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Tobacco Treatment Training
Christine Sheffer, PhDAssociate Medical ProfessorCity College of New YorkTraining Issues Committee Chairperson, Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and [email protected]
• Non-profit, multi-disciplinary organization of professionals
• Dedicated to increased access to evidence-based treatment of tobacco dependence
• Membership open to individuals with interest in the treatment of tobacco dependence
www.attud.org
• Goals
• Introduce the ATTUD Core Competencies and how to use
them
• Describe and differentiate levels of treatment intensity
• Provide guidance in developing the type of training
program that will meet your needs and the needs of your
community
National and International Support• Developed by a multidisciplinary team and the ATTUD Training
Issues Committee
• Identify best-practice standards
• Provide guidance to purchasers of treatment services, educators, third party payers, certification and licensing boards, healthcare organizations, government agencies, and consumers seeking treatment to become tobacco free
• http://attud.org/docs/Standards.pdf
ATTUD Core Competencies
Range
• Brief or minimal treatment• Less time, less training, greater reach, lower levels of
efficacy
• Intensive treatment• More time, more training, lower reach, highest level
of efficacy
• Treatment intensity is independent of treatment modality
Tobacco Dependence Treatment Intensity
Level of mastery recommended by treatment level
• Minimal• Awareness - Knowledge
• Intensive • Knowledge - Proficiency
Linking the Core Competencies to Treatment Intensity
What type of training program is right for your project and your community?
• Precede-Proceed Model
Begin with the End in Mind
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Delivery of a Brief Treatment
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/index.html
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/update/treating_tobacco_use08.pdf
http://www.ctri.wisc.edu/HC.Providers/Guideline%20Training%20Manual.pdf
http://rxforchange.ucsf.edu/
Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs
National and International Support• Accreditation standards based on the Core Competencies for the Evidence-based
Treatment of Tobacco Dependence established by the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD, 2005)
• Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (CTTTP) developed processes and procedures for establishing accreditation
• Accredited training programs are reviewed by a multidisciplinary panel of international experts
Benefits• Accreditation is a key source of External Validity for this program and your training
• Expert Reviewers agree your program meets stringent standards
• Assurance of Quality Control, makes this training program and your training attractive to trainees and enhances your marketability
• Provides an additional avenue to promote the validity and reputation your training via listing on the CTTTP website (attudaccred.org/home)
• Non-profit, multi-disciplinary organization of professionals
• Dedicated to increased access to evidence-based treatment of tobacco dependence
• Membership open to individuals with interest in the treatment of tobacco dependence
www.attud.org
