SEPT/OCT 2008
Volume 14 - No. 3
SRNT Newsletter
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008, Volume 14, Number 3
In the Spotlight
Honors, Awards, & Achievements
Jennifer R. Warren, Ph.D received the `University of Minnesota Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award' for 200-09. This recognition is conferred on three Post-Docs nominated from across the UMN. Dr Warren is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Program in Health Disparities Research located within the Medical School. Her funded research focuses on the reduction of tobacco-related health disparities among low income/inner-city populations in access to quit smoking interventions and the reduction of childhood disease and illness due to parental and other adult SHS exposure.
Conference Updates & Upcoming Training Opportunities
Intensive Treatment of the Tobacco Dependent Patient: A Certification Program for Tobacco Treatment Specialists (CTTS). The ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education & Research The University of Mississippi Medical Center. TTS 4-Day Workshops:Fall 2008: October 13 - 16. Offered since 2000, this workshop provides the experiences and resources necessary for attendees to establish and deliver an evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral, high-intensity tobacco intervention program. The curriculum is designed to meet TTS Core Competency Standards set forth by Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD: www.attud.org). Features include: Learning modules that address tobacco products, their use and effects, clinical assessment and intervention strategies (including group treatment), pharmacotherapy, program implementation, outcomes evaluation, and administrative considerations, attendees receive the Workshop Manual; as well as important supplemental documents provided the on the Resource Disc., extensive practice in the delivery of the ACT Center's standardized Tobacco Dependence Intervention program. Materials provided include the Therapist Treatment Guide, Client Workbook, and Clinic Chart, option to take the online examination for Certification as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist (CTTS), our On-Line Clinical Database is now available, permitting secure storage of all data, generation of clinical intake reports and progress notes, output of program outcome statistics, and capacity to export data to standard statistics package formats (set-up fee and small monthly charge for this service), trainings may be conducted at other institutions / locations, permitting greater convenience for trainees, often at a reduced cost (call for details). Registration: $500 (General), $300 (MS residents), $250 (students limited seating). Covers all materials, continental breakfast / lunch / snacks each day, and certification costs.
TTS 2-Day Upgrade Workshop: By request. For those already trained as a TTS, this workshop provides the experience and materials to deliver the ACT Center Tobacco Dependence Intervention program. Fee covers all materials, continental breakfast / lunch / snacks each day. Registration: $250. To register and for more information, please visit http://actcenter.umc.edu/specialist_goal.html or contact Sue Lane: 601.815.1912 slane@sod.umsmed.edu.
Richard D. Hurt, M.D. of the Mayo Clinic would like to announce the following upcoming educational events sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, Rochester MN:
- Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification Trainings:
- September 15-19, 2008
- November 3-7, 2008
- April 13-15, 2009
- Motivational Interviewing (Facilitating Behavior Change)Workshops:
- August 18, 2008
All Courses are offered in Rochester, MN. Please call 507-266-1093 for more information, or see the Mayo Clinic's website for more information: http://ndc.mayo.edu