CERTIFIED TOBACCO SPECIALIST BATCH OF AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2023 on 3.9.2023
CERTIFIED TOBACCO CESSATION SPECIALIST (CTCS) course accredited by Gujarat University and conducted by ICanCaRe Academy as 18.5 hours of training either online or offline. The August – September batch had physical Training at Faridabad on 13-15th August and the assessment was done online on 3.9.2023.
The physical training saw many advantages with extra interaction, comradeship, and enthusiastic participation in course delivery with live role modeling case discussion and panel discussion. Two Workshops were also conducted “7 star Architectural Intervention” and “The SAND BOX”.
The enthusiastic August-September 2023 Batch of the Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists course consists of doctors from various disciplines- Pulmonologist, Surgical oncologist, ENT and Head neck Onco-surgeon, Pedodontics, Oral medicine and Radiologist, dental surgeon, Community medicine, Dietitian. They came from all parts of India. For the first time an Anaesthetist, Dr. Neha Agrawal has joined the course and she became the first Anaesthetist of India to be a Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist.
Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists are the most important link for #SAVEtheyouth Campaign as they are at the pinnacle and trained extensively for intervention to successfully help quit tobacco for their patients. As a Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist, it is expected they learn the ABCDEFGH of tobacco Cessation and do ABCD Of Tobacco Cessation for 100% Quit rate with their clients. They are trained on the ICanCaRe APP which makes the intervention simple and protocol-based easy to follow up. They are encouraged to start professional Tobacco Cessation practice.
We welcome each one of them into the ICanCaRe family as they join the #SAVEtheyouth campaign as Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists.
CTCS course is accredited by Gujarat University and the only such course in India giving practical experience, ICanCaRe APP for digitalized protocol intervention. To know more go to http://www.icancare.in/academy/ctcs It is an 8-week course with dedicated 2.5 hours each week, with a lot of reading material, etc., or 3 days of offline course done physically at any of the ICanCaRe centres of Excellence.