Overview:

Healthcare providers often face time constraints, limiting their ability to offer comprehensive cessation counseling during patient visits. Additionally, there is a shortage of culturally tailored tools, making it challenging to address the diverse needs of patients effectively. Insufficient reimbursement for cessation interventions further discourages providers from prioritizing these services. Moreover, low awareness among providers about available screening guidelines and cessation support resources contributes to inconsistent implementation. Addressing these issues requires targeted education and practical strategies to enhance care delivery.

Despite established guidelines for tobacco cessation and lung cancer screening, many healthcare providers face significant barriers—including limited training, time constraints, and inadequate system support—that hinder the integration of these services into routine care. This gap is particularly pronounced in underserved populations, where factors such as low socioeconomic status and limited access to healthcare exacerbate disparities in lung cancer outcomes. Addressing these challenges requires targeted interventions that enhance provider education, streamline clinical workflows, and implement system-level changes to support the consistent delivery of tobacco cessation and lung cancer screening services.
 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, behavioral health specialists, and allied health staff, who are engaged in tobacco cessation and lung cancer screening efforts.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

    • Identify barriers to implementing tobacco cessation and lung cancer screening in clinical care.
    • Demonstrate integration of brief interventions and EHR tools to enhance screening and referral.
    • Discuss culturally responsive approaches to engage high-risk and underserved populations.
    • Outline system-level and community strategies that support implementation and sustainability.
    • Discuss possible barriers and biases which may impact patient care (i.e., race, ethnicity, language, gender identity/orientation, age, socioeconomic status, attitudes, feelings, or other characteristics).

    The following faculty have indicated no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 

    Jonjon V. Macalintal, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, HACP, CTTS  Nurse Practitioner, Department of Medicine; City of Hope

    Sophia Yeung, MHA Administrative Program Manager, Tobacco Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening Programs, City of Hope

     

    Method of Participation

    • Participation in Live Session via Webinar. You can pre-register here. 
    • Completion of Course Evaluation, which will be available to course participants after the session. 

    CME Credit:

    Clinicians interested in claiming CME credit must: 

    1. Have an account in the City of Hope CME system. 
    2. Be prepared to record their attendance by texting in an Attendance Code to the CME System via their registered mobile number. 

    If you do not have an account in the City of Hope CME System and/or are not familiar with the Attendance Code text-in method, please take a moment now to complete the following steps:

    1. Create account here!
    2. Save the City of Hope CME Text-in number in your cell phone contacts
      • City of Hope CME Attendance Text-in number is: (626) 314 - 7448 

    ACCREDITATION:

    ACCREDITATION STATEMENT: City of Hope is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    CREDIT DESIGNATION: City of Hope designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

    The following credit type(s) are being offered for this course:

    •  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™  1.0

    The following may apply AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for license renewal:

    Registered Nurses: Nurses may report up to 1.0 credit hours toward the continuing education requirements for license renewal by their state Board of Registered Nurses (BRN). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may be noted on the license renewal application in lieu of a BRN provider number.

    Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistants states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ accredited courses are acceptable for CME requirements for recertification.