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A Pharmacist-led Academic Detailing Initiative to Educate Medical Staff About Opioid Stewardship in 8 Rural Wisconsin Clinics

Guests:

Nicole Green, BSP, RPh, DPLA, Director-Ambulatory Pharmacy Services at ThedaCare
Dan Cunningham, PharmD, Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist at ThedaCare

This podcast is part of the toolkit, “Enhancing Opioid Stewardship in Rural Wisconsin Health Systems: A Toolkit for Pharmacists". View the entire toolkit online at https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/centers/sonderegger-research-center/toolkits/opioid-stewardship/.

Chapters:

Description of the pharmacy team’s use of academic detailing to educate providers and staff
Details of the ThedaCare’s opioid stewardship academic detailing initiative in 8 rural clinics
Purposes served by the pharmacist presenting a 1-hour CME session on opioid stewardship to providers
Why ThedaCare decided to use academic detailing for their opioid stewardship initiative
Why academic detailing is a successful approach for pharmacists to educate providers
Applying academic detailing to other evidence-based practices
Recommended academic detailing resources for pharmacists
Strategies for training the pharmacy team about how to address barriers when implementing academic detailing
The rationale for starting this initiative in ThedaCare’s rural clinics vs. urban clinics
Challenges to implementing opioid stewardship which are specific to rural settings
How ThedaCare was able to support their opioid stewardship academic detailing initiative in 8 rural clinics
Advice for pharmacists in similar rural settings who are interested in implementing a similar academic detailing approach

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