Open AccessLong-term effects of a cancer awareness program for community pharmacists.
Author(s) -
D Lohrisch,
Mandy Ryan,
Sidney A. Rosenbluth
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.68.12.1217
Subject(s) - continuing education , medicine , term (time) , continuing medical education , educational program , professional development , continuing professional development , medical education , family medicine , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , law
A continuing education program resulted in a 52% improvement in the specified professional behaviors of community pharmacists within one month. However, surveyed effects were not permanent and decreased significantly within 18 months. Following a simple mailing of specially designed literature, desired behaviors again underwent significant improvement comparable to that attributed to the original continuing education program. A better understanding of professional behaviors as functions of time and different educational modes would be invaluable to educators in both academic and postgraduate programs.