Report of the 2020 Special Committee on Substance Use and Pharmacy Education
Tran H. Tran, Jennifer Ball, Jeffrey Bratberg, Edward M. DeSimone, Thomas S. Franko, Lucas G. Hill, Cynthia P. Koh-Knox, Laura Palombi, Daniel J. Ventricelli, Dorothy Farrell, Nidhi Gandhi, Terri Moore
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.