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Course Dates for 2009:
March 23, 24 and 25
July 7, 8, and 9
October 5, 6, and 7
For further information contact:
The Administrator,
Smoking Cessation Group
BRMI
The University of Sydney
Level 2, Building MO2F
NSW 2006
T 02 9351 0816
F 02 9351 0548
E fumer@med.usyd.edu.au
Who Should Attend
Anyone with an interest in Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Addiction and appropriate evidence based Smoking Addiction Cessation Techniques, specially:
» Causes ð Consequences ð Treatment ð Research
The course is applicable to psychologists, drug and alcohol counsellors, interested general practitioners, alcohol counsellors, health care workers and others with a legitimate interest
Aims and Objectives
» To instruct psychologists, drug and alcohol counsellors , general practitioners and other health interested health workers in the causes, consequences, treatment and research on smoking cessation, nicotine addiction research on smoking cessation, appropriate evidence based smoking cessation techniques.
» To improve the quantity and quality of Smoking Cessation Counsellors.
» To improve the implementation and evaluation of evaluation of courses in Smoking
Presented by the Smoking Cessation Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Discipline of Psychological Medicine, The University of Sydney
COURSE CONTENT
» Smoking in Australia - who smokes, trends in Smoking in Australia - politics and tobacco prevalence
» Impact of smoking on health, morbidity and Impact of smoking on health, mortality
» Impact of quitting on health
» Addiction/dependency definitions (psycho-sociological and physical components)
» Nicotine: chemistry, pharmacokinetics, biochemistry
» Toxicity
» Pavlovian conditioning
» Cue exposure Cue exposure
» Stages of change Stages of change Stages of change
» Motivational interviewing Motivational interviewing Motivational interviewing
» Symptoms of withdrawal Symptoms of withdrawal Symptoms of withdrawal
» Relapse
» Measuring nicotine addiction (questionnaires)
» Formulating a treatment programme
» Conducting a group programme
» Special groups: heart, lung disease, psychiatric Special groups: heart, lung disease, psychiatric Special groups: heart, lung disease, ethnic/indigenous disease, groups
» Evaluating an intervention
» Case studies and hypotheticals
» Certificate awarded at the conclusion of the course
REGISTRATION FORM (Book early, the number of places will be limited)
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