Tofade T, Kim J, Lebovitz L, et al. Introduction of a continuing professional development tool for preceptors: lessons learned. J Pharm Pract. 2015;28(2):212-9. Preceptors from seven pharmacy schools underwent CPD training to gain a better understanding of the process and how to implement it for their future students on rotation with them. Prerecorded ACPE podcasts [...]
Hobson EH, Johnston PE, Spinelli AJ. Staging a reflective capstone course to transition PharmD graduates to professional life. Am J Pharm Educ. 2015;79(1):14. This study looks at the implementation of a one credit-hour reflective capstone course for fourth-year student pharmacists at Belmont University. Between 2013 and 2014, 139 students completed the course, which consisted of [...]
Patterson BJ, Chang EH, Witry MJ, Garza OW, Trewet CB. Pilot evaluation of a continuing professional development tool for developing leadership skills. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2013 Mar-Apr;9(2):222-9. Integration of CPD in courses to develop students as competent leaders and advance the pharmacy profession may help inform effective methods of CPD implementation. In this study, [...]
Tofade T, Foushee L, Chou S, Eckel S, Caiola S. Evaluation of a Condensed Training Program to Introduce the Process of Continuing Professional Development. JPharm Pract. 2010; 23(6): 560-569. This study assessed the effectiveness of a condensed CPD training program for training pharmacists. The training consisted of two hours of self study and homework and [...]
Tofade T et al. Continuing Professional Development Training Program Among Pharmacist Preceptors and Nonpreceptors. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2010;50(6):730-735. This study evaluated the administration of a condensed 5-hour CPD training program to 120 community pharmacists in North Carolina (where CPD is currently accepted by the Board of Pharmacy). Twenty-three of the pharmacists were preceptors and [...]
Delyth James, Sheila Beaumont, Sue Carter and J. Graham Davis, A Framework for Assessing the Continuous Professional Development Needs of Community Pharmacists, Pharm Educ. 2002;2 (2): 63–68. Twenty community pharmacists were recruited to participate in a Continuous Professional Education Programme and to complete a reflective logbook over a four-week period. The intent of the study [...]