SMOKING CESSATION: PUTTING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE ELECTIVE
Training in use of evidence-based smoking cessation treatments and application of smoking cessation research in order to be able to interpret such evidence throughout your career. A special emphasis will be placed on working with underserved and specific subgroups of smokers (e.g., low-income, racial minorities, mental health status) through specific treatment plans, pharmacotherapy, counseling, including motivational interviewing, and community-based interventions such as quit lines. We will also look at how to use health systems, such as electronic health records in conducting community-participatory research in subpopulations of smokers.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Attain proficiency in selecting and delivering evidence-based smoking cessation treatments. Audience: Graduate 2. Examine the evidence-base for the 2008 Public Health Service recommendations for treating tobacco dependence. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop an in-depth understanding of tobacco and tobacco dependence treatment in specific sub-populations (e.g., low-income, racial minorities, mental health status). Audience: Graduate 4. Explore how systems-level changes, such as changes to electronic health records or accreditation standards, can influence health care and delivery of tobacco dependence treatment. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe strategies for engagement in community participatory research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Attain proficiency in selecting and delivering evidence-based smoking cessation treatments. Audience: Graduate 2. Examine the evidence-base for the 2008 Public Health Service recommendations for treating tobacco dependence. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop an in-depth understanding of tobacco and tobacco dependence treatment in specific sub-populations (e.g., low-income, racial minorities, mental health status). Audience: Graduate 4. Explore how systems-level changes, such as changes to electronic health records or accreditation standards, can influence health care and delivery of tobacco dependence treatment. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe strategies for engagement in community participatory research. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027