TEACH Specialty Course: Tobacco Interventions for Clients with Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders

Intended Audience:

TEACH courses are interdisciplinary and targeted towards practitioners who have the ability to deliver intensive cessation counselling. There is no minimum educational or professional requirement to attend TEACH courses.

Date and Time:

Online – refer to www.teachproject.ca for upcoming offerings.

Course Duration:

13.5 hours (over five weeks)

Cost:

For more information on cost, visit www.teachproject.ca.

Contact Phone Number:

416 535-8501 ext. 31600​

Contact Email:

teach@camh.ca

Course Requirements and Prerequisites

1. Prerequisite course offered by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (4 modules, online, 10.5 hours)
2. TEACH Core Course (online, 19.5 hours)

Course Overview

This course is designed to give learners the knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide a client-centred biopsychosocial approach to screen, engage, and treat clients with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder for tobacco use. Learners will also be able to apply these skills with individuals who use tobacco to detect common mental illnesses and other substance use disorders, as well as design a treatment approach for such client.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Examine the relationship between tobacco use disorder and mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
• Apply an ethical framework when working with clients living with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder who also use tobacco.
• Select screening and assessment tools for tobacco use disorder for clients living with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
• Provide psychosocial interventions for tobacco cessation for clients living with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
• Discuss pharmacological interventions for tobacco cessation for clients living with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
• Identify opportunities to advocate for tobacco cessation for clients living with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder.

Delivery Method

Online – refer to the TEACH Project website for upcoming offerings.

Certification and Accreditation

• College of Family Physicians of Canada
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation
• Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

Affiliation and Partnerships

University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine: Continuing Education and Professional Development

Register

Applications for TEACH courses are submitted online via the TEACH website and are subject to review. Each time you apply for a course you must complete the full online application. Application does not ensure registration.