Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program 

The MD Anderson Tobacco nationally accredited by the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs.

February 8-12, 2021

• February Training Agenda
• February Prescriber Track Agenda

March 22-26, 2021

• March Training Agenda
• March Prescriber Track Agenda

Agendas are subject to change because we are always striving to improve the quality of your educational experience.  MD Anderson may substitute faculty with comparable expertise on rare occasions necessitated by illness, schedule conflicts and so forth.

Please let us know specific topics, issues or questions you wish to see addressed or emphasized in this activity.  Contact the Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program Manager at CTTS@mdanderson.org.  All responses will be taken under consideration.

After attending the conference, participants should be able to:

• Improve efficacy for treatment of nicotine addictions as part of integral care for patients, thus reducing risk of premature deaths. 
• Improve counselors’ skills and provide additional breadth of experience in treating patient’s tobacco dependence disorders.
• Improve providers’ technical abilities to effectively prescribe tobacco cessation medications.
• Improve documentation of impact and provide additional experience in treating patients.
• Improve selected interventions for specific level of treatment.
• Improve assessment and enrollment of tobacco users into the treatment program.
• Increase efficacy and efficiency of programming.

Need/Goal

Among clinical providers, there has been a reduced number of practitioners who actually utilize tobacco cessation best practices and guidelines when treating tobacco use.  Likewise, providers believe that patients have many other resources at their disposable if they do want to quit.  This is  evidence showing  only 60% of smokers received advice from their health care provider to quit, 30% sought help, and less than 5% received the most effective and evidence-based quitting treatment intervention: : combination medication and counseling.  (Babb et al. 2017) Furthermore, many clinical providers for patients lack access to state of the art and evidence-based treatments for tobacco cessation.  This program will address those issues by educating the provider through three and half day learning curriculum provided by specialists in the tobacco treatment programs at MD Anderson.  The Certified Tobacco Treatment Training program will, in the long term, contribute to tobacco control efforts and in turn prevent cancer and other tobacco related conditions.

Evaluation

A course evaluation form will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities or possible impact on patient health status.  Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics.  An evaluation is also provided by the governing body of continuing education credits for submission and verification of attendance.

Educational Materials

• Lecture/Didactic
• Case Study
• Skill-based Training
• Panel Discussion
• Interactive Small Group/Breakout Sessions
• Question/Answer Sessions
• Simulation/Role Plays
• Videos
• Pre-/Post Test

1.  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM  -  Contact the Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program Manager at CTTS@mdanderson.org for more information.

2.  NCHEC Certificates

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is also accredited by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. to provide continuing Health Education contact hours for eligible providers.  This program is designated for the CHES and MCHES to receive 16 Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level CECH available is 11.  Total contact hours is 28.

• Counseling Skills—5 advanced level credits align with Sub-Competency 6.2 Provide Training (Area of Responsibility VI Serve as a Health Education Resource)
• Assessment Interview—3 advanced level credits align with Sub-Competency 1.7.2 Synthesize Assessment Findings (Area of Responsibility I Asses Needs, Assets and Capacity for Health Education)
• Treatment Planning—2 advanced level credits align with Sub- Competency 2.3 Select or Design Strategies and Interventions (Area of Responsibility  II Plan Health Education)
• Relapse Prevention—2 advanced level credits align with Sub- Competency 2.3 Select or Design Strategies and Interventions (Area of Responsibility II Plan Health Education)

3.  CEU Certificates

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program is also pleased to report that it is approved through the University Of Houston Graduate College of Social Work to provide CEU’s for this training for eligible providers.

4.   Social Work CEUs are approved for up to a maximum of 30.0 CEUs for the 4-day training series based on sign in and sign out times each day.  Social Work CEUs are approved for LMSW and LCSW credentialed professionals, and with their licensing board approval, LPC and LMFT professionals.

