10 Blog Post: Celebrating 20 Years of Quitline History with 20 Questions About our Future

What makes a good quitline coach?

Thanks, Stephen! Now that we have had some discussion about all of the things that make a quit coach great, let’s move to their training. As Stephen mentioned in his blog post, there is a laundry list of things that must be addressed and emphasized in the training of quit coaches. To give us her thoughts on the most critical aspects of training for quit coaches, NAQC checked in with Donna Czukar, Senior Director of Support Programs at the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society. Here is what Donna had to say:

NAQC Blog Instructions:
1. To visit the blog go to http://naquitline.site-ym.com/members/blog_view.asp?id=753293.
2. Only administrators of the site are able to post, delete and edit the blog entries. However, NAQC members logged in to the NAQC member-only site can comment on blog posts.
3. You can subscribe to receive blog updates through your email! Updates will alert you when NAQC has a new blog entry and when one of your colleagues comments on an entry.

Should you have technical issues related to the blog, please email Natalia Gromov at ngromov@naquitline.org. All other blog-related questions should be directed to Tamatha Thomas-Haase at tthomas-haase@naquitline.org.

Thanks for all that you continue to do to help tobacco users quit and for joining us in all that we have to celebrate!