Developed in consultation with general practitioners, Quit’s online training supports the development of knowledge and skills to confidently provide smoking and vaping cessation care. There are two modules.
Module 1: Smoking Cessation Brief Advice Training for General Practitioners
The ‘Smoking Cessation Brief Advice Training for General Practitioners’ is designed to support smoking cessation care in general practice. It will equip general practitioners with the skills, confidence and knowledge to provide smoking cessation brief advice to patients who smoke.
RACGP Activity ID: 422652 (1.5 Educational Activity Hours)
ACRRM Activity ID: 28708 (1.5 Educational Activity Hours)
This education has been approved as a Lung Learning Quality-Assured Activity.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Cost: Free
Learning outcomes:
- Describe the negative impact smoking has on physical and mental health, and social outcomes.
- Discuss the use of the three-step (Ask, Advise, Help) model of brief advice for smoking cessation in clinical practice.
- Explain how currently available smoking cessation pharmacotherapy options may be used effectively to reduce withdrawal symptoms and minimise side effects.
- Identify and manage common and clinically significant drug interactions associated with smoking and stopping smoking.
Module 2: Vapes: Considerations for Health Professionals
‘Vapes: Considerations for Health Professionals’ is designed to support health professionals, including general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and primary health care nurses, with information about vaping in the context of Australian clinical guidelines and regulatory reforms.
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: Free
Learning outcomes:
- Describe the common components of most vapes
- Outline the current trends and use of vapes in Australia among people aged 14 and over
- Discuss the risks and harms associated with vaping
- Discuss the use of therapeutic vapes for smoking cessation in the context of Australian clinical guidelines
- Outline the important regulations governing how therapeutic vapes may be accessed in Australia
- Describe the approaches currently recommended to support vaping cessation.
Last updated: 26 March 2025