Academic Detailing Interventions and Evidence-Based Prescribing: A Systematic Review.

Importance: Academic detailing (interactive educational outreach) is a widely used strategy to encourage evidence-based prescribing by clinicians.

Objective: To evaluate academic detailing programs targeted at improving prescribing behavior and describe program aspects associated with positive outcomes.

Evidence Review: A systematic search of MEDLINE from April 1, 2007, through December 31, 2022, was performed for randomized trials and nonrandomized studies of academic detailing interventions to improve prescribing.

Long-acting Methylphenidate Induced Transient Orofacial Dyskinesia and Upper Extremity Choreoathetosis: A Case Report.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a commonly encountered diagnosis in the child and adolescent populations, and stimulant medications are often prescribed for their treatment. There are numerous available options in this category, including immediate and extended release formulations. There have been many case reports in the literature involving purposeful overdose on immediate release stimulants, but a relative paucity involving extended release forms.

Can Academic Detailing Move the Needle for Patients with Diabetes in a State-Based Prescription Drug Benefit Program?

Background: Publicly funded prescription drug programs, such as state pharmacy assistance programs, provide critical benefits for the care of individuals, but they are frequently limited in their resources to optimize patient outcomes. The application of quality metrics to prescription drug claims may help to determine whether prescribers' adherence to national standards can be augmented through academic detailing.

Objective: To evaluate changes in diabetes drug prescribing patterns after an academic detailing educational intervention in 2013 and 2014 for prescribers in the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) program.

Impact of an innovative pain elective course on student beliefs and attitudes towards opioid medication use.

Background And Purpose: To determine if an innovative elective course in chronic pain management focused on a multimodal treatment approach changed student views on opioid use for chronic, non-cancer pain.

Educational Activity And Setting: Offered to students in the second and third professional year, the course focused on various aspects of the treatment and impact of pain. Students completed two major, self-directed projects as well as four reflection journals throughout the semester.

Escitalopram-associated acute urinary retention.

New-onset urinary retention can typically be explained by the use of the routine normally suspected medications (e.g., anticholinergics, antihistamines).

Pharmacist instruction of physical assessment for pharmacy students.

Objective: To assess the impact of a change from nurse to pharmacist instructors and a new curriculum intended to encourage students' use of physical assessment skills.

Design: Pharmacist faculty members redesigned the physical assessment curriculum to focus on those assessment skills most likely to be performed by practicing pharmacists. The 5 focus areas were general assessment skills, gastrointestinal system, pulmonary system, central and peripheral nervous system, and cardiovascular system.

Educational outreach (academic detailing) regarding osteoporosis in primary care.

Background: Academic detailing utilizes educators trained in social marketing to conduct one-on-one visits with physicians using evidence-based data. Academic detailing programs have improved physician's prescribing behaviors; however, the feasibility of large-scale programs across a large, geographically disperse state is unclear.

Methods: The study team collaborated with a state-run pharmacy benefits program for low-income elderly in a trial to improve osteoporosis management.