Clinical Audit: Smoking & Vaping Cessation

Register your Expression of Interest by 10th January 2025 if you are interested in Clinical Audit on Smoking & Vaping Cessation.  This audit is on offer from January - June 2025.

This audit is a facilitated education and audit activity aimed at GPs and general practice teams. This activity incorporates reflection, self-directed activity, education and mentoring within the framework of a clinical audit process.  

Please register your interest to receive detailed information to complete this Clinical Audit.

Facilitators:

• Andrew Schulz, Tackling Tobacco Lead, Cancer Council SA

Learning outcomes:

• Review current practice and processes for screening, assessment and management of patients who have smoking status recorded as "Yes" in your patient database
• Develop strategies to proactively engage patients in discussions about smoking and vaping status during general practice visits
• Apply current RACGP recommendations and clinical guidelines for smoking and vaping cessation and provide evidence-based assessment and support to help patients in quitting smoking and/or vaping
• Identify ways to incorporate multi-disciplinary and biopsychosocial care into routine practice for smoking and vaping cessation
• Develop and action plan for implementation to improve screening and initiating timely interventions, appropriate assessments and management aligned to best-practice recommendations

On completion of this Clinical Audit Activity, participants will be allocated 4.5 hours of Measuring Outcomes and 3.5 hours of Reviewing Performance CPD hours. 

This Clinical Audit has been made possible by funding from Country SA PHN.