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Clinical Pearls Series: Pharmacist Engagement with Opioid Use Disorder Program

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Webinar Summary: 

Opioid use has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) is disproportionally represented in incarcerated adults. Join Commander Trey Draude, National Lead for the Federal Bureau of Prisons Substance Use Disorder Pharmacy Consultants, and Lieutenant Commander Jennifer Gossett, Opioid Treatment Program Director at Federal Medical Center, Lexington, as they demonstrate strategies for expanding access to OUD treatment in the correctional setting. Participants will learn how to incorporate disease management into routine care while applying the unique skills of a multidisciplinary correctional healthcare team.

This webinar is part of the National Institute of Corrections Clinical Pearls series. The series explores how to integrate clinical pharmacists into primary care. Session participants will learn how to identify best practices for carceral team medicine and clinical pearls in disease states affecting adults in custody.

Webinar Learning Objectives:

During this 60-minute webinar, participants will:

  1. Summarize the progression and effects of opioid use disorder treatment in correctional settings.
  2. Discuss strategies for incorporating treatment of opioid use disorder into routine care for incarcerated persons.
  3. Identify the benefits of expanding access to opioid use disorder treatment by including a multidisciplinary care team.

Series Take Aways:  

During this webinar series, participants will:

  • Define the continuum of opportunities for pharmacist integration in clinical practice.
  • Analyze different correctional systems to determine where pharmacists can be included to develop more efficient operations within correctional facilities, reducing costs, improving decision-making processes, enhancing safety, and optimizing resource allocation.
  • Evaluate the current strategies of disease management within the carceral setting and analyze novel approaches to improve patient care, decrease costs, and optimize resource allocation.
  • Envision how implementing novel strategies for the management of complex disease processes can enhance the operation of a correctional institution through technology and a paradigm change, optimizing screening and treatment practices.
  • Formulate strategies to use various healthcare disciplines that encourage a collaborative, team approach.

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Educator Bios

  • Commander Trey Draude 

    LCDR Trey Draude

    CDR Trey Draude graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in 2015. He started his career in the BOP as a staff pharmacist at FCC Petersburg and later completed a PGY1 Residency at FCC Butner NC in 2018. He has served as an HIV regional consultant for the South-Central Region and currently serves as the National Lead Substance Use Disorder Clinical Pharmacist Consultant for the BOP. Currently, he manages a comprehensive clinic with a focus on Opioid Use Disorder as an Advanced Practice Pharmacists at FCC Butner’s Opioid Treatment Program.

  • Lieutenant Commander Gossett 

    LCDR Gossett

    LCDR Gossett earned her PharmD from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 2010 and was commissioned into US Public Health Service in 2021. She currently works as a Pharmacist at FMC Lexington, focusing on OUD treatment under a Collaborative Practice Agreement. LCDR Gossett manages MAT referrals, oversees the MAT screening process, and is the OTP Program Director for the institution.