CAFP, recently launched CS2day (Cessation of Smoking Today), an innovative continuing medical education (CME) initiative designed to improve public health by reducing the number of Americans who smoke. CS2day is a collaborative milestone, bringing together nine different organizations with expertise in education, measurement, evaluation and quality in order to meet the initiative's goal of reaching 46,000 physicians and health care providers.

Motivational Interviewing Smoking Cessation CME in Second Life
Release Your Inner Avatar

Virtual worlds are rapidly becoming a integral part of the educational landscape with tremendous potential for rich and effective online learning experiences.  Second Life (SL), one of the best known of these virtual worlds, is an immersive, 3D environment.  Visitors enter SL as an avatar by way of a free software application, called the SL viewer.  This is an ideal venue for continuing medical education training - an opportunity to meet, interact, and learn with colleagues, all from the comfort of your own living room.

This CME program consists of three Motivational Interviewing workshops, applied to smoking cessation, in a virtual world environment. Through the workshops, you will have an in-depth exposure to Motivational Interviewing with extensive practice and role-playing in the virtual world of Second Life. You will earn AMA PRA Category 1 ^TM or AAFP Prescribed credits.  There is no charge for participation.

For more information on the CS2day project and CAFP’s involvement, please contact Neil Heyden at 781-727-1340.

Meet the CME Faculty

	Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH Director of Health Policy Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program Long Beach, CA
	Suzanne Mitchell, MD Assistant Professor, Family Medicine Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA