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The School of Pharmacy was delighted to host Professor Delesha Carpenter here in UCC to highlight the importance of PharmaSAVES
Professor Delesha Carpenter, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina delivered a guest seminar entitled "Preparing pharmacy staff to recognize and respond to individuals with suicide warning signs".
The seminar was designed for pharmacists who feel unprepared to interact with individuals who exhibit suicide warning signs.
Professor Carpenter described the development of a new suicide prevention gatekeeper training program called Pharm-SAVES and presented preliminary results on its impact on student pharmacists. She also shared content from the program, including videos and interactive video cases. The program is currently being evaluated as part of a randomized controlled trial in the United States.
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Delesha Carpenter, PhD, MSPH is an Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her educational background includes clinical training in respiratory therapy and public health. She has more than 15 years of experience conducting patient-provider communication research. More recently, she has studied how pharmacists communicate about sensitive topics, such as opioid overdose and suicide and is particularly interested in how community pharmacists can increase access to health services in underserved rural areas. She has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications and has led more than a dozen research studies as a principal investigator.