Publications by authors named "Carey L Newlon"
Objective: To assess the long-term sustainability of continuing professional development (CPD) training in pharmacy practice and learning behaviors.
Methods: This was a 3-year posttrial survey of pharmacists who had participated in an unblinded randomized controlled trial of CPD. The online survey assessed participants' perceptions of pharmacy practice, learning behaviors, and sustainability of CPD.
Objective: To assess the effect of continuing professional development (CPD) on perceptions of learning behaviors compared with traditional continuing pharmacy education (CPE).
Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Setting: Kaiser Permanente Colorado (KPCO) from August 2008 to June 2009.
Background: The Institute of Medicine states that the new vision for continuing education (CE) for health-care professionals will be based on continuing professional development (CPD); however, information on the utility of CPD is lacking.
Objective: To assess the effect of CPD, compared with that of traditional continuing pharmacy education (CPE), on perceptions of factors related to pharmacy practice.
Methods: This 10-month, nonblinded, randomized controlled study recruited licensed pharmacists employed at a health maintenance organization (HMO).