The training includes the mandatory 24 hours of training and the following 11 Core Competencies: Knowledge and Education Counseling Skills Assessment Treatment Planning Pharmacotherapy Relapse Prevention Special Health Issues Documentation and Evaluation Professional Resources Law and Ethics Professional Development Sample Agenda: Health professionals who treat people for tobacco dependence including physicians, physician's assistants, nurses, mental health counselors, respiratory therapists, health educators, pharmacists, dentists, psychologists, dietitians or others with an interest in tobacco and health can benefit from this training
FDA and @NIH are co-sponsoring a free Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Data User Workshop for academic faculty, researchers, and grad students on 8/11-12 and 9/17-18
Providing commentary on products and technologies
There probably will be a tightening in the market [as] the PMTA [deadline] is not realistic for people unless theyve already been doing a lot of the data generation earlier, well-respected industry veteran George Cassels-Smith predicted in a Tobacco Asia podcast interview* in late April