About Us

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The National Resource Center for Academic Detailing (NaRCAD) is an initiative supported by an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant. Our goal is to promote the use of evidence-based medicine by supporting programs of academic detailing. Importance of Academic Detailing Despite the availability of a growing body of comparative effectiveness research (CER) weighing [...]

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NaRCAD’s Mission

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To promote the use of evidence based medicine by supporting the establishment and improvement of academic detailing programs. NaRCAD provides training, materials, and consultative support to health care organizations to establish effective academic detailing programs. NaRCAD aims to establish a network of programs sharing best practices in academic detailing to further the use of comparative [...]

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Our Experience

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Our team is the most experienced in the United States at designing and implementing all aspects of an academic detailing program.  Academic detailing was pioneered by Dr. Avorn in the 1980s.  Since then, our team has conducted multiple controlled trials demonstrating the positive effects of academic detailing on clinical practice and prescribing. In addition, we have [...]

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Our Services

Needs Assessment

  • We work with each program to perform a needs assessment to identify resources required to implement an academic detailing program.  We also work with available data to determine areas of greatest potential clinical practice improvement (Learn more)

Program Planning and Implementation Support

  • NaRCAD provides advice and identifies options for the mechanics of program implementation.  Support topics include guidance on finding academic detailers, identification of clinicians to approach for academic detailing, establishing collaborations with local stakeholders, and many other aspects of program implementation.  Our ongoing relationships with several established academic detailing programs will allow for interaction, communication among programs, and identification of best practices for organizations starting new programs. (Learn more)

Hands-on Training

  • Hands-on training sessions in the techniques of academic detailing are given to ensure the greatest impact of detailing efforts.(Learn more)

Materials Development

  • Detailing materials adapted from AHRQ’s most recent Comparative Effectiveness Research are provided.  Materials cover  important clinical topics including diabetes, use of antipsychotic medications, and pain management in arthritis (Learn more)

Program Evaluation

  • We will assist  with qualitative and quantitative program evaluation to help identify the impact of your detailing program and to identify opportunities for future improvement (Learn more)

Updates

  • The LCCCP participants and their facilitators at the end of the training session

    In Boston, on April 30 & May 1, 2012, NaRCAD had 10 participants for its training on how to be an academic detailer.   Representatives included participants from a cancer control program, a newly forming ACO, a hospital department performing an academic detailing intervention and a PBRN (Practice Based Research Network).   The Louisiana Comprehensive [...]

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  • November 2011 How to be an Academic Detailer and Diabetes Clinical Training Sessions Academic Detailing Training: November 7 & 8, 2011, NaRCAD held a training session with 17 participants from 11 different programs including state medicaid, health plan, and university academic detailing programs to teach them how to be academic detailers. They were trained in [...]

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  • AboutAD

    We held our first training session on how to be an academic detailer on June 7 & 8, 2011 with 16 representatives from 9 different programs.  Some in attendance were new to academic detailing, while some had been practicing it for years.  The session was a great success. Comments from attendees include: “I would recommend [...]

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