in this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe three major conclusions listed in the "2014 Surgeon General Report on Smoking" regarding TB and Tobacco
• List two major conclusions outlined in the "A WHO/The Union Monograph on Tuberculosis and Tobacco Control"
• Describe three community interventions discussed in the "CDC Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs"
• Identify and describe 5 types of tobacco and nicotine products when interviewing patients to determine best practice outcomes
• Describe the stages of change in the stages of change model when conducting assessments to integrate into the TB program
• Describe the pharmacokinetics of nicotine to aid providers in treating TB patients who use tobacco
• List the types of nonprescription NRT products for tobacco cessation to aid in treating TB patients who use tobacco
• List 3 populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use to aid in providing tobacco cessation to TB patients
• Describe the burden of tobacco use among people with psychiatric and other substance use disorders and ways to address it to aid in providing tobacco cessation to TB patients

Registration

• Participants must have basic knowledge of tuberculosis.
• The course is free but you must pre-register to attend.

Faculty Disclosure

Stefani Nixon disclosed that she has no relevant financial relationships. No one else in a position to control the content of this activity has any financial relationships to disclose.

Cathy Cook disclosed that she has no relevant financial relationships. No one else in a position to control the content of this activity has any financial relationships to disclose.

Continuing Medical Education Credit

Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Release Date: November 1, 2018

Expiration Date: October 31, 2020

Continuing Education

Accreditation: North Florida AIDS Education and Training Center is a Florida Board of Nursing, Clinical Social Work, Marriage, Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, Pharmacy and Dentistry approved provider of continuing education. CE Broker Provider ID #50-21098. For questions regarding CE or CME, please contact our Continuing Education Coordinator at aetc@medicine.ufl.edu or 352.273.7845.

Credit: North Florida AIDS Education and Training Center designates this enduring material for this program meets the requirements for up to 8.00 contact hours. This program is registered in CE Broker, course number 20-679760. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure information and potential conflicts of interest: North Florida AIDS Education and Training Center (NF AETC) holds the standard that its continuing education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. It is the policy of the NF AETC that each presenter and planning committee member of any CE activity must disclose any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation.  All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees. Each individual with influence over content has completed a disclosure form indicating that neither they nor members of their immediate family have any financial interest, arrangement, or affiliation in any amount that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content or supporters involved with this activity within the past 12 months.

Questions

For more information, contact SNTC at sntc@medicine.ufl.edu or 888-265-7682.