Primary Care Smoking Cessation Program

Overview

In a primary care setting, residents or medical students will become expert in all aspects of the treatment of tobacco dependence. Both medication management and group psychotherapy will be taught. The clinic treats a range of subjects with tobacco dependence, from those who are otherwise healthy to those with severe medical and/or psychiatric co-morbidity. At the conclusion participants will be able to assess and treat tobacco dependence with a wide range of severities with medication management and/or psychotherapeutic techniques. Course is offered continuously throughout the year, Thursdays, 1:30-4:30 p.m., West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Hospital, Building 500. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Director/Instructor(s): 
 Arthur Brody, Ph.D.
Application
Pre-requisites: 

Consent of instructor

Dates and Availability
Duration: 
 Continuously throughout the year
Planned Days: 
 Thursday
Planned Months: 
 March
 July
 February
 August
 January
 September
 June
 December
 November
 April
 October
 May
Planned Terms: 
 Spring
 Fall
 Summer
 Winter
Planned Frequency: 
 Weekly
Venue
Course Code: 
466 ABC

Last updated: May 18, 2016 - 14:09