Smoking Cessation: Brief Intervention Techniques for the Dental Team. CQC1,2,4,6,12,13,16,25 (SO070312)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectPractice Management
DescriptionSmoking Cessation forms part of the Clinical Governance Framework and research shows our patients will expect us to know both why they should stop smoking, and how to help them.
Additional informationYet many of us have had no formal training in this area. Consequently discussions with patients can be awkward, with smokers feeling persecuted and dental teams not knowing quite what to say. This can have adverse effects on the practice-patient relationship, and we may feel we’re losing time that could be used to provide dentistry for our patients.

If that sounds familiar then fear not. Just two hours at this course will rescue you.

You will be shown how to swiftly and effectively ask the right questions, and give the appropriate answers. ( Brief Interventions ).

This course will give the whole team more confidence in enquiring about smoking, and save you precious time every time you do so.

This course will also help demonstrate compliance with QCQ Outcomes 1 (A-J inc), 2 ( A, B, D), 4 ( A, E ), 6 ( A, B, C, F, I), 12 ( A, B), 13 ( A ), 16 ( B ), 25 ( A, B )
This course is for the entire dental team. It is not essential for whole teams to attend together. However, if a smoking enquiry is made in the surgery, a patient may think this over during treatment and then enquire further while on the way to ( or at) reception. It is therefore advantageous for as many of the dental team to attend as possible, so the team contains no weak links.
The speaker, Stephen Payne is a Specialist Smoking Cessation Advisor. He works for Southampton Quitters service in Southampton, and also holds some sessions at the Royal South Hants Hospital.
VenueEducation Centre, RSHH, Southampton  View details
Date & timeWednesday 7 March 2012, 18:30 to 20:30
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours2:00
Cost£5.00
Aims
  1. Delegates will be confident in raising the subject of smoking cessation.
  2. Delegates will have a greater understanding of the health risks associated with smoking, and be able to explain the benefits of quitting to patients
  3. Delegates will understand why it is so difficult to stop smoking.
  4. Delegates will know where to refer those patients that wish to stop smoking.