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Colleges and schools of pharmacy must stay current with many aspects of the opioid overdose crisis (e.g., opioid medications, pain management, practice issues, laws and regulations) to provide complete student pharmacist education and training. This data is to inform the pharmacy profession and other stakeholders as to the efforts of colleges and schools of pharmacy to address the current crisis.

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Opioid Activity Summary
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Beginning in Spring 2016, the college of pharmacy collaborated with the Albany Medical College to train students in screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) with a combination of videos, live lectures, and role playing to stimulate the demonstrated activity. – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Student pharmacists are educated in the use of naloxone to reduce opiate overdose within the pharmacy skills lab sequence. – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
In collaboration with the police department, the college of pharmacy participates in drug take back events. – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Appalachian College of Pharmacy
In July 2016, Appalachian College of Pharmacy partnered with Virginia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to dispense Naloxone and provide training at RAM events in Wise and Grundy, VA. – Appalachian College of Pharmacy
Auburn University
Being in the geographical center of the country’s prescription and illicit drug problem, Harrison School of Pharmacy faculty received a grant from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) in 2016 to examine this issue and how to combat the problem. A team was assembled to conduct an interprofessional conference that has been held throughout the state of Alabama since 2016. The reception has been overwhelming with more than 1,500 attendees in six different cities over eight dates. Conferences have been held in Montgomery, Huntsville, Florence, Dothan, Mobile, and Birmingham. The conferences have included representatives from more than 20 disciplines, including law enforcement, physicians, pharmacists, government officials, social workers, nurses, and others. Presentations were made by representatives from state health agencies and law enforcement, among other professionals. – Auburn University
Led by the assistant dean in the school’s Department of Pharmacy Health Services, a team is rolling out the Auburn University Naloxone Rapid Response Program. The program centers on training and education in the use of naloxone, as well as general awareness of the perils of opioid use. The Naloxone Rapid Response Program began in 2017 with representatives from the Harrison School of Pharmacy collaborating with City of Auburn’s Department of Public Safety, including police and firefighters, to equip the first responders with naloxone. The Auburn University Rapid Response Program instructors, which includes pharmacists and pharmacy residents, provided training seminars for all first responders. All were equipped with naloxone and trained by the end of 2017. The Alabama Department of Public Health assisted in providing a limited supply of naloxone for the initial training of the first responders. Since being equipped, first responders have used naloxone at least 12 times. While having naloxone available is an important component to saving the life of someone experiencing an overdose, the program also focuses on training and education. To grow and expand the program, the program leader is using the annual Auburn University’s Tiger Giving Day in February to raise money for more training and education opportunities. – Auburn University
Belmont University
A naloxone administration training program was implemented at the college of pharmacy. An umbrella student pharmacist organization organized speakers from the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy to train student pharmacists and pharmacy faculty. – Belmont University
Binghamton University, The State University of New York
Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has piloted an interprofessional healthcare ethics activity that challenges pharmacy, medical, and nursing students to consider ethical dilemmas impacting the opioid crisis. Topics covered include needle exchange, expanded access to naloxone, substance use disorder in the healthcare profession, and stigma. Students are challenged to assess biases within their own professions and gain the perspectives of students from different professions. The first event is scheduled for Spring 2019. – Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Established by Binghamton University in the Spring 2018, the Opioid Research Center for Central New York is an interdisciplinary team working to develop innovative ideas and strategies for treating and preventing the harms of opioid use disorder. It has brought together health care professionals, scientists, and community leaders working to solve the opioid epidemic. The team is working collaboratively to foster innovation through synergy in order to better understand key facets of the epidemic, develop “out of the box” innovations, and leverage existing resources to make them more cost effective and impactful. The research will advance new approaches for the treatment of opioid use disorder, implement programs to prevent opioid related harms, promote best practices for treating chronic pain, and inform policies for reducing the impact of opioids on our communities. – Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Initiated by a Binghamton University faculty member, the University developed a co-curricular activity that allows student pharmacists to work with faculty members performing community naloxone training. Student pharmacists have the opportunity to train healthcare professionals, community groups, and individual community members on how to use the life-saving antidote. – Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty at Binghamton University began working with a community partner in the Summer of 2017 to develop an out-of-the-box teaching program geared toward reducing the stigma associated with opioid use disorder in the community. Numerous teaching events have already been conducted. – Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Binghamton University developed the “See Me Hear Me Treat Me” educational program for clinical personnel commonly involved in the treatment of people affected by addiction. This program will infuse real life incidences and events from previous users and impacted families to evoke an empathetic response to treatment by prescribers, nurses, social workers and pharmacists. The belief is that this atypical educational approach will move the health care practitioner from their normal level of comfortability and place them face-to-face with a user and their experiences to address barriers and biases that guide their decision-making processes. The goals of this project are to empower the user, the community, and providers to create a cohesive unit to eliminate or reduce the harm caused by addiction. Ultimately, the goal will be to see less discrimination against those with addiction/substance use disorder. – Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Binghamton University (BU) as a whole became a New York State Opioid Overdose Prevention Program (OOPP) in Spring 2019. By specifically targeting the campus community, the program is given the opportunity to educate participants about the risks of overdose, the stigma of opioid use disorder, and the proper use of naloxone. In addition, the BU OOPP is provided with naloxone kits by the state for distribution to participants free of charge. – Binghamton University
