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Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the views and assess motivation, attitudes of pharmacists in Lebanon towards mandatory continuous education (CE), its transition to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and identify barriers to participation in CPD. METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study, cond...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29619137 http://dx.doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1103 |
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author | Saade, Sylvia Ghazala, Fatima Farhat, Ali Hallit, Souheil |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To investigate the views and assess motivation, attitudes of pharmacists in Lebanon towards mandatory continuous education (CE), its transition to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and identify barriers to participation in CPD. METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study, conducted between February and May 2017, enrolled 591 pharmacists. The questionnaire used in this study was developed after an extensive literature review and based on previous similar studies in different countries. RESULTS: Half of the pharmacists who completed the questionnaire agreed that all the factors that were mentioned in the questionnaire motivated completing CPD, whereas 55.4% felt confident that CPD meets their needs. 78.4% felt confident in their abilities to assess what they have learned. 71.6% felt confident in their abilities to assess what additional CPD activity may be necessary. The majority of the pharmacists agreed that accessibility of group learning activities (location/distance) (69.6%), job restrictions (76.3%) and lack of time (80.6%) were the most essential barriers against participation in CPD. Motivation was significantly and positively correlated with attitude (r= 0.718), but negatively correlated with barriers (r= -0.243). Attitude was significantly and negatively correlated with barriers (r= -0.120). CONCLUSION: Our findings contribute to informing the forward pathway for the profession. Attitude and motivation to CPD were positive in this study. Accessibility of group learning activities due to distance and location, job restrictions and lack of time were the major barriers to participation in CPD. Potential solutions can be sought to address these issues. |
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spelling | pubmed-58814812018-04-04 Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon Saade, Sylvia Ghazala, Fatima Farhat, Ali Hallit, Souheil Pharm Pract (Granada) Original Research OBJECTIVE: To investigate the views and assess motivation, attitudes of pharmacists in Lebanon towards mandatory continuous education (CE), its transition to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and identify barriers to participation in CPD. METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study, conducted between February and May 2017, enrolled 591 pharmacists. The questionnaire used in this study was developed after an extensive literature review and based on previous similar studies in different countries. RESULTS: Half of the pharmacists who completed the questionnaire agreed that all the factors that were mentioned in the questionnaire motivated completing CPD, whereas 55.4% felt confident that CPD meets their needs. 78.4% felt confident in their abilities to assess what they have learned. 71.6% felt confident in their abilities to assess what additional CPD activity may be necessary. The majority of the pharmacists agreed that accessibility of group learning activities (location/distance) (69.6%), job restrictions (76.3%) and lack of time (80.6%) were the most essential barriers against participation in CPD. Motivation was significantly and positively correlated with attitude (r= 0.718), but negatively correlated with barriers (r= -0.243). Attitude was significantly and negatively correlated with barriers (r= -0.120). CONCLUSION: Our findings contribute to informing the forward pathway for the profession. Attitude and motivation to CPD were positive in this study. Accessibility of group learning activities due to distance and location, job restrictions and lack of time were the major barriers to participation in CPD. Potential solutions can be sought to address these issues. Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2018 2018-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5881481/ /pubmed/29619137 http://dx.doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1103 Text en Copyright: © Pharmacy Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Saade, Sylvia Ghazala, Fatima Farhat, Ali Hallit, Souheil Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon |
title | Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon |
title_full | Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon |
title_fullStr | Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon |
title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon |
title_short | Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon |
title_sort | attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in lebanon |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29619137 http://dx.doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1103 |
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