Gardner S F, Stanek E J, Munger M A
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
DICP. 1991 Dec;25(12):1336-8. doi: 10.1177/106002809102501211.
Continuing education (CE) courses in pharmacy and medicine often overlap with regard to their informational content. At the present time, however, it is feasible that two pharmacists could attend the same national meeting that has continuing medical education (CME) approval status and only one of them would receive CE credit from his state board of pharmacy. Therefore, a survey of 51 state board of pharmacy policies regarding acceptance of CME was conducted. Forty-five of the 51 boards of pharmacy require CE for relicensure. Twenty percent of state boards requiring CE accept CME credit without review, 24 percent do not accept CME credit, and the remaining 56 percent review submitted requests for CME credit. A general lack of uniformity exists among state boards regarding policies pertaining to CE credit. If CME credit was universally accepted, pharmacists would benefit from the increased availability of CE, the building of collegial relationships with other healthcare professionals, and the cost savings of combining courses that mutually benefit both pharmacists and physicians.
药学和医学领域的继续教育（CE）课程在信息内容方面常常存在重叠。然而，目前两名药剂师有可能参加同一个具有继续医学教育（CME）认可资格的全国性会议，其中只有一人能从其所在州的药剂师委员会获得CE学分。因此，针对51个州药剂师委员会关于接受CME的政策进行了一项调查。51个药剂师委员会中有45个要求进行CE以重新获得执照。要求CE的州委员会中，20%不经审核就接受CME学分，24%不接受CME学分，其余56%会审核提交的CME学分申请。在关于CE学分的政策方面，州委员会普遍缺乏一致性。如果CME学分被普遍接受，药剂师将受益于更多的CE课程、与其他医疗保健专业人员建立同行关系以及合并对药剂师和医生都有益的课程所带来的成本节约。
