Hala Sacre|Samah Tawil|Souheil Hallit|Aline Hajj|Georges Sili|Pascale Salameh
Attitudes of Lebanese pharmacists towards online and live continuing education sessions
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik|Saint Joseph University|Lebanese University
continuing education ce internationally recommended approach lifelong learning model pharmacists enabling maintain necessary knowledge skills ethical attitudes remain current competent practicethe objective study 1 describe factors associated taking different types ce courses among pharmacists lebanon 2 assess correlation types ce activity attitude lebanese pharmacists motivation value computer literacythis crosssectional observational study conducted february may 2017 using random sample lebanese pharmacists districts lebanon pharmacists eligible participate sample consisted agreed complete questionnaire questionnaire includes questions computer literacy motivation value ce addition sociodemographic characteristics pharmacistsout 750 questionnaires distributed 628 8373 filled returned analyzed mean age participants 3904 sd 1057 years 669 females 411 bachelor degree pharmacy worked mount lebanon among 628 respondents 567 903 earned least one ce credit 54 took mainly online courses 154 took mainly live courses remaining took types ce higher motivation aor105 ci 09941109 higher value aor1076 ci 09681197 associated higher odds taking live ce courses higher motivation aor107 95ci 09941152 associated higher odds taking online ce courses higher motivation aor1059 95ci 10061114 higher general confidence computer use aor1058 95ci 10121106 significantly associated higher odds taking types ce coursesa high percentage lebanese pharmacists enrolled ce system mainly driven motivation value ce addition higher general confidence computer use efforts exerted lebanese order pharmacists motivate pharmacists help improve computer literacy expected improve enrollment ce activities also completion ce requirements