Butler University
In 2016, faculty from three colleges of pharmacy, Butler University, Purdue University, and the California Health Sciences University, completed a national survey exploring drug screening in pharmacy school programs. – Butler University
California Northstate University
Beginning in 2018. students at California Northstate University are trained on naloxone, per the California Board of Pharmacy protocol. Finishing this in-class training, as second year students, allows them to furnish naloxone without a physicians prescription as student pharmacists, under the supervision of a trained pharmacist, and then allows them to furnish when they become licensed pharmacists. The activity is a 1-hour lecture. During the lecture, the student pharmacists complete a worksheet covering all the pertinent information provided. When the student pharmacists finish they have multiple applications that allow them to practice the skills they have learned, such as counseling and talking to their patients about this sensitive subject. – California Northstate University
Campbell University
An Interprofessional substance use disorder course was developed in 2015 and includes fourth professional year student pharmacists, medical students, physician assistant students, nursing students, and social work students on clerkship at Duke University Hospital. Medicine, nursing, and pharmacy school faculty are involved in teaching this interprofessional course. The course occurs monthly with a new cohort of health profession students with approximately 15 students per cohort. – Campbell University
Cedarville University
The college of pharmacy will be hosting a bi-annual Pharmacy Advocacy Symposium in 2018. The focus of the symposium will be centered around combating the opioid crisis. Legislators and law enforcement representatives will be in attendance along with representatives from state professional organizations and each college of pharmacy in the state of Ohio. The day will include several panel discussions, lectures, and breakout sessions focused on the current and evolving role of the pharmacist in managing this epidemic. – Cedarville University
Opioid pilot project from the National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NACCHO/CDC Opioid Pilot Project), with an aim of changing prescription opioid prescribing patterns. Two student pharmacists were trained to provide academic detailing to physicians regarding evidence-based opioid prescribing practices. Following the training, the student pharmacists participated in piloting academic detailing calls and visits with physicians in Montgomery County, Ohio. – Cedarville University
As part of a pilot research study regarding the use and effectiveness of opioid disposal bags, first year professional students on Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs) incorporate bags at their IPPE sites. The goal of the study is to help patients in the community as well as change perceptions. The project came out of a partnership between The Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, the Wright State Medical School and Generation Rx. – Cedarville University
The college of pharmacy has a GenerationRx initiative of APhA-ASP, that received grant funding from the Cardinal Health Foundation. The main objective of the 2017-2018 academic school year was to increase the amount of people educated about prescription drug misuse. Over the last year, Generation Rx had different events with Helping Our Young People Connect with God Organization (H.O.P.E.) and presentations at local elementary, middle, and high schools. – Cedarville University
Launched in June 2018, an innovative project to determine the impact of pharmacist-led collaborative care with technology and motivational interviewing to improve patient engagement and chronic pain outcome began and the goal of the project is to morphine equivalents prescribed as well as improve pain management. Providers who participated in the project received an educational intervention, and then a team of pharmacists and student pharmacists engage patients to discuss and motivate them in achieving pain management goals. – Cedarville University
Chapman University
Collaboration between the school of pharmacy and Mission Hospital Laguna Beach Pharmacy Department and Chemical Dependency Detoxification and Rehabilitation Programs, that began in 2016 to provide weekly medication education groups. These 50-minute medication education groups are conducted by pharmacy faculty and students. Interactive medication groups were developed to increase patients’ medication knowledge and minimize any misunderstanding about the medications used for chemical detoxification and associated withdrawal symptoms. After each medication education group, students are assigned to get a thorough medication history for individualized education and follow-up with the patients. Students also learned about the impact of the opioid epidemic on people’s lives and the important steps to help each individual succeed in recovery. – Chapman University
Concordia University Wisconsin
APhA-ASP Generation Rx committee completes prescription drug abuse education presentations for local schools and participates in official DEA drug take back days as a drop off site. – Concordia University Wisconsin
Big Pharma-Sales, Marketing, and Cultural Impact elective has students read Dreamland (investigative journalism book detailing the history of America's opioid epidemic), and students complete an Academic Detailing Project to present to healthcare providers on the opioid crisis. – Concordia University Wisconsin
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) in third-professional year student pharmacists at a Veterans AODA and mental health court where substance use is addressed. Additionally, another IPPE at Ozaukee County Behavioral Health Clinic that manages a Vivitrol Clinic. – Concordia University Wisconsin

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