2023 4-Day Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Workshop

Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTSs) are professional clinicians who possess the skills, knowledge, and training to provide effective, evidence based interventions for tobacco dependence across of range of treatment intensities, in varying contexts, treatment modalities, and with different tobacco using populations.

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) 4-day, virtual Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Workshop will train multidisciplinary clinicians who work in different healthcare and community settings including primary care, behavioral health, addictions and rehabilitation settings, public housing, oncology settings, specialty medical care such as (e.g. pulmonary medicine, cardiology, oncology), and worksite wellness settings.

Who Should Attend

The target audience for this program includes multidisciplinary clinicians who work in various healthcare and community settings including primary care, behavioral health, addictions and rehabilitation settings, public housing, oncology settings, specialty medical care such as (e.g. pulmonary medicine, cardiology, oncology), and work site wellness settings.

Live Virtual Format

1. Understand the Tobacco Treatment Specialists roles, responsibilities, professional development, and credentialing
2. Describe and identify comprehensive approaches to tobacco control
3. Demonstrate understanding of tobacco products in marketing, design, prevalence of use, and health consequences
4. Identify and describe the biopsychosocial appproach to understanding and treating tobacco use
5. Assess the comprehensive clinical assessment of the tobacco user
6. Apply the principles of evidence-based, patient-centered, behavior change treatment strategies
7. Demonstrate understanding of pharmacotherapy for tobacco use
8. Analyze and evaluate treatment processes
9. Use documentation, coding, billing, health insurance, and program evaluation
10. Describe and identify law and ethics

Registration Fee (4-Day Live Virtual Training) - $1,100

This program will be a live virtual training. We do ask that all registered attendees have access to a computer with a webcam as this training is highly interactive. The training instructors will ask for attendee participation throughout lectures and group training activities. Additional pre-training instructions, including how to access the live virtual program, will be emailed to all attendees prior to the start of the program. To sign up and submit payment, please click the 'Register' tab above. 

Discounts/Promotions

• A registration discount is available for MSK Alumni and MSK Cancer Alliance members to attend a MSK CME course. If you are a member of one of these groups, contact [email protected] for details.
• Registration is complimentary for all MSK employees; however, you will be placed on a waitlist and notified prior to the course if space is available. Please complete registration through the 'Register' tab above to be added to the waitlist.

Please note that after your payment has been processed, no further promotional discounts or adjustments will be made to your registration.

Cancellation Policy

If you wish to cancel your participation in this course, you must email [email protected] at least seven (7) days prior to the start of the course, and your refund will be subject to a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations or no-shows within seven (7) days of the course are not eligible for a refund. Please note that if it has been more than 120 days since payment was processed, a W9 form must be submitted in order process your refund and your refund will be issued in the form of a check payment. Refunds are not subject to tax. You may substitute another registrant in your place at any time by contacting [email protected] with the appropriate information.

MSK CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event we must cancel or postpone this course, you will be notified via email from MSK CME ([email protected]). A full refund will be issued for your registration. MSK CME is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees incurred by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 30.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work Accreditation Statement*

Teleconference: This presentation is approved for a maximum of 28 Continuing Education Contact Hours of Live Virtual Training. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0228.

Continuing Education for Licensed Psychologists in New York State*

This event offers 30 NYS Psychology Contact Hours.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0166

*Not all states accept NYS CEUs for Social Work or Psychology. Please check with the licensing board in your state for guidance on their acceptance of the credit types offered for this course

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Upon completion, participants will receive a training certificate, which makes them eligible for the National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice (NCTTP). For additional details about the program and a complete agenda, please email Noshin Haque ([email protected]).

This Program is Accredited by the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (CTTTP).

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This training is approved for 24.00 OASAS education and training clock hours which satisfy CASAC/CPP/CPS education requirements.

MSK Course Faculty

Chris Kotsen, PsyD, NCTTP
Jamie Ostroff, PhD, CTTS, NCTTP
Tom Payne, PhD, NCTTP
Smita Banerjee, PhD
Maureen O’Brien, MS, RN, CNS, PMHCNS-BC, CTTS, NCTTP
C. Will Whitlock, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CTTS, NCTTP

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of an ACE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.