Attitudes of Lebanese pharmacists towards online and live continuing education sessions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Continuing education (CE) is an internationally recommended approach as a lifelong learning model for pharmacists, enabling them to maintain the necessary knowledge, skills and ethical attitudes so as to remain current and competent in their practice.

Objectives

The objective of this study is to 1) describe factors associated with taking different types of CE courses among pharmacists in Lebanon, and 2) assess the correlation between types of CE activity and the attitude of Lebanese pharmacists (motivation and value) and their computer literacy.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional observational study conducted between February and May 2017, using a random sample of Lebanese pharmacists from all districts of Lebanon. All pharmacists were eligible to participat

SUBMITTER: Sacre H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594437 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature