Do Training Programs Work? An Assessment of Pharmacists Activities in the Field of Chemical Dependency

Abstract

Pharmacists who have attended substance abuse training programs are performing more chemical dependency activities than pharmacists who have not received training in chemical dependency. In addition, different barriers to performing chemical dependency related activities exist between pharmacists with and without training in this field.

Educating Treatment Professionals About Addiction Science Research: Demographics of Knowledge and Belief Changes

“…We and others have previously demonstrated knowledge and belief changes in professional audiences (Brooks et al, 2001;Erickson et al, 1998;Erickson et al, 2003). However, this project had several findings of special interest.…”

“…Beliefs influence the formation of attitudes, which in turn, influence behavioral intentions. Although the impact of lectures or conferences on changing clinician behavior has been questioned (Davis et al, 1999), there is evidence that chemical dependency training programs for health care professionals can be successful in achieving positive outcomes such as increasing their likelihood of lecturing to community groups and other health care professionals about chemical dependency, and educating patients about treatments and treatment centers (Brooks et al, 2001). However, a number of variables can affect learning outcomes, such as motivation of the learners, interaction with audiences, skill of the presenters, and number of educational exposures (Backer et al, 1995).…”

Systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions

“…Fifteen studies investigated a single KT intervention (pharmacy n = 5, physiotherapy n = 2, occupational therapy n = 4, dietetics n = 3, speech-language pathology n = 2) [46,50,51,53,54,59,60,63,64,67-69,71,75,76]. Seventeen studies examined multiple KT interventions (pharmacy n = 7, physiotherapy n = 9, occupational therapy n = 2) [45,47-49,52,55-58,61,62,65,66,70,72-74].…”

“…Seventeen studies examined multiple KT interventions (pharmacy n = 7, physiotherapy n = 9, occupational therapy n = 2) [45,47-49,52,55-58,61,62,65,66,70,72-74]. Following the EPOC classification scheme, the predominant single KT intervention was educational meetings (n = 11) [46,51,53,54,59,63,64,69,71,75,76], followed by educational materials (n = 2) [50,67], educational outreach visits (n = 1) [68], and a financial intervention (n = 1) [60]. The studies employing multiple interventions all contained at least one education-related component.…”

Factors Associated With Provision of Addiction Treatment Information by Community Pharmacists

“…Our descriptive study of Tennessee community pharmacists noted that 26% of respondents had provided addiction treatment information to one or more patients in the past (Hagemeier, Murawski, Lopez, Alamian, & Pack, 2014). Additional research supports the idea that some provision of information about addiction treatment does occur in community pharmacies (Brooks, Brock, & Ahn, 2001;Fleming et al, 2014aFleming et al, , 2014bLafferty, Hunter, & Marsh, 2006). The objective of this study was to employ multivariate modeling techniques to identify correlates of provision of addiction treatment information to pharmacy patients by community pharmacists.…”