title: Didactic Lecture Versus Interactive Workshop for Continuing Pharmacy Education on Reproductive Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
abstract: Pharmacists are routinely providing reproductive health counseling in community pharmacies, but studies have revealed significant deficits in their competencies. Therefore, continuing pharmacy education (CPE) could be utilized as a valuable modality to upgrade pharmacists' capabilities. A randomized controlled trial was designed to compare the efficacy of CPE meetings (lecture based vs. workshop based) on contraception and male sexual dysfunctions. Sixty pharmacists were recruited for each CPE meeting. Small group training using simulated patients was employed in the workshop-based CPE. Study outcomes were declarative/procedural knowledge, attitudes, and satisfaction of the participants. Data were collected pre-CPE, post-CPE, and 2 months afterward and were analyzed using repeated measure analysis of variance and Mann-Whitney U test. Results showed that lecture-based CPE was more successful in improving pharmacists' knowledge post-CPE (p < .001). In contrast, a significant decrease was observed in the lecture-based group at follow-up (p = .002), whereas the workshop-based group maintained their knowledge over time (p = 1.00). Knowledge scores of both groups were significantly higher at follow-up in comparison with pre-CPE (p < .01). No significant differences were observed regarding satisfaction and attitudes scores between groups. In conclusion, an interactive workshop might not be superior to lecture-based training for improving pharmacists' knowledge and attitudes in a 1-day CPE meeting.
authors: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs, Tehran Universality of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mohammadreza
authors: M
authors: Javadi
authors: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Kargar
authors: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs, Tehran Universality of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Kheirollah
authors: K
authors: Gholami
authors: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs, Tehran Universality of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Molouk
authors: M
authors: Hadjibabaie
authors: Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, and Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Arash
authors: A
authors: Rashidian
authors: Pharmaceutical Care Department, Dr. Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Hassan
authors: H
authors: Torkamandi
authors: Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran a-sarayanib@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors: Amir
authors: A
authors: Sarayani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004513:Education, Pharmacy, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching
keywords: attitude; continuing pharmacy education; didactic lecture; knowledge; pharmacist; reproductive health; satisfaction; small group training