Efficacy of Continuing Education in Improving Pharmacists' Competencies for Providing Weight Management Service: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Sarayani, Amir; Rashidian, Arash; Gholami, Kheirollah; Torkamandi, Hassan; Javadi, Mohammadreza
Titel	Efficacy of Continuing Education in Improving Pharmacists' Competencies for Providing Weight Management Service: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 32 (2012) 3, S.163-173 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-1912
DOI	10.1002/chp.21141
Schlagwörter	Computer Assisted Instruction; Public Health; Cost Effectiveness; Vignettes; Patients; Expertise; Effect Size; Lecture Method; Body Weight; Role; Health Promotion; Pharmacy; Obesity; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Professional Continuing Education; Knowledge Level; Questionnaires; Scores; Intervention; Retention (Psychology); Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Gesundheitswesen; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Patient; Expert appraisal; Körpergewicht; Rollen; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Apotheke; Adipositas; Ausland; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Wissensbasis; Fragebogen; Merkfähigkeit
Abstract	Introduction: Weight management is a new public health role for community pharmacists in many countries. Lack of expertise is one of the key barriers to counseling obese patients. We evaluated the comparative efficacy of three alternative continuing education (CE) meetings on weight management. Methods: We designed a randomized controlled trial comparing didactic lecture, lecture plus case discussion, and lecture plus small-group training. It was conducted in 2011 in Tehran. Pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes, and competence were evaluated immediately before, immediately after and one month after each meeting via standardized questionnaires and case vignettes. Participants' satisfaction was evaluated after each meeting. Data were analyzed using repeated measure analysis of variance and chi-squared tests. Results: Sixty pharmacists were randomly allocated to each study arm. There were no demographic differences between the arms at the baseline. The knowledge scores significantly improved for all interventions over time. At the follow-up, the small-group training arm obtained significantly higher knowledge scores (p less than 0.001, effect size = 0.54). The competence scores in lecture plus case discussion and lecture plus small-group training meetings improved over time (effect size 0.14 and 0.34; difference nonsignificant). Small-group training resulted in significantly higher satisfaction scores (p = 0.005). The interventions' effects on attitudes were similar. Discussion: This is the first study on the implementation and efficacy of various types of CE meetings for community pharmacists to provide weight management services. Lecture plus small group training resulted in better learning retention over time and higher satisfaction. Future studies should evaluate the effects of various types of CE meetings on pharmacists' behavior and their cost-effectiveness. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10