Safer Opioid Dispensing: Guidance for Pharmacy Technicians
Learn tips and techniques to operationalize the offer of naloxone kits in community pharmacy, reduce stigma, demonstrate compassion, and inspire peers as well as other healthcare colleagues.
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Description
Description:
As the opioid epidemic continues, pharmacy professionals are regularly exposed to its impacts. The role of the pharmacy team in safe opioid dispensing and promoting patient safety through appropriate access to controlled substances has never been more important.
Pharmacy technicians are often the first contact for patients, and as such, are presented with the unique opportunity to play a critical role in opioid harm reduction. Pharmacy technicians can provide patient education and awareness and normalize the distribution of naloxone kits to all opioid prescriptions in community pharmacies. Through communication and understanding, pharmacy technicians can also improve patient care and reduce stigmas associated with opioid use.
Learn tips and techniques to operationalize the offer of naloxone kits in community pharmacy, reduce stigma, demonstrate compassion, and inspire peers as well as other healthcare colleagues.
This course is supported by funding from the Mental Health and Addiction Centre of Excellence of Ontario Health.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Methadone Dispensing Requirements in Ontario
- Learn ways to approach and normalize the offer of naloxone with every new opioid prescription
- Reduce stigma and demonstrate compassion in supporting patients with safer opioid and methadone dispensing
- Identify ways to educate patients, inspire peers and healthcare colleagues to become naloxone champions in their practice
Course Outline:
Mandatory Module:
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Introduction to Methadone Dispensing Requirements in Ontario
Optional Modules:
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Canadian National Consensus Guidelines on Naloxone
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Compassion in Practice: Overcoming Stigma in Addictions Care
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More Than Just Methadone: The Pharmacy Technicians Role in OAT
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Motivational Interviewing
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Operationalizing Ontario’s Patch-for-Patch Fentanyl Return Program
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Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A 2023 Update
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Providing Inclusive Care for LGBTQ+ Patients
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Supporting the Mental Health and Wellness of Indigenous Peoples
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Take Home Naloxone in Community Pharmacies
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Trauma Informed Care
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We Are People First
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Understanding Opioid Agonist Therapy for RPhT Students
Course at a Glance:
Intended Audience:
Pharmacy Technicians who wish to increase their skill set, learn more about Naloxone kit distribution, as well as ways to improve and promote opioid harm reduction strategies in their practice.
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