Dugan BD, Hughes PJ, Wright S. Use of a CPD Plan Template with SMART Goals as Part of a Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Module. Innov Pharm. 2020;11(2):10.24926/iip.v11i2.1990. The authors' objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plan template on quality of SMART goal development and student quiz scores. The CPD Plan template assisted [...]
Khamis S, Abdi AM, Basgut B. Preparing lifelong learners for delivering pharmaceutical care in an ever-changing world: a study of pharmacy students. BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):502. A CPD simulation course was introduced to a cohort of fifth year students in Northern Cyprus in the 2018–2019 academic year. The program was delivered as an interactive orientation course [...]
Unni E, Le MT, Whittaker A. Implementation of a Continuing Professional Development Course in a Longitudinal Didactic Curriculum for Pharmacy Students. Am J Pharm Educ. 2019;83(8):7013. The authors' objective was to implement a continuous professional development (CPD) program in the didactic curriculum of a three-year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program, and evaluate associated outcomes. The article [...]
Er HM, Jia Ming MK, Keng PS, Nadarajah VD. Pharmacy Students' Perceptions of Reflective Portfolios and their Effect on Students' Deep Information-Processing Skills. Am J Pharm Educ. 2019;83(6):6851. To better understand factors influencing students’ perceptions of reflective portfolio, Bachelor of Pharmacy students were asked to complete the same questionnaire in years 2, 3, and 4 as [...]
Welch LH, Bonner CL, Augustine JM, Duke LJ. Academic success plans in advanced pharmacy practice experiences to promote self-awareness and improve performance. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2019 Apr;11(4):321-328. Due to limited evidence regarding interventions for students struggling during advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs), two schools developed a formal process of assigning academic success plans (ASPs) [...]
Schneider J, O’Hara K, Munro I. Using continuing professional development with portfolio in a pharmaceutics course. Pharmacy. 2016;4(4):36. Students were introduced to the CPD model and stepwise approach in a flipped classroom format in pharmaceutics 3, a course offered over 12 weeks at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Using this knowledge gained, students assumed the [...]
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, [...]
Richard O’Brocta, PharmD, Asim Abu-Baker, PharmD, et al, A Continuous Professional Development Process for First-Year Pharmacy Students. Am J Pharm Educ. 2012; 76(2) Article 29. This was a pilot designed to examine the feasibility of a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) process for first year pharmacy students. The study included training for both students and faculty [...]
Tofade T, Franklin B, Noell B, Leadon K. Evaluation of a Continuing Professional Development program for first year student pharmacists undergoing an Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience. Innov Pharm. 2011; 2(2): Article 40. This study examined the effects of online and live training programs on first year pharmacy students’ ability to write SMART learning objectives and [...]