Vaping and Teens Online Course offers Clinicians Practical Guidance on Identifying and Counseling Teens

To assist healthcare providers, understand the emerging health threat of teen vaping, Rockpointe, a leader in Continuing Medical Education, has made available a CME-certified online course “Vaping and Teens Strategies to Help Stem the Tide” focusing on identifying and counseling our patients vaping or at risk of vaping.

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician’s Assistants who participate in the “Vaping and Teens” on-demand course can earn 1 hour of CME, ANCC, AAPA, AAFP, and MIPS credits, and are eligible for as many as 1 American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points.

U.S. health officials are struggling to respond to a crisis that shows no signs of slowing. In September the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is looking into more than 450 cases of possible vaping-related lung illnesses in 33 states, including six deaths, and is working with the FDA and state health departments to pinpoint a cause. Meanwhile, the FDA is moving to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, which are widely viewed as being marketed to teens. Amid this backdrop, Rockpointe rose to the challenge by offering “Vaping and Teens: Strategies to Help Stem the Tide” to help community-based primary care providers – including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants – mitigate the surging numbers of young people who have fallen ill after using e-cigarettes or similar devices.

“We at Rockpointe are committed to helping solve the public-health crisis of youth vaping,” said Thomas Sullivan, Rockpointe President. “This is a serious issue, and by offering accredited education on youth vaping, we are hopeful of enlisting and equipping healthcare providers to better fight this difficult and complex issue.” The activity will inform clinicians about the extent of e-cigarette use among pre-teens and adolescents and will familiarize them with adverse events associated with use of the devices. Participants will be better prepared to initiate conversations with young people about e-cigarettes.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss epidemiologic and sociologic data regarding exposure of pre-teens and adolescents to e-cigarettes.
• Recognize adverse events associated with the use of e-cigarettes.
• Develop strategies to initiate discussions about e-cigarettes with pre-teens and adolescents and to provide evidence-based education and counseling.

This activity, which is not supported by any commercial interest or grantor, is jointly provided by the Potomac Center for Medical Education (PCME) and Rockpointe, and also provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM). PCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PCME designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

About Rockpointe:

Founded in 1995, Rockpointe Corporation is a science-based medical education company whose clinical specialists, educators, and producers are dedicated to designing clinically relevant continuing medical education programs. Through effective continuing medical education, Rockpointe strives to improve and advance the quality of patient care. Its medical educational programs have been at the forefront of new issues in healthcare, including implementing MIPS, combatting the nation’s opioid crisis, CME live webinars on corona virus outbreak and utilizing technical advances that improve care.

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To begin the activity, go to https://www.rockpointe.com/courses/vaping-and-teens-strategies-to-help-stem-the-tide/ or click here.