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. 2020 Nov;84(11):8421.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe8421. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Report of the 2020 Special Committee on Substance Use and Pharmacy Education

Tran Tran  1 , Jennifer Ball  2 , Jeffrey P Bratberg  3 , Edward M DeSimone  4 , Thomas S Franko  5 , Lucas G Hill  6 , Cynthia P Koh-Knox Sharp  7 , Laura Palombi  8 , Daniel Ventricelli  9 , Dorothy Farrell  10 , Nidhi Gandhi  10 , Terri Moore  10
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Report of the 2020 Special Committee on Substance Use and Pharmacy Education

Tran Tran et al. Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe 2020 Special Committee on Substance Use and Pharmacy Education was charged to update the work of the 2010 Special Committee on Substance Abuse and Pharmacy Education Report (SAPER) specifically with recommendations on core curricular content and delivery processes on substance misuse and substance use disorder (SUD). This report provides information on the committee's process to address the charges, background information and resources pertaining to the charges, and rationale for SUD being a critical topic for curriculum at colleges and schools of pharmacy. This committee offers several recommendations to the Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) pertaining to the committee charges.

Keywords: addiction; pharmacy education; substance misuse; substance use disorder.

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