Opioid-Related Education Provided by Continuing Education Divisions at US Pharmacy Schools
| Autor: | Mandy L Renfro, Jennifer Baumgartner, Lucas G. Hill, Glen Baumgart, Leticia R. Moczygemba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
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| Zdroj: | Am J Pharm Educ |
| ISSN: | 1553-6467 0002-9459 |
| Popis: | Objective. To quantify the number and type of new opioid-related continuing pharmacy education (CPE) activities offered by continuing education divisions (CEDs) at US schools and colleges of pharmacy from 2015 through 2018, and to determine the number of pharmacists who completed opioid-related CPE activities. Methods. Data was derived from the database of CPE activities maintained by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), which is the sole accreditation agency for all providers of CPE, including pharmacy schools. Data were filtered to include only pharmacy school CPE providers. A search for six keywords (opiates, opioids, pain, pain management, drug overdose, and opioid antagonist) was conducted for the years 2015-2018. The data extracted included title of the CPE activity, contact hours, activity type, activity format, and the number of pharmacists who participated in the activity. Descriptive statistics were used. A content analysis of activity titles was performed. Results. Overall, the CEDs of US schools and colleges of pharmacy delivered 20.3% of all ACPE-approved opioid-related CPE activities from 2015-2018. A total of 1,237 unique opioid-related CPE activities were identified. The number of new CPE activities increased from 249 in 2015 to 297 in 2016 to 349 in 2017, then decreased to 342 in 2018. These activities reached 149,373 pharmacists and were most commonly affiliated with the following keywords: opioids (34.8%) and pain management (30.2%). Conclusion. The opioid epidemic creates an opportunity for pharmacists to increase their role in public health, but education and training are necessary. The study findings indicate that many pharmacists participate in opioid-related CPE provided by ACPE-accredited CEDs of pharmacy schools. This number is likely to increase as a growing number of states are beginning to require opioid-related CPE for pharmacist license renewal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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