The Effectiveness of Commitment to Change Statements on Improving Practice Behaviors Following Continuing Pharmacy Education | Zendy

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The Effectiveness of Commitment to Change Statements on Improving Practice Behaviors Following Continuing Pharmacy Education

Author(s) -

Nancy Fjortoft

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

american journal of pharmaceutical education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.796

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1553-6467

pISSN - 0002-9459

DOI - 10.5688/aj7106112

Subject(s) - statement (logic) , pharmacy , continuing education , affect (linguistics) , medicine , medical education , community pharmacy , family medicine , behavior change , psychology , social psychology , communication , political science , law

To determine the effectiveness of commitment to change (CTC) statements on behavior or practice change after a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) program, and to assess the percentage of CTC statements that are linked to program objectives.Following a CPE program, 33 participants were asked to complete a CTC statement and describe changes that they planned on making in their behavior as preceptors. Six months later participants were asked to return the CTC statement and note the status of the change.Twenty-eight participants completed the CTC. Twenty-one (75%) participants returned the CTC statement 6 months later with a status report. Seventy percent of the 56 changes described by the 21 participants had been fully implemented. The majority of the changes (88%) matched program objectives.Writing a CTC statement following completion of a CPE program may positively affect behavior change.

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