OBJECTIVES: To develop, pilot test, and evaluate a continuous professional development (CPD) process for first-year pharmacy (P1) students. DESIGN: Students and faculty members were introduced to the important elements of the CPD process via a live training program. Students completed the year-long 4-step CPD cycle by identifying a learning objective, creating a plan, completing the learning activity, evaluating their learning outcome, documenting each step, and meeting with their faculty advisor for feedback and advice. ASSESSMENT: Seventy-five first-year students (100%) successfully completed the CPD process during the 2009-2010 academic year. The students spent an average of 7 hours (range 2 to 20 hours) on the CPD process. The majority of faculty members (83%) completing the survey instrument found the process valuable for the students and would like to see the program continued. CONCLUSION: Integrating a CPD requirement for students in a college or school of pharmacy is feasible and valuable to students' developing life-long learning skills. Effective and frequent training of faculty members and students is a key element in the CPD process.
OBJECTIVES: To develop, pilot test, and evaluate a continuous professional development (CPD) process for first-year pharmacy (P1) students. DESIGN: Students and faculty members were introduced to the important elements of the CPD process via a live training program. Students completed the year-long 4-step CPD cycle by identifying a learning objective, creating a plan, completing the learning activity, evaluating their learning outcome, documenting each step, and meeting with their faculty advisor for feedback and advice. ASSESSMENT: Seventy-five first-year students (100%) successfully completed the CPD process during the 2009-2010 academic year. The students spent an average of 7 hours (range 2 to 20 hours) on the CPD process. The majority of faculty members (83%) completing the survey instrument found the process valuable for the students and would like to see the program continued. CONCLUSION: Integrating a CPD requirement for students in a college or school of pharmacy is feasible and valuable to students' developing life-long learning skills. Effective and frequent training of faculty members and students is a key element in the CPD process.
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continuing pharmacy education; continuous professional development; pharmacy students
Authors: Gina D Moore; Vibhuti Arya; Elias B Chahine; Diane B Ginsburg; Karl M Hess; Pamela M Moye; Patrick Nelson; Jeffrey O Ekoma Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2018-09 Impact factor: 2.047