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Ask and Act Podcasts
Ask and Act Podcast Topics and Release Dates
New Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines
Release date: May 7, 2008
Expert: Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Dr. Jaén, Professor and Chairman of Family and Community Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center, is Vice Chair of the guideline panel and a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee.
Find out what family physicians and their practice teams need to do to implement the new guidelines.
U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines
Expert: Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Dr. Jaén, Professor and Chairman of Family and Community Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center, is Vice Chair of the guideline panel and a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee.
Find out what family physicians and their practice teams need to do to implement the new guidelines.
U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines
Download the audio file -- 11:16-minute MP3 File; About Downloading
Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Dependence
Release date: May 21, 2008
Expert: Thomas P. Houston, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Houston is Director of Nicotine Dependence Programs at OhioHealth and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at Ohio State University. He is a member of the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and the Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee.
Learn about first line pharmacotherapies and how to determine which to prescribe.
Download the audio file -- 11:58-minute MP3 File; About Downloading
Expert: Thomas P. Houston, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Houston is Director of Nicotine Dependence Programs at OhioHealth and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at Ohio State University. He is a member of the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and the Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee.
Learn about first line pharmacotherapies and how to determine which to prescribe.
Download the audio file -- 11:58-minute MP3 File; About Downloading
Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
Release date: June 4, 2008
Expert: Tim McAfee, MD, MPH
Dr. McAfee is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical and Behavioral Sciences at Free & Clear in Seattle and Associate Professor for the School of Public Health at the University of Washington.
Find out what happens when patients call free tobacco cessation quitlines.
Download the audio file -- 13:36-minute MP3 file; About Downloading
Expert: Tim McAfee, MD, MPH
Dr. McAfee is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical and Behavioral Sciences at Free & Clear in Seattle and Associate Professor for the School of Public Health at the University of Washington.
Find out what happens when patients call free tobacco cessation quitlines.
Download the audio file -- 13:36-minute MP3 file; About Downloading
How to Provide Tobacco Cessation Treatment to Patients with Mental Illness
Release Date: June 18, 2008
Expert: Julie K. Wood, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Wood, Associate Director at Research Family Medicine Residency Program in Kansas City, is Chair of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee, Senior Advisor to the AAFP Tar Wars Advisory Committee and a member of the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public.
Find out what types of treatment are most effective or this population and the effects of tobacco cessation pharmacotherapies on other medications.
Download the audio file -- 7:43-minute MP3 file; About Downloading
Expert: Julie K. Wood, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Wood, Associate Director at Research Family Medicine Residency Program in Kansas City, is Chair of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee, Senior Advisor to the AAFP Tar Wars Advisory Committee and a member of the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public.
Find out what types of treatment are most effective or this population and the effects of tobacco cessation pharmacotherapies on other medications.
Download the audio file -- 7:43-minute MP3 file; About Downloading
Payment for Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Expert: Thomas J. Weida, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Weida is a professor and clinician at PennState Hershey Medical Center and Medical Director for the University Physicians Group. He serves as Speaker for the AAFP Congress of Delegates and is a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee.
Learn how and when to bill for tobacco cessation treatment.
Download the audio file -- 12:17-minute MP3 file; About Downloading
Expert: Thomas J. Weida, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Weida is a professor and clinician at PennState Hershey Medical Center and Medical Director for the University Physicians Group. He serves as Speaker for the AAFP Congress of Delegates and is a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee.
Learn how and when to bill for tobacco cessation treatment.
Download the audio file -- 12:17-minute MP3 file; About Downloading
