Connie
Remsberg,
PharmD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Connie Remsberg, PharmD, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor from Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Since joining the faculty in 2013, Connie has implemented innovative teaching techniques into her Doctor of Pharmacy courses. For her teaching efforts, she has received multiple college- and university-level teaching awards. She is part of the core team that developed an interprofessional opioid education curriculum supported by grants from the Washington State Department of Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Her research interests include scholarship of teaching and learning related to best approaches for active learning.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: An urgent need exists to improve care for patients who seek opioids for chronic pain relief. Targeting education towards diverse interprofessional health care teams is one approach to ensure all team members communicate effectively and understand evidence-based options for patients at risk for opioid use disorder. The purpose of this session is to (1) share outcomes from an interprofessional education (IPE) program that focuses on collaboration when treating patients with chronic pain who use opioids and/or may be experiencing opioid use disorder (OUD)
(2) discuss how we…