The Sixth Tutorial for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists was conducted on 15th February 2023 Monday 9-10 pm. The program was hosted by –
Tutorial Co-ordinator – Dr. Mariya Tambawala, Dr. Siddhi Hathiwala, Dr. Monalee and Dr. Nikita Dwivedi
The agenda for discussion were
” CHALLENGES FOR ESTABLISHING QUIT PROGRAM”
The following topics were discussed –
1) How to set up a Cessation Centre.
2) CTCS Standardized protocol for Quitting.
3) Treatment Modalities for different Withdrawal symptoms
4) An insight into TOBACCO MARSHAL training.
A few cases were also discussed. Dr. Mariya shared her experience of spreading awareness through religious leaders who can really make a lot of difference. Dr. Rajkumari informed about her plan to reach out to a large community of doctors at her place to indulge them in tobacco cessation.
Dr. Pawan advised having a similar intervention to be able to assess, improvise and adapt.
#advisequittobacco should be promoted in all places.
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3rd ICanCaRe Academy Tutorial for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists
The third Tutorial for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists was conducted by Dr. Mariya Tambawala on 15th November 2022. 22 CTCS attended the same. The agenda was set as follows:
1) Discussion on what seed to implant in the mind of a person to start tobacco cessation – led by Dr. Mariya
2) Follow up on last month’s case Navy Officer – Dr. Simoni
3) Discussion on How to Manage Cough in patients – home-based remedies – Dr. Supriya Wadhwa
4) Case discussion of IIT aspirant – Dr. Pawan Gupta (postponed for the next time)
5) Homework for the next – Discuss another common problem which is CONSTIPATION
It was heartening to know when Dr. Simoni Shah a Psychologist and Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist practicing in Mumbai said that her patient NAVY officer is completely off smoking for the.
Sowing a seed in the mind of a tobacco user, the discussion started by Dr. Mariya, saw some interesting inputs coming from all the participants. The relevant individualized advice is the most important. It had an interesting discussion for a tobacco user with stage IV cancer, and what to advise. To quit or not to quit. The discussion went into the quality and quantity of life of end-stage cancer patients and the type of intervention to advise them.
The commonest problem of a smoker – is cough. Dr. Supriya gave some homemade remedies and prepared ayurvedic treatment for this symptom. It was interesting to know so many remedies available from the kitchen. Dr. Pawan Gupta proposed that some of the selected preparation can be made available on the ICanCaRe pharmacy for Tobacco users.
Dr. Mariya proposed the vote of thanks and requested all the participants to submit their cases for future discussions.
All the participants thanked The trio – Mariya, Visuja, and Nikita for initialization the tutorials and Dr. Pawan Gupta for practical tips.
22 CTCS participated in the second Tutorial.
The next tutorial is scheduled for the 15th of every month, and we wish for enthusiastic participation from all CTCS across India. Please submit your cases for the same.
What some of the participants said:
Dr. Supriya Wadhwa from Ghaziabad –
Thanks, Pawan Sir for giving me this opportunity to speak on the topic of managing cough.
Although my presentation was made in the last 15 minutes so that was lacking in some points.
Hope I was able to address it properly.
Wud try to improve 🙏🏻
Thanks, Dr. Monalee from Mumbai-
It was very informative Dr. Supriya, our patients would definitely benefit from it. Thank you so much.
Was a great takeaway session today… Thanks to Dr. Mariya and Dr. Pawan Sir and everyone 🙂🙏🏻
Simoni Shah Psy Mumbai: A very insightful session. Thank you, everyone
Dr Supriya thanks for this useful information 👍
Dr. Rakesh of Sipher from Chandigarh: It was actually a very informative and motivating session. Thanks, Supriya for letting us know about the home remedies for cough
Participants of the 3rd ICanCaRe Academy Tutorial for Certified Tobacco cessation Specialists (CTCS)
