Want to get serious about changing your practice?  CS2day Performance Improvement (PI) activities allow you to analyze how you personally, as well as your practice as a whole, are caring for current and past smokers. Through reflection, education, and analysis you and your team can implement new processes to change how you deliver care.

This Learning from Self-Assessment^TM CME/CE activity was developed to assist you in examining your awareness of best practices in smoking cessation and your ability to apply those best practices. During this activity you will be presented with brief case vignettes followed by a series of questions allowing you to examine your knowledge & skills related to smoking cessation.

This CME certified Case focuses on patient intervention and counseling for individuals who are reluctant to quit.   The University of Virginia Health System designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Reaching Patients Reluctant to Quit: An Evidence-based Case

Using Motivational Interviewing to Treat Myocardial Infarction Patients with Tobacco Dependence

These CME certified cases focus on motivational interviewing, patient intervention, and counseling for individuals who are reluctant to quit smoking. Each case is accredited by The University of Virginia Health System for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Use the links below to find resources that may be helpful for you. These categories point to tools within the toolkit and you will need to register and login in order to have access to the tools.

Guides and Algorithms for Clinicians
Medications Tools
Patient-oriented Materials

Featuring select tools from our Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals, this eResource is available for download to most, if not all, handheld devices and online computer users. A few of the available resources are a clinical practice guideline update, a clinical screening algorithm, a medication chart with the 5A's, a tobacco Quitline fact sheet, and patient-oriented resources that include tips for the first week of quitting, a 5-day plan to quit, and Medicare benefits information. Additionally, several of the patient-oriented resources are available in both English and Spanish.

Click here to download the resource.