Target Audience Pharmacists, Technicians, and Pharmacy Students
Description Learn the role of Buprenorphine in the treatment of patients with Opioid Use Disorder. Understand the barriers pharmacists face in acquiring buprenorphine and what strategies you can employ to improve access.
LIVE Webinar Dates Thursday, April 7th, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Thursday, April 14th, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Final session to be held during NCAP's 2022 Annual Convention June 9th and 10th
Speaker
Trish Mashburn, PharmD, is a practicing pharmacist who graduated from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Asheville in 2015. She recently completed a postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Delesha Carpenter at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. During her fellowship, she helped develop a rural community pharmacy practice-based research network (PBRN) and studied rural community pharmacy practice, vaccine hesitancy, research-informed pharmacist education, and pharmacy-based harm reduction. She helped develop two training programs for pharmacists, including one to improve naloxone communication and another to share strategies to overcome buprenorphine dispensing barriers. She has seven years of experience working in independent community pharmacies across Western North Carolina and actively serves buprenorphine patients in and around Asheville, NC.
Objectives
Explain what buprenorphine is and describe its use as a treatment option for patients with opioid use disorder
Identify barriers that can limit access to buprenorphine at community pharmacies and explain how to overcome these barriers
Recognize how to create a welcoming environment for patients with buprenorphine prescriptions for opioid use disorder
Identify resources that can be used to increase buprenorphine access at community pharmacies
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