Webinar recording now up!
NRT & Mental Health Webinar
presented by Ron Pohar, a clinical pharmacist for more than 20 years who has trained at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and led the development of the CATALYST program, and John Shaske, a regional coordinator and clinical instructor with the UBC Faculty of Pharmacy Continuing Education.
NRT & Mental Health Webinar
Smoking cessation: A Focus on Mental Health
Presented by Ron Pohar, BSc(Pharm), APA, Clinical Pharmacist and John Shaske, BSc(Pharm), ACPR RPh.
Presented by Ron Pohar, a clinical pharmacist for more than 20 years who has trained at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and led the development of the CATALYST program, and John Shaske, a regional coordinator and clinical instructor with the UBC Faculty of Pharmacy Continuing Education. Over 45 minutes, you’ll explore the latest research and new approaches that may improve success rates, including:
- Tailoring pharmacotherapy in primary care setting
Appropriate timing of the quit attempt, first-line pharmacotherapy options, drug interactions - Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) — REDUCE TO QUIT® and Combination Therapy
Clinical efficacy, suitable candidates, special dosing considerations for psychiatric populations - Neuropsychiatric safety of oral pharmacotherapies
Comparing safety (incidence of adverse events) and efficacy (continuous abstinence rates)
Ask the Expert: Open Q&A session with Ron and John after the webinar
Ron Pohar
Ron is a clinical pharmacist who specializes smoking cessation for people who have mental illnesses. He has developed a number of smoking-cessation training programs for healthcare professionals, including an accredited self-study program for pharmacists (Smoking Cessation: Counsel to Quit) and the CATALYST Program, which has trained more than 5,000 pharmacists across Canada in smoking cessation.
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John Shaske
John is a clinical pharmacist with experience in community, long-term-care and assisted-living facilities. He works to achieve the best pharmaceutical outcomes for residents by developing and maintaining a framework for: creating financially viable pharmacies that are able to support pharmaceutical care programs; instituting policies and procedures to help ensure positive outcomes; promoting pharmaceutical care to residents and to other professions; and ongoing self-education and training of others.