Changes in knowledge after attending a community pharmacists' asthma workshop.

Background: Pharmacists can play an important role in both the detection of asthma and its monitoring in patients with asthma.

Objective: To assess the change in asthma knowledge, and associated variables, of pharmacists attending the "Pharmacotherapy follow- up of Adult Bronchial Asthma" workshops run by the Pharmaceutical Care Center of Stada Laboratories.

Methods: All participants in the "Pharmacotherapy follow-up of Adult Bronchial Asthma" workshops completed a pre-test and a post-test.