title: An online knowledge resource and questionnaires as a continuing pharmacy education tool to document reflective learning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the use of an electronic knowledge resource to document continuing education activities and reveal educational needs of practicing pharmacists.
  
  
  METHODS
  Over a 38-week period, 67 e-mails were sent to 6,500 Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) members. Each e-mail contained a link to an e-Therapeutics+ Highlight, a factual excerpt of selected content from an online drug and therapeutic knowledge resource. Participants were then prompted to complete a pop-up questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Members completed 4,140 questionnaires. Participants attributed the information they learned in the Highlights to practice improvements (50.4%), learning (57.0%), and motivation to learn more (57.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reading Highlight excerpts and completing Web-based questionnaires is an effective method of continuing education that could be easily documented and tracked, making it an effective tool for use with e-portfolios.
authors: Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Jason W
authors: JW
authors: Budzinski
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Farrell
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Pluye
authors: Roland M
authors: RM
authors: Grad
authors: Carol
authors: C
authors: Repchinsky
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Jovaisas
authors: Janique
authors: J
authors: Johnson-Lafleur
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004513:Education, Pharmacy, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009042:Motivation; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires