Rick Botelho, BMedSci, BM, BS, is Director of Fellowship Training, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. He is co-chair of the Wonca Task Force on Tobacco Cessation.
Become a Tobacco Aware Practice: Using an Organizational and Team-based Approach
Participants will learn to:
- Develop practice systems that work smarter--not harder--to increase interventions.
- Define staff roles and responsibilities for an effective team approach.
- Create a system to easily document tobacco cessation activities in EHR and paper records.
- Access evidence-based resources for educating staff, patients and community.
- Access and refer to community, state and national cessation support resources.
- Receive reimbursement for providing cessation treatment.
- Implement a smoke-free policy for your practice and promote such policies in your community.
Faculty:
Tim McAfee, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer for Free & Clear, a tobacco treatment provider for employers, health plans and government agencies, and was the family physician leader of a 10-year successful effort in an 800-physician integrated practice (Group Health Permanente) to decrease tobacco use in the half million population they served.
It is the policy of the AAFP that all CME planning committee/faculty/authors/editors/staff disclose relationships with commercial entities upon nomination/invitation of participation. Disclosure documents are reviewed for potential conflict of interests and, if identified, they are resolved prior to confirmation of participation. Only these participants who have no conflict of interest or who agree to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity. Dr. Botelho has indicated that he has a relationship with MHH Publications in the area of Promoting Health/Habits. Dr. McAfee has indicated that he has a relationship with the Free & Clear organization in the area of Telephone Smoking Cessation Treatment.
It is the policy of the AAFP that all CME planning committee/faculty/authors/editors/staff disclose relationships with commercial entities upon nomination/invitation of participation. Disclosure documents are reviewed for potential conflict of interests and, if identified, they are resolved prior to confirmation of participation. Only these participants who have no conflict of interest or who agree to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity. Dr. Botelho has indicated that he has a relationship with MHH Publications in the area of Promoting Health/Habits. Dr. McAfee has indicated that he has a relationship with the Free & Clear organization in the area of Telephone Smoking Cessation Treatment.
Members: Earn CME
-- Earn up to 2.0 free Prescribed credits for this activity.
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CME Accreditation:
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2.0 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Of these credits, 1.0 conforms to the AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME clinical content. CME credit has been increased to reflect 2 for 1 credit for only the EB CME portion. AAFP Accreditation begins 4-11-07. Term of approval is for two years from this date with option for yearly renewal. This activity has been renewed from 4-11-09 to 4-10-10. When reporting AAFP credit, claim total Prescribed and Elective credit for this activity. It is not necessary to label credit as evidence-based CME for reporting purposes.
The EB CME credit awarded for this activity was based on practice recommendations that were the most current with the strongest level of evidence available at the time this activity was approved. Since some clinical research is ongoing, the American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that learners verify sources and review these and other recommendations prior to implementation into practice.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This webcast was supported in part by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.
The EB CME credit awarded for this activity was based on practice recommendations that were the most current with the strongest level of evidence available at the time this activity was approved. Since some clinical research is ongoing, the American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that learners verify sources and review these and other recommendations prior to implementation into practice.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This webcast was supported in part by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.
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