CME, NCHEC and CEU Certificates and Attendance Verification Certificates

Certificates awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM or certificates documenting attendance will be distributed to participants as they depart the conference.  To obtain a CME certificate, providers must submit a completed evaluation questionnaire and a CME verification form.  Upon request, a record of attendance (certificate) will be provided on-site to other health care professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations. 

Certificates awarding NCHEC eligible providers will be distributed to participants within 30 days of the training.  To obtain a CEU certificate, providers must submit a completed evaluation questionnaire and sign-in form each day to verify attendance. 

Certificates awarding CEU eligible providers will be distributed to participants within 30 days of the training.  To obtain a CEU certificate, providers must submit a completed evaluation questionnaire and sign-in form each day to verify attendance. 

Disclosure 

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has implemented a process whereby everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that could potentially affect the information presented.  MD Anderson also requires that all faculty disclose any unlabeled use or investigational use (not yet approved for any purpose) of pharmaceutical and medical device products. Specific disclosure will be made to the participants prior to the educational activity.

Nondiscrimination policy:

As a part of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Certified Tobacco Treatment Program follows all laws set in accordance with The University of Texas System Board of Regents.  In accordance with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center policies and federal and state laws, MD Anderson does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or other legal protected status. 

Physician Payments Sunshine Act

MD Anderson complies with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Accordingly, we may be required to collect information on transfer of value provided to any covered recipient under the ACA. 

General Registration Information - February 8-12, 2021

• Virtual Conference opens at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 2021 at and the conference will adjourn at 5:00 pm on Friday, February 12, 2021.  You will receive instructions for the Virtual program via email. 
  
• Advance registration is encouraged as space and materials are limited. 
  
• Please see the registration form for applicable fees. 

General Registration Information - March 22-26, 2021

• Virtual Conference opens at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, March 22, 2021 at and the conference will adjourn at 5:00 pm on Friday, March 22-26, 2021.  You will receive instructions for the Virtual program via email. 
  
• Advance registration is encouraged as space and materials are limited. 
  
• Please see the registration form for applicable fees. 

Fee Structure

• Registration Fee......$1,100.00
• Academic, Health Science Center or Schools of Health Profession employees......$900.00
• Prescriber Track Fee: $200.00 (Thursday only), not eligible for credentialing or certification; CME available).  Will learn about Pharmacotherapy, Treatment Planning and Relapse Prevention all associated with treating tobacco addiction

Registration Fee.......$500.00 - for employees working in FQHC's, LMHA's or other settings serving the disparate population; once verified, the first 5 registrations are first come, first served.  To see if your employer qualifies, please email ctts@mdanderson.org. 

All credit card transactions must be done using our on-line registration portal

Mail to checks:

Continuing Professional Education, Unit 1781
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
P.O. Box 301407
Houston, TX 77230-1707

A confirmation letter will be sent to you within ten working days of receipt of your fee.

February 8-12, 2021 - The registration fee, minus a $100 administrative handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before January 22, 2021.  No refunds will will be granted after that date.  The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check.  For additional information, contact Continuing Professional Education at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866 or email register@mdanderson.org.

March 22-26, 2021 - The registration fee, minus a $100 administrative handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before February 28, 2021.  No refunds will be granted after that date.  The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check.  For additional information, contact Continuing Professional Education at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866 or email register@mdanderson.org.

The Department of Continuing Professional Education reserves the right to cancel activities prior to the scheduled date if low enrollment or other circumstances make it necessary.  Each registrant will be notified by mail, email or at the phone or fax numbers given on the registration form.

In case of activity cancellation, the liability of the Department of Continuing Professional Education is limited to the registration fee.  Continuing Professional Education will refund the full registration fee.

The Department of Continuing Professional Education reserves the right to limit the number of participants in a program and is not responsible for any expenses incurred by an individual whose registration is not confirmed and for whom space is not available.

Photographing, audio taping and video taping are prohibited.

Contact the Department of Continuing Professional Education if you have any questions.

• Local phone: 713-792-2223
• Toll-free: 866-849-5866
• Email: register@mdanderson.org