Adapting and Developing Educational Best Practices and Curricula for Practitioners Providing Aboriginal Tobacco Cessation Interventions

Day One - Outline

Monday, November 10, 2008 (Day 1)
Concurrent Working Sessions I
9:30 – 9:45 am	Welcome and Introductions Opening Prayer Offering of Traditional Tobacco to Elders
9:45 – 10:30 am	Overview of TEACH Core Course (Providing Context) • Discussion of gaps/areas to address in the 2 day Specialty Course we will be planning
10:30 – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 – 12:00 pm	Panel Discussion #1: Urban/On-Reserve Communities – Delivering Cessation Interventions How tobacco legislation affects Aboriginal Peoples and communities Social Determinants of Health Framework What do practitioners need to know? How can we respond with respect to the barriers to implementing tobacco cessation approaches? What are the key, relevant cessation messages?
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch
Concurrent Working Sessions II
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Panel Discussion #2: Past and Current Tobacco Intervention Initiatives and Evaluation/Research Best or promising practices Firsthand experiences from practitioners who have delivered cessation programs: How did they do it? Models? How did they make it culturally appropriate?
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 – 3:30 pm	Panel Discussion #3: Integrating Our Learning and Discussion This final session of Day 1 will help bring together and integrate the learning thus far, to set the context for Day 2. Guiding questions: What are the key issues, topics and promising practices in developing a curriculum for professionals working with Aboriginal clients/communities? How do we, as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers/practitioners, build alliances with Aboriginal communities to improve research and evaluation of Aboriginal tobacco cessation initiatives?
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Overview of Day 2 Wrap up and adjourn

Day Two - Outline

Morning
The large group will develop/approve 3-4 Learning Objectives for the TEACH Specialty Course, based on the overall course goal:

The goal of the two-day TEACH course is to give Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal practitioners the essential knowledge and skills to offer culturally appropriate and respectful tobacco cessation interventions to clients. In some cases, this may mean advocating for cessation programs within existing agencies/health practice settings/communities.

The following draft Learning Objectives are meant to serve as a starting point for discussion:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Identify differences and culturally specific contexts of traditional and nontraditional uses of tobacco, as well as communities where traditional tobacco is not used
Respond respectfully and appropriately to different jurisdictional, policy and community issues that may impact on the delivery of cessation interventions
Recognize the impact of determinants of health on the causes and prevalence of tobacco use in Aboriginal populations
Adapt and apply models of tobacco cessation interventions for Aboriginal clients in your own community and practice setting.

After the development/discussion of TEACH Specialty Course Learning Objectives, we will divide into two smaller working groups: one focused on curriculum development, the other focused on evaluation/research. Sample guiding questions will be used in the working groups to focus the discussion.

Afternoon
The two working groups will come together for the last part of the day and share the results of their discussion – with large group brainstorming and mutual feedback/suggestions/advice.

Suggested timing for Day 2:

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (Day 2)
Concurrent Working Sessions III
9:30 – 10:00 am	Large group – check-in, orientation to working groups (goals and objectives) Discussion of TEACH Specialty Course Learning Objectives
10:00 – 10:30 am	Working groups convene
10:30 – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 – 12:00 pm	Working groups convene
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Working Lunch Large group discussion – where are we at in our separate groups? How might this inform our thinking as we pull everything together this afternoon?
Concurrent Working Sessions IV
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Working groups convene
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 – 3:30 pm	Large group discussion and debriefing
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Wrap up and adjourn, Closing Prayer