Truth Initiative’s College Programs: Helping colleges across the country #FinishIT, one campus at a time

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) and the Truth Initiative are pleased to invite you to its next free webinar: “Truth Initiative’s College Programs:  Helping colleges across the country #FinishIT, one campus at a time” on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at 1:00 pm EDT (90 minutes).

We are honored to have the following speakers presenting on this topic for us:

• Kristen Tertzakian, Assistant Director, Community Engagement, Truth Initiative
• Genine LaTrice Perez, Executive Director, Arkansas Youth Leadership Initiative and Project Lead, Shorter College
• Meghan Estes, District Director, Health and Wellness, Cuyahoga Community College

Webinar Objectives:

• Describe the disproportionate impact of tobacco use on the college population.
• Describe strategies used to address tobacco as a social justice issue on a college campus.
• Identify strategies to mobilize support from students, faculty and staff for a tobacco-free campus policy.

REGISTER HERE:  https://cc.readytalk.com/r/giltwxa4r3ai&eom  

Disclosures

Kristen Tertzakian, Genine LaTrice Perez, Meghan Estes, Brian Clark, Gil Lorenzo, Jennifer Matekuare, Roxana Said, MPH, and Catherine Saucedo have disclosed no financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any commercial companies who have provided products or services relating to their presentation or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity.

New Accreditation for respiratory therapists:

This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.50 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063, Course # 147523000

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.

Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

Social Workers: This course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you a social worker in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

CME/CEUs will be available for participants who join the LIVE session, on October 26, 2016. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.

Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs?  SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues.  For questions, contact Roxana Said, SCLC Project Coordinator, at roxana.said@ucsf.edu, or call toll-free (877) 509-3786.  This webinar will be recorded and may be viewed online on the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center’s website after the presentation.