Academic Detailing; "Caring for GPs where they are, - a hospital-based educational outreach”

1. Academic Detailing; "Caring for GPs where they are, - a hospital-based educational outreach”

3. Academic Detailing in Norway • The visionofourdepartment is to contribute to a betteruseofdrugs and alsoreducetheuseof and increasetheknowledgeaboutdrugsofabuse. • RELIS is a section in ourdepartment and is oneoffour regional medicinesinformationcenters in Norway • Since 2006 we have been offering GPs different types of pharmacological education/training. Avd. for klinisk farmakologi

4. Since 2012 we have been studying the method Academic Detailing at NaRCAD and NPS in Adelaide and Sydney • We visited Debra Rowett and the National Prescribing Service for 4 weeks and attended their seminars and visits to GPs • We also attended seminars and workshops here at NaRCAD • And gradually lobbied health authorities • In January 2015 we got funding to start our first campaign • We invited Debra Rowett from NPS Australia to give an introduction seminar for 20 clinical pharmacologists and pharmacists from all four health regions in Norway Avd. for klinisk farmakologi

5. «Better use of NSAIDs» was our first campaign • We visitied 213 of 247 GPs in the cities of Trondheim and Tromsoe during February, March and April this year and 169 answered a Questback after the visit • 98 % answered that they got useful information about NSAIDs • 99 % answered that the topic was relevant for their practice • 92 % said that they would to a great or a certain extent change their practice when prescribing NSAIDs • 90 % considered Academic Detailing as a very suitable method for producer independent information • 98 % said that they would be happy to receive a new visit on another topic Avd. for klinisk farmakologi

6. Academic Detailing = KUPP as the Norwegian acronym = COUP in English

8. Collecting data • We used The Prescription Database to collect data on NSAIDs prescriptions from one year before our campaign and are going to collect data monthly for one year after our campaign • This gives us the opportunity to see if changes in prescriptions are persisting • Our Department of Health wanted a report by the end of September Avd. for klinisk farmakologi

9. Results from The Prescription DatabaseChanges * Gjennomsnittlig prevalens (per 1000) per måned i perioden

10. Endring i forskrivning - KUPP * Gjennomsnittlig prevalens (per 1000) per måned i perioden

11. «Better use of Antibiotics» is the ongoing campaign • We got more funding to do a second pilot and we have now expanded geographically and are going to vistis 450 GPs before Christmas • We have delivered our report to The Health Authorities and they asked us to make a plan to expand the method Academic Detailing nationally • So on the 1st of November we sent in a plan for national expansion by 2019 and for resources corresponding to $ 3-4 million a year • So you can understand that we look forward to Christmas! • (2019 ) Avd. for klinisk farmakologi