Smoking cessation
Welcome to this Dentaljuce course on Smoking Cessation, much of which references the "Delivering better oral health" toolkit provided by NHS England.
Tobacco use is a major public health concern, contributing to a range of oral health issues including periodontal disease, tooth loss, and oral cancer.
The course focuses on the messages and effective simple advice that dental professionals should give to their patients who smoke or use tobacco products, to support them in quitting. It also provides a background to the public health issues regarding tobacco use.
By equipping dental professionals with evidence-based strategies and communication techniques for smoking cessation, this course plays a vital role in enhancing patient care and addressing a key public health challenge.
If you're not yet a member of Dentaljuce, we highly recommend you to join and gain access to our comprehensive course on Smoking Cessation.
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Course Review: Smoking Cessation
Participant Feedback Overview
Participants provided highly positive feedback about Dentaljuce's online CPD course, "Smoking Cessation," praising its clarity, practicality, and comprehensive presentation of strategies to support patients in quitting smoking.
Key Strengths
Participants particularly valued:
Informative and Concise Content:
Learners found the course succinct and educational, providing clear, actionable guidance on effective smoking cessation strategies. They appreciated how straightforward yet thorough the course material was.Practical Application:
The module offered participants practical tools, notably the VBA (Very Brief Advice) technique, enabling easy integration into daily clinical practice. The straightforward Ask, Advise, Act method was particularly praised for its ease of use and clinical relevance.Comprehensive Approach:
Participants appreciated the comprehensive coverage of smoking cessation methods, including public health perspectives, effects of tobacco on oral health, the role of vaping, and pharmacological interventions.
Specific Positive Comments:
- "Succinct and excellent."
- "Great, very informative."
- "The course was highly informative and practical, equipping me with valuable tools and strategies."
- "Overall, I found the smoking cessation course to be highly valuable. It provided comprehensive insights into effective strategies for helping patients quit smoking."
- "Good concise. VBA the best."
- "Invaluable."
- "Very informative."
- "Well constructed and educative e-learning course."
- "It emphasised simple, brief interventions like the 3-step approach (Ask, Advise, Act), which can be easily integrated into routine practice."
- "The course has boosted my confidence in providing effective support to patients who want to quit."
Participants confirmed the course improved their ability and confidence to deliver enhanced patient care related to smoking cessation.
Closed-Question Feedback Summary:
- Met learning objectives: 100% strongly agree/agree
- Good quality: 100% strongly agree/agree
- Useful & relevant: 92.8% strongly agree/agree, 7.2% neutral
- Engaging: 100% strongly agree/agree
- Pitched at right level: 92.9% strongly agree/agree, 7.1% neutral
These results demonstrate strong participant satisfaction regarding the course's effectiveness, quality, and value.
Suggestions for Improvement
Participants offered minor suggestions, notably the inclusion of additional information on alternative methods such as hypnotherapy, highlighting that these areas could further enrich the course content.
Overall Participant Impression
The "Smoking Cessation" module was highly praised as clear, practical, and informative. It effectively equipped dental professionals with the skills and confidence needed to actively support patients in quitting smoking, making a meaningful contribution to public health and patient wellbeing.
Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to develop their professional knowledge and competence in helping their patients to stop smoking, in line with their identified personal learning requirements and the requirements of the UK NHS's "Delivering better oral health" toolkit.
Course objective
- to update members of the dental team with current best practice for helping patients stop smoking.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will, with respect to the components that he or she has elected to study as listed below:- Understand the public health situation regarding tobacco use.
- Know the effects of tobacco products on oral health.
- Know the different ways that tobacco can be used.
- Know how to use the VBA technique to help smokers quit.
- Understand the role of vaping, and drugs, in helping people quit smoking.
- Through achieving these outcomes, provide an improved level of service to their patients.
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcome(s): A, D.