Topic 5: Behavioural Therapy in Smoking Cessation

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the stages-of-change model used in the slides and recognise ambivalence in patient language.
2. Select a support strategy that fits the person’s stated readiness to change.
3. Explain the motivational interviewing framework, OARS, FRAMES and the 5 Rs as presented in the deck, while recognising that current terminology requires verification.
4. Apply the brief-advice and brief-intervention sequences to a realistic consultation.
5. Respond to a lapse without blame and use it to strengthen the continuing plan.
6. Interpret the historical evidence and NNT slides cautiously and identify what must be checked before clinical use.