Tobacco Treatment Training

Christine Sheffer, PhDAssociate Medical ProfessorCity College of New YorkTraining Issues Committee Chairperson, Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependencecsheffer@med.cuny.edu

• 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