What Is Academic Detailing?

Academic Detailing is a personalized, evidence-based educational service designed to support healthcare providers in delivering safer, more effective care. Through one-on-one or small group sessions, providers receive practical, up-to-date information that can be applied immediately in clinical settings.

These sessions are offered at no cost and are tailored to meet the specific needs, challenges, and patient populations of each provider or practice. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit(s) are available for sessions.

What These Sessions Offer

Academic Detailing sessions focus on improving patient safety while supporting providers in navigating complex clinical decisions. Each session is:

  • Free and confidential

  • Customized to provider interests and practice needs

  • CME-eligible

  • Grounded in current clinical evidence and best practices

Topics Covered

Educational topics are selected based on provider interest and community need and may include:

  • Managing chronic pain without cancer

  • Buprenorphine prescribing

  • Safe opioid prescribing practices

  • Reducing high-dose opioid prescriptions

  • Avoiding overlapping opioid and benzodiazepine use

Additional topics may be incorporated based on emerging evidence or specific provider requests.

Who Academic Detailing Is For

This service is available to a wide range of healthcare professionals and settings, including:

  • Physicians

  • Nurse Practitioners

  • Physician Assistants

  • Pharmacists

  • Clinics and health systems

Why Academic Detailing Matters

Academic Detailing supports safer prescribing practices and helps reduce unintended patient harm. By offering individualized education and clinical guidance, these sessions help decrease high-risk prescribing, minimize dangerous medication overlaps, and improve overall patient outcomes.

How Providers Can Participate

Providers can participate in Academic Detailing by scheduling a one-on-one or small group session at a time that works best for their team. Sessions can focus on specific topics of interest, and providers may also receive patient education materials to support conversations in clinical settings.

To get started, providers can submit a registration form to request a session or learn more about available topics.