Thursday, September 5, 2013

8 and Counting: SAMHSA State Academies for Smoking Cessation Foster Change


 
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to a free webinar, 8 and Counting: SAMHSA State Academies for Smoking Cessation Foster Change,” on September 24, 2013 at 2:00pm Eastern Time (90 minutes).  
We are honored to have an assembly of state front-runners in behavioral health, public health, state quitlines, and tobacco control and prevention, presenting on these important topics. Steven A. Schroeder, MD, SCLC Director, will make a special introduction and the moderator, will be Catherine Saucedo, SCLC Deputy Director.  

Webinar objectives

·         Learn about the Leadership Academy State successes and challenges in reducing the prevalence of tobacco use within the behavioral health field

·         Examine recent state tobacco treatment and prevention policies and the strategies used for implementation 

·         Identify two tobacco dependence treatment training programs for behavioral health providers available for use

·         Examine the evaluation of two statewide behavioral health tobacco use reduction projects and understand the important role data plays in creating change

·         Understand the importance of peer participation in tobacco dependence treatment


Accreditation: The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians and allied health professionals.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Participants who join the LIVE session, on September 24, 2013, are eligible to earn up to 1.5 CME/CEU credits for a fee of $25* per certificate.  Physicians and allied health professionals should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.  Nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other allied health professionals may also claim CE credits. 

*Through September 30, 2013, you are eligible to receive FREE CME/CEU credit thanks to the support of SAMHSA.  First come, first serve. 
Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs?  SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only. 
Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues.  For questions, contact Jennifer Matekuare, SCLC Operations Manager, at jmatekuare@medicine.ucsf.edu, or call toll-free (877) 509-3786.  This webinar will be recorded and may be viewed online on the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center’s website after the presentation. 

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