Smoking cessation training for healthcare workers
Healthcare workers have an important role to play in helping someone to quit smoking or vaping. Studies show that if the advice to quit smoking comes from a health professional, the chances of successfully quitting are increased.
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Evidence shows that training leads to higher rates of smoking cessation.
Smoking cessation training keeps you up to date with the latest thinking and best practice. Explore our list of smoking cessation training programs for healthcare workers.
The Health Education and Training Institute
The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) is a leading provider of high-quality training and education to support more than 110,000 clinical and non-clinical staff, trainers, managers and leaders across the NSW health system.
HETI provides several smoking cessation courses for healthcare workers in NSW through the My Health Learning platform. RACGP has a support guide for GPs.
Training courses available to NSW Health Staff include (use their search feature):
- Smoking & Vaping in Pregnancy Part A
- Smoking & Vaping in Pregnancy Part B
- Smoking cessation: a guide for all staff
- Smoking cessation: brief Intervention at Chairside (Oral Health)
- Facts about vaping
- Yarning about Quitting
Statewide smoking cessation trainers
NSW Health offers state-wide face-to-face and webinar smoking and vaping related training for health workers across New South Wales.
Standardised training includes:
- Smoking cessation in pregnancy workshop
- Smoking cessation training for clinicians working with priority populations
- Managing nicotine dependence in an inpatient setting
- E-cigarettes and vaping devices
Quit Centre, managed by Cancer Council Victoria
The National Quit Training and Resource Centre for Nicotine Cessation, known as the Quit Centre, is a national best-practice support service for health professionals across Australia.
Quit Centre offers:
Call NSW Quitline for advice on helping your clients quit.