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Host: Anna Morgan-Barsamian, MPH, RN, PMP, Senior Manager, Training & Education, NaRCAD
A conversation with Monica Roberts, PharmD, Academic Detailing Pharmacist, University of Kentucky Tag: Podcast Series, Opioid Safety
Can a five-minute conversation really change health outcomes?
In this episode, Monica Roberts, PharmD, shares insights and successes from a public health education and outreach initiative focused on relationship-centered “mini visits” with community pharmacists, designed to reduce stigma and expand access to care for patients with opioid use disorder. Tune in and learn more about how small, well-timed conversations can strengthen pharmacist-patient interactions and translate evidence into action at the pharmacy counter. Click here for the audio transcription.
"Having any bit of new information that you can bring [to a visit] really helps give you a hook. Anything that you can provide that's new to everybody, even the people that are already doing all the right things, that makes it a lot easier and gets a lot more engagement." -Monica Roberts, PharmD 
Biography.
Monica F. Roberts, PharmD, is an academic detailing pharmacist at the University of Kentucky. She developed and delivered the prescription opioid safety educational outreach program for the HEALing Communities Study in Kentucky and now works on several opioid-related projects at UK. Dr. Roberts has extensive experience working in community pharmacies. Prior to her pharmacy career, she worked in journalism and publishing. Want more? Follow us on Spotify or Apple! Comments are closed.
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