title: Tobacco cessation education for pharmacists: Face-to-face presentations versus live webinars.
abstract: OBJECTIVE To assess the perceived effectiveness of tobacco cessation continuing education for pharmacists in face-to-face presentation versus live webinar modalities. METHODS A continuing pharmacy education (CPE) activity, Do Ask, Do Tell: A Practical Approach to Smoking Cessation, was offered in face-to-face and live webinar modalities. Following the activity, participants completed a brief questionnaire that assessed the anticipated impact of the activity on their smoking cessation counseling practices. RESULTS Of the 1,088 CPE participants, 819 (75%) attended a face-to-face presentation and 269 (25%) participated in a live webinar. Posttraining self-rated ability to address tobacco use was similar between groups ( P = 0.38), and both the face-to-face and live webinar groups reported a significant difference between pre- and posttraining abilities ( P &lt; 0.05 for both groups). Attendees of the face-to-face presentation reported higher likelihoods of providing each of the individual tasks required to provide an effective, brief tobacco cessation intervention ( P &lt; 0.05 for each task). CONCLUSION These data suggest that more value exists in face-to-face education than live webinars when personal and interactive skills are the focus of the activity.
authors.forename: Karen Suchanek
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hudmon
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.forename: Frank M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: Kimberly R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Wahl
authors.forename: Robin L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Corelli
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Moor
mesh_terms: D004513:Education, Pharmacy, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods*