Professional development webinars for pharmacists

Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 Oct 12;76(8):155. doi: 10.5688/ajpe768155.

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate pharmacists' satisfaction with and reasons for enrolling in a series of continuing education webinars.

Design: Webinars intended to provide timely and practical information for practicing pharmacists on a specific therapeutic area were created and presented monthly throughout 2011.

Assessment: Survey responses of volunteers who completed at least 1 webinar were positive regarding the quality of the programming and the method of delivery. No significant differences were found in demographics or reasons for enrolling between participants who completed a single webinar and those who completed 2 or more.

Conclusions: While the webinars received positive evaluations for quality, value, and relevance, the limited average number of webinars attended by each pharmacist was a concern, and several tactics will be implemented to address scheduling conflicts and other deterrents to repeat participation.

Keywords: assessment; continuing education; distance learning; lifelong learning; professional development; webinar.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Data Collection
  • Education, Distance / methods
  • Education, Pharmacy, Continuing / methods*
  • Humans
  • Pharmacists / organization & administration*
  • Pharmacists / psychology
  • Webcasts as Topic*