Namara Kevin P Mc, Duncan Gregory J, McDowell Jenny, Marriott Jennifer L
Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2009 Winter;29(1):52-7. doi: 10.1002/chp.20006.
New technologies such as the Internet offer an increasing number of options for the delivery of continuing education (CE) to community pharmacists. Many of these options are being utilized to overcome access- and cost-related problems. This paper identifies learning preferences of Australian community pharmacists for CE and identifies issues with the integration of these into contemporary models of CE delivery.
Four focus group teleconferences were conducted with practicing community pharmacists (n = 15) using a semistructured format and asking generally about their CE and continuing professional development (CPD) experiences.
Pharmacists reported preferences for CE that were very closely aligned to the principles of adult learning. There was a strong preference for interactive and multidisciplinary CE. Engaging in CPD was seen as valuable in promoting reflective learning.
These results suggest that pharmacists have a strong preference for CE that is based on adult learning principles. Professional organizations should take note of this and ensure that new CE formats do not compromise the ability of pharmacists to engage in interactive, multidisciplinary, and problem-based CE. Equally, the role of attendance-based CE in maintaining peer networks should not be overlooked.
互联网等新技术为向社区药剂师提供继续教育（CE）提供了越来越多的选择。其中许多选择被用于克服与获取和成本相关的问题。本文确定了澳大利亚社区药剂师对继续教育的学习偏好，并确定了将这些偏好纳入当代继续教育模式时存在的问题。
采用半结构化形式，与执业社区药剂师（n = 15）进行了四次焦点小组电话会议，总体询问他们的继续教育和持续专业发展（CPD）经历。
药剂师报告的对继续教育的偏好与成人学习原则非常一致。强烈倾向于互动式和多学科的继续教育。参与持续专业发展被视为促进反思性学习的宝贵方式。
这些结果表明，药剂师强烈倾向于基于成人学习原则的继续教育。专业组织应注意到这一点，并确保新的继续教育形式不会损害药剂师参与互动式、多学科和基于问题的继续教育的能力。同样，基于出勤的继续教育在维持同行网络方面的作用也不应被忽视。
