ReviewHuman resources for health2022
A review of the continuous professional development system for pharmacists.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of educational interventions in improving antimicrobial dispensing by community pharmacists: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2025Pooled it
- Health information managers' engagement in continuing professional development.Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia · 2026Article
- Evolution of community pharmacy services in the European Union and beyond: a cross-country survey of 33 national pharmacy organisations.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Exploring the heart of care: delving into empathy among Jordanian pharmacists.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Training sports dentists: a role in elite sport and society.British dental journal · 2026Article
- Perceived importance of tailored education to prevent second victim phenomenon in clinical pharmacy practice: a focus group study with community pharmacists.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Article
- Developing Soft Skills for Sustainable Community Pharmacy Practice Through a Competency-Based Modular Programme.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of increased pharmacy schools on pharmacists' income: is it still an attractive profession?BMC medical education · 2025Observational
- Confronting antimicrobial resistance in Jordan: regulatory, economic, and behavioral determinants of non-prescription antibiotic dispensing in community pharmacies-a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Professional growth in pharmacy: examining CPD awareness, motivators, and barriers among pharmacists.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2025Article
- Construction of knowledge sharing network indicator system for medication therapy management service training teams based on social network analysis.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Jordanian community pharmacists' perceptions and experiences with continuing professional development - A comprehensive analysis.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2024Article
- Perceived Needs, Barriers, and Challenges to Continuing Professional Development (CPD): A Qualitative Exploration among Hospital Pharmacists.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identifying training needs of practising community pharmacists in Jordan-a self-assessment study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Evaluation of factors affecting pharmacists and pharmacy technicians' satisfaction towards practicing CE activities in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Article
- Knowledge, perceived needs of continuous professional's development, and associated factors among healthcare workers in East Ethiopia: a multi-health facility-based cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- National Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training needs of pharmacists in Ethiopia.Human resources for health · 2023Article
- Factors influencing pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists' membership in professional organisations: an international survey.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Article
- Impact of pharmacist services on economic, clinical, and humanistic outcome (ECHO) of South Asian patients: a systematic review.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society (PPS) implemented a system of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for pharmacists in 2004. This system has evolved throughout the years, and currently all active pharmacists in Portugal are required to participate in the CPD program. Each CPD cycle takes 5 years. In each cycle, pharmacists must collect 15 CPD points, through participation in educational activities. The PPS accreditation process is managed via an online platform, where education/training providers, as well as pharmacists themselves, can submit educational activities for accreditation. Pharmacists may access their CPD status and assess their development at any point. The objective of this study was to analyze and review the educational activities submitted by providers over a 11-year period (2009-2019).
methodsData from activities were retrieved from the PPS CPD online platform. All educational activities were labeled according to the area of pharmaceutical professional focus, type of promoter, and activity type.
resultsDuring the study 3685 activities were analyzed. Over the last decade, submitted activities for accreditation increased in 52.6%. A significantly high proportion (98.9%) of these activities has been accredited. Promoters of activities were mostly pharmacies sectoral associations (29.6%), consultancy/training companies (19.6%), the PPS (18.5%), pharmaceutical industry (17.7%) and wholesalers' consortia (9.0%). Academia represented only 2.3% of the total amount of educational activities. The most frequent topics were related to "pharmacology & pharmacotherapy" (9.9%), followed by "counselling" (9.8%) and "management & administration" (7.2%). The most accredited type of activities was face-to-face (68.9%) and e-learning trainings (13.1%).
conclusionsThis study shows increasing interest in submitting CPD activities for accreditation between 2009 and 2019, but it also demonstrates that Academia could play a more interventive role in the lifelong learning education of Portuguese pharmacists.
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