Hala Sacre|Samah Tawil|Souheil Hallit|Georges Sili|Pascale Salameh
Mandatory continuing education for pharmacists in a developing country: assessment of a three-year cycle
Ministry of Public Health|Lebanese University
lebanon mandatory continuing education ce pharmacists implemented january 2014the objectives study assess 1 overall adherence mandatory ce program 2 pharmacists preferences related ce 3 barriers adherence ceby end october 2017 evaluation pharmacists participation mandatory ce program conducted using electronic reports available learning management system lms descriptive results presented frequencies percentages addition crosssectional survey conducted among pharmacists better understand preferences barriers participation ce program finally focus group organized pharmacists start ceout registered pharmacists lebanon 6830 started ce 256 already achieved required credits among pharmacists enrolled ce system majority 69 used online courses least moreover ce enrolment similar among old young pharmacists except newly registered majority pharmacists preferred clinical pharmacological topics followed preventive medicine transferable skills barriers engaging ce mainly work family obligations lack interest lack time difficulties commuting technology usealthough results present study similar developing countries resistance change higher lebanese pharmacists association ordre des pharmaciens du liban develop strategies motivate enroll pharmacists ce system based barriers preferences cited results continuing offer high quality costfavorable ce programs lebanese pharmacists