{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Crown N"],"funding":["Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy"],"pagination":["E55"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7356265"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["A continuing professional development (CPD) program for pharmacists practicing in community and team-based primary care settings was developed and evaluated using Moore's framework for the assessment of continuing medical education. The program had three components: online lectures, a two-day training workshop, and patient case studies. Knowledge (pre-post multiple choice test); attitudes, readiness, and comfort with applying pharmacogenomics in their practices (pre-post surveys); and experiences of implementing pharmacogenomics in practice (semi-structured interviews) were assessed. Twenty-one of 26 enrolled pharmacists successfully completed the program, and were satisfied with their experience. Almost all achieved a score of 80% or higher on the post-training multiple choice test, with significantly improved scores compared to the pre-training test. Pre- and post-training surveys demonstrated that participants felt that their knowledge and competence increased upon completion of the training. In the follow-up, 15 pharmacists incorporated pharmacogenomics testing into care for 117 patients. Ten pharmacists participated in semi-structured interviews, reporting strong performance in the program, but some difficulty implementing new knowledge in their practices. This multi-component CPD program successfully increased pharmacists' knowledge, readiness, and comfort in applying pharmacogenomics to patient care in the short-term, yet some pharmacists struggled to integrate this new service into their practices."],"journal":["Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["A Continuing Professional Development Program for Pharmacists Implementing Pharmacogenomics into Practice."],"pmcid":["PMC7356265"],"funding_grant_id":["Innovation Fund Grant"],"pubmed_authors":["Crown N","Luke MJ","Sproule BA","Piquette-Miller M","McCarthy LM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Continuing Professional Development Program for Pharmacists Implementing Pharmacogenomics into Practice.","description":"A continuing professional development (CPD) program for pharmacists practicing in community and team-based primary care settings was developed and evaluated using Moore's framework for the assessment of continuing medical education. The program had three components: online lectures, a two-day training workshop, and patient case studies. Knowledge (pre-post multiple choice test); attitudes, readiness, and comfort with applying pharmacogenomics in their practices (pre-post surveys); and experiences of implementing pharmacogenomics in practice (semi-structured interviews) were assessed. Twenty-one of 26 enrolled pharmacists successfully completed the program, and were satisfied with their experience. Almost all achieved a score of 80% or higher on the post-training multiple choice test, with significantly improved scores compared to the pre-training test. Pre- and post-training surveys demonstrated that participants felt that their knowledge and competence increased upon completion of the training. In the follow-up, 15 pharmacists incorporated pharmacogenomics testing into care for 117 patients. Ten pharmacists participated in semi-structured interviews, reporting strong performance in the program, but some difficulty implementing new knowledge in their practices. This multi-component CPD program successfully increased pharmacists' knowledge, readiness, and comfort in applying pharmacogenomics to patient care in the short-term, yet some pharmacists struggled to integrate this new service into their practices.","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Mar","modification":"2025-04-27T03:02:11.53Z","creation":"2025-04-06T18:40:33.168Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7356265","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32231164"],"doi":["10.3390/pharmacy8020055"]}}