About the Course
This course will equip participants to care for pregnant and postpartum patients using tobacco products. It will discuss the incidence and risk factors for smoking during pregnancy, provide tips for assessment and counseling on the health harms of tobacco use for mother and baby, and discuss current evidence-based recommendations for treatment (behavioral and pharmacologic). This course will also train learners to address tobacco use and relapse during the postpartum period, including education on secondhand smoke, risk factors for relapse, and the impact of smoking on lactation. This course includes video lectures, knowledge check questions, and patient case study scenarios.
Learning Objectives:
Understand prevalence of tobacco use among pregnant women
Discuss the health effects of smoking on the mother and infant during pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum
Discuss the risks of secondhand smoke during pregnancy and postpartum for mother and infant
Review treatment recommendations for women using tobacco during pregnancy, including evidence-based behavioral and pharmacotherapy approaches
Understand factors leading to relapse during the postpartum period and identify evidence-based recommendations for treatment
Apply knowledge to a case study following a patient from pre-conception through postpartum.
Continuing Education Information
In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
