Rx for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and clinicians can have an important impact on their patients’ ability to quit. The Rx for Change program draws heavily from the U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, advocating
for the delivery of tailored behavioral counseling interventions in combination with pharmacotherapy.
- 5 A's: Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy(2.5 hours):This program teaches clinicians how to implement comprehensive (5 A's) and brief
(Ask-Advise-Refer) tobacco cessation interventions, incorporating behavioral counseling strategies in combination with one or more FDA-approved medications for cessation. CE provided for medicine, pharmacy, and nursing.
- Pharmacists' Prescribing for Tobacco Cessation Medications(2.0 hours): This program equips pharmacists with the necessary knowledge and skills to prescribe tobacco cessation medications, providing an overview of the medications and a series of case-based discussions. CE provided for pharmacy.
- Rx for Change: Promoting the USPHS Mission Through Tobacco Cessation* (1.0 hours):This program engages all U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers and the general public in the fight against tobacco, providing strategies to apply brief (Ask-Advise-Refer) tobacco cessation interventions with individuals who smoke. This program is not intended for clinicians, and CE credit is not provided.
*The USPHS-Rx for Change: Tobacco Cessation Training Program involves a skills assessment after completion of the Tobacco Cessation - Behavioral Counseling & Pharmacotherapy course and/or Rx for Change: Promoting the USPHS Mission Through Tobacco Cessation course. Details for this component of the training program is available at: https://dcp.psc.gov/OSG/tobacco/stuac-training-rxforchangehome.aspx
An additional 5 hours of our Rx for Change modules can be accessed at: https://corereadiness.com/learn/RxForChange. These modules, which were filmed in a talk-show format, were designed for health professional students but are open access. Their use is not limited to students.
All Rx for Change programs and continuing education credits are openly shared and provided at no cost to end-users.
For more resources, please visit https://rxforchange.ucsf.edu.