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Training

Please note, all training is free and will take place virtually via MS Teams unless otherwise specified.

 

Booking can be made here:  https://form.jotform.com/222122139902345

 

Practitioner Update Training:

This training is to update existing NCSCT accredited advisors who are delivering a stop smoking service.

Recommended for all advisors to attend at least once a year.

  • Monday 23rd March 9.30am – 11.30am (for all practitioners)

Level 2 Stop Smoking Practitioner training :

This training is for new stop smoking practitioners who have completed the online NCSCT practitioner training.

  • April: Date to be confirmed

Very Brief Advice (VBA) training :

VBA is a simple piece of advice that can be used opportunistically in almost any consultation with a smoker, and takes less than 30 seconds. This training is for anyone who engages with smokers and is CPD accredited.

Bespoke shorter sessions are also available and can be delivered either in-person or via MS Teams. Please email all requests to southampton.smokefreesolutions@nhs.net

  • Friday 10th April 9.30am – 12.30pm

Masterclass Training :

Short interactive sessions on different topics. Suitable for everyone. 

These sessions are all taking place at 1 – 2pm via MS Teams unless stated: 

 

  • Stop Vaping Support – The Latest, Thursday 26th February 
  • Data Collection – Including NHS Digital, Thursday 5th March
  • Weight Gain After Quitting – Managing Fear and Reality, 12th March 
  • Tobacco and Vapes Bill – What it means in Practice, 19th March  
  • (Repeated session due to high demand) Shisha and Oral Tobacco, Wednesday 25th March (9:00am)

Please see below for online training modules to help support you with providing smoking cessation advice to patients.

Online Practitioner Course

1. Practitioner Training: Core competences in helping people stop smoking (Learning element)

2. Assessment of core knowledge and key practice skills (Assessment)

https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/england

Very Brief Advice (VBA) on Smoking

VBA is a simple form of advice designed to be used opportunistically in less than 30 seconds in almost any consultation with a smoker.
https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/vba-launch

Very Brief Advice (VBA) – on Smoking for Pregnant Women

Smoking in pregnancy poses significant health risks to the mother and to the baby. VBA is a proven intervention that has the potential to improve the health, and even save the life, of both mother & baby
https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/vba_pregnancy-launch

Very Brief Advice (VBA) – on Secondhand Smoke: Promoting Smoke Free Homes and Cars

This training module has been developed by the NCSCT to teach health professionals how best to raise the issue of secondhand smoke exposure and promote smokefree homes and cars.
https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/shs_vba-launch