Instructions:

The hospital/health center that you are working at is implementing new strategies to help tobacco users quit smoking. However, cost of implementation and feasibility seems to be a major concern. The new head of your department has asked you for a suggestion, taking into consideration the resources available at your workplace and the attitudes and culture of your patients towards smoking.  

Step 1: Reflect

Based on the contents of the module, reflect on why BTIs are highly recommended to help patients stop smoking. Consider the following:

• What makes BTIs effective? 
• What is the feasibility for implementation in your workplace?

Step 2: Suggest

Suggest how the implementation of BTIs can be beneficial to improving smoking cessation outcomes among your patients. Create a short piece of writing (400-500 words) that encompasses your answers. Use the following points to guide your discussion:

• Provide brief background information on your workplace and patients. Include an overview of strategies/interventions that are currently implemented to promote smoking cessation, and how successful they have been. If there are no strategies/interventions currently implemented, feel free to write about your own experiences with patients.
• Indicate how the patients can benefit from the implementation of BTIs.
• Explain how/why the implementation of BTIs is feasible and accessible for your hospital/health center and patients.
• Indicate whether you think BTIs alone is sufficient to reduce tobacco use among your patients. If not, explain why, and suggest what other measures you think may be necessary.

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under the post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete this activity, you will need to reply respectfully and professionally to at least one post made by your peers. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” If your peer(s) comment(s) on your post(s), please reply.  Feel free to interact with the work done by other peers as well! 

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”