If you missed our webinar on June 19th, Top Tips for Motivating Patients to Quit, presented by Dean Schillinger, MD, UCSF Professor of Medicine in Residence and a primary care physician at San Francisco General Hospital, and Gary Tedeschi, PhD, Clinical Director with the California Smokers' Helpline, you can download our free kit now, which includes:
- Webinar Recording
- Webinar Slide Deck
- Q & A: Answers to questions from webinar participants
- Flyer: How to Motivate Patients to Quit
Smokers have varying degrees of interest in and readiness to stop smoking, and it’s not always clear how best to boost motivation. In this one hour recorded webinar, Drs. Schillinger and Tedeschi provide participants with hands-on strategies for motivating patients to quit, including:
- How to discuss tobacco cessation with patients
- Ready-to-use tips to increase motivation such as:
- instilling hope
- conveying understanding
- addressing ambivalence
- reframing quitting “failures” as successes
- encouraging patients’ own decision-making
- assisting with a quit plan comprised of proven methods
- Following up with patients to assess and maintain motivation