title: Professional development webinars for pharmacists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate pharmacists' satisfaction with and reasons for enrolling in a series of continuing education webinars.
  
  
  METHODS
  Webinars intended to provide timely and practical information for practicing pharmacists on a specific therapeutic area were created and presented monthly throughout 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survey responses of volunteers who completed at least 1 webinar were positive regarding the quality of the programming and the method of delivery. No significant differences were found in demographics or reasons for enrolling between participants who completed a single webinar and those who completed 2 or more.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the webinars received positive evaluations for quality, value, and relevance, the limited average number of webinars attended by each pharmacist was a concern, and several tactics will be implemented to address scheduling conflicts and other deterrents to repeat participation.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA. ebuxton@pharmacy.wisc.edu
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: Erik C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: De Muth
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods; D004513:Education, Pharmacy, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D057211:Webcasts as Topic
keywords: assessment; continuing education; distance learning; lifelong learning; professional development; webinar