Combining simulated academic detailing with naloxone training to prepare student pharmacists for opioid risk mitigation strategies. Curr Pharm Teach Learn 2021 Dec;13(12):1679-1682
Date
12/14/2021Pubmed ID
34895678DOI
10.1016/j.cptl.2021.09.030Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85118801435 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 2 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Academic detailing (AD) is an educational outreach intervention designed to provide clinicians with current evidenced-based education to improve patient care and is effective in mitigating opioid risks. Student pharmacists' abilities to apply naloxone training can benefit from concomitant AD training by highlighting skills needed to effectively assess patient and provider needs and handle objections in a non-biased, evidence-supported manner while reinforcing the application of naloxone administration. Most states have a standing order for pharmacist prescribed naloxone. School of pharmacy clinical science faculty sought to create a combined educational activity teaching naloxone AD in conjunction with hands-on naloxone training to better prepare students to apply the standing order in their future careers.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AND SETTING: Students in an accelerated pharmacy program applied their AD skills during pharmaceutical skills laboratory activities, emphasizing the use of naloxone administration under the standing order. Students then demonstrated their ability to administer naloxone to a "patient" who experienced an emergency after opioid use.
FINDINGS: While many schools of pharmacy offer either naloxone or AD training to students, none were identified that offered both trainings combined for use with mitigation strategies for opioid management.
SUMMARY: The combination of simulated AD with naloxone administration training was designed as a unique opportunity to foster naloxone education and enhance student understanding and demonstration of naloxone administration. School of pharmacy programs should recognize the opportunity to combine these activities to prepare students for application of statewide naloxone standing orders.
Author List
Kavanaugh R, Yerks M, Feldman R, Stanton MAuthors
Ryan J. Feldman PharmD Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy Administration department at Medical College of WisconsinRachel Kavanaugh PharmD Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy Administration department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Matthew Stanton PharmD Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy Administration department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Analgesics, OpioidDrug Overdose
Humans
Naloxone
Narcotic Antagonists
Pharmacists
Students, Pharmacy
