A review of the continuous professional development system for pharmacists

Human Resources for Health

Carla Torre¹  Bruno Sepodes¹  José Manuel Sousa Lobo²  Jorge P. B. Batista³ 

[1] Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society), Lisboa, Portugal;Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal;Laboratory of Systems Integration Pharmacology, Clinical and Regulatory Science - Research Institute for Medicines of the University of Lisbon (iMED.ULisboa), Lisbon, Portugal;Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society), Lisboa, Portugal;UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, MedTech, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society), Lisboa, Portugal;Unidade de Saúde Pública Internacional e Bioestatística, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal;

关键词: Pharmacists;    Pharmacy;    Continuous Professional Development;    Accreditation;    Pharmacy education;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12960-021-00700-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society (PPS) implemented a system of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for pharmacists in 2004. This system has evolved throughout the years, and currently all active pharmacists in Portugal are required to participate in the CPD program. Each CPD cycle takes 5 years. In each cycle, pharmacists must collect 15 CPD points, through participation in educational activities. The PPS accreditation process is managed via an online platform, where education/training providers, as well as pharmacists themselves, can submit educational activities for accreditation. Pharmacists may access their CPD status and assess their development at any point. The objective of this study was to analyze and review the educational activities submitted by providers over a 11-year period (2009–2019).MethodsData from activities were retrieved from the PPS CPD online platform. All educational activities were labeled according to the area of pharmaceutical professional focus, type of promoter, and activity type.ResultsDuring the study 3685 activities were analyzed. Over the last decade, submitted activities for accreditation increased in 52.6%. A significantly high proportion (98.9%) of these activities has been accredited. Promoters of activities were mostly pharmacies sectoral associations (29.6%), consultancy/training companies (19.6%), the PPS (18.5%), pharmaceutical industry (17.7%) and wholesalers’ consortia (9.0%). Academia represented only 2.3% of the total amount of educational activities. The most frequent topics were related to “pharmacology & pharmacotherapy” (9.9%), followed by “counselling” (9.8%) and “management & administration” (7.2%). The most accredited type of activities was face-to-face (68.9%) and e-learning trainings (13.1%).ConclusionsThis study shows increasing interest in submitting CPD activities for accreditation between 2009 and 2019, but it also demonstrates that Academia could play a more interventive role in the lifelong learning education of Portuguese pharmacists.

【 授权许可】

CC BY