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An example from a educational brochure on co-prescribing naloxone to patients who use opioids. Click to learn more. All materials copyright of SFDPH & NaRCAD.

Finding ways to make the best evidence visually engaging is part of good 1:1 provider education.

​Building a Program: Recruiting Detailers:

• Recruitment Quick-Reference Guide (NaRCAD)
• Adaptable Job Description to Hire an Academic Detailer (adapted by NaRCAD with permission from Alosa Health)
• Adaptable Public Health Detailer Job Description (adapted with permission from the Colorado Department of Health & Environment and the Michigan Public Health Institute)

Gaining Access: Examples of Intro Letters, Phone Scripts & Decision Tools:

• Getting Started: 
  • AD-vice: Getting the 1:1 Visit (NaRCAD DETAILS Blog)
  • The First Step: Getting Your Foot in the Door (NaRCAD Presentation)
• Program Promotion:
  • Introducing Your Campaign: Adaptable Community Letter (NaRCAD)
  • Detailing Intro Letter Example (Oregon AETC)
  • Opioid Academic Detailing Flyer Example (MAHEC)
  • Public Health Detailing Flyer Example (Utah AETC)
• Scheduling Visits: 
  • Adaptable Calling Script: Scheduling Detailing Visits (CDPHE)
  • Scheduling a Visit: Fax Template (RxFiles) ​
  • Schedule Your Check-In Example (Oregon AETC)
• Media Presence: 
  • Academic Detailing Commercial (Center for Health Innovation)

Detailing Aid and Key Message Examples:

• How-to Guide: Field Testing Key Messages | NaRCAD
• Building an Impactful Detailing Aid: NaRCAD's How-to Guide | NaRCAD​​
• Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Long-term Care | NaRCAD 
• Smoking Cessation in Primary Care | NaRCAD & Healthy Hearts for Oklahoma
• Tobacco Treatment for People with Serious Mental Illness | NaRCAD & Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Mass. Department of Mental Health
• Pediatric Atypical Antipsychotics | Pharmacy Management Consultants
• Upper Respiratory Infections: Improving Symptom Management and Antibiotic Use | Pharmacy Management Consultants
• Building Resilience After Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Guide for Adult Primary Care Clinicians | Alosa Health & NaRCAD
• Shift the lens: Integrating positive and adverse childhood experiences into pediatric care | Alosa Health & NaRCAD
• PrEP Detailing Aid | San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Older Adult Falls Prevention and Management | NaRCAD
• Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Opioid Overdoses | NaRCAD

Evidence Review Examples:

• Blood Pressure Control in Primary Care | NaRCAD & Healthy Hearts for Oklahoma (H2O)
• Aspirin Use in Primary Care | NaRCAD & Healthy Hearts for Oklahoma (H2O)
• Smoking Cessation in Primary Care | NaRCAD & Healthy Hearts for Oklahoma (H2O)
• Cholesterol Management in Primary Care | NaRCAD & Healthy Hearts for Oklahoma (H2O)

Brochures, 1-Pagers, & Pocket Card Examples:

• Prescribing Naloxone to Patients Who Use Opioids | San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Clinical PrEP Essentials | San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Cleaning out the Med Cart for Better Care: (Reducing Polypharmacy in Long-term Care) | The Indiana SMART Campaign (Safer Medication Administration Regimens and Treatment) & NaRCAD 
• Revised HIV Testing Recommendations in Healthcare Settings | Fact Sheet | AccessMatters
• PrEP: Provider FAQ's Sheet | AccessMatters
• PrEP Pre-prescription Triage Sheet | AccessMatters
• Taking a Comprehensive Sexual Health History: The 5 P's Pocket Card | AccessMatters

Program Planning & Evaluation - Materials & Examples:

• Planning An Evaluation of an Academic Detailing Intervention: Guide | NaRCAD​
• Form: Planning & Tracking Your Visits: Form for Logging Practice Visits and Follow-Up
• Form: Tracking Data: Overall Tracking List Sheet & Detailing Visit Targets
• Form: Provider Evaluation of A Visit: Post-Detailing Session Evaluation Form
• Form: Google Form: Example of a Virtual Pre-Visit Survey | MAHEC
• Provider HIV Prevention Pre-Survey & Post-Survey | Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
• ​​Evaluation Summary Report | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's "AD Outreach Summary"
• NH Public Health Network Snapshots | Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Project
• CDC Overdose Prevention Evaluation Profile for Academic Detailing 
• Special Blog on Prioritizing Evaluation: The ​National Academic Detailing Service’s ​Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Program 
• Presentation: Pragmatic Program Evaluation | NaRCAD Workshop Presentation Deck by Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD & Melissa Christopher, PharmD​
• "Lessons Learned from Evaluating Sexual Health Detailing Efforts”
  Kristefer Stojanovski, MPH, PhD Candidate, Evaluation Specialist, San Francisco Department of Public Health
  Watch Video Recording (presentation begins at 2 hours and 16 minutes) | Download Slide Deck PDF

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Complete Clinical Module Examples:

• Clinical Modules & Corresponding Detail Aids | Alosa Health's website

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