<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The continuing professional education prepares the pharmacists for the requirements of the changed role of pharmacists in the society. Different approaches to continuous professional education ranging from lectures to peer-mentoring work shops and web tools have been developed throughout the last 25 years. The goal of the current analysis is to systematize the trends in accredited education events for pharmacists by the Quality Committee of the BPhU during 2010-2013. This study is a retrospective database analysis. The information concerning the accredited forms of continuing education of pharmacists as well as other activities related to continuing education was extracted from the official protocols, issued by the Quality Commission of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union (BPhU). The continuing postgraduate education of pharmacists in Bulgaria is developing with new elements which allow competence development through individual forms of self-development such as publication activities, delivering presentations, individual training, etc. In the educational programs accredited during the second registration period, still prevailed the short courses, with focus on the new medicinal products.</p></abstract>

The continuing professional education prepares the pharmacists for the requirements of the changed role of pharmacists in the society. Different approaches to continuous professional education ranging from lectures to peer-mentoring work shops and web tools have been developed throughout the last 25 years. The goal of the current analysis is to systematize the trends in accredited education events for pharmacists by the Quality Committee of the BPhU during 2010-2013. This study is a retrospective database analysis. The information concerning the accredited forms of continuing education of pharmacists as well as other activities related to continuing education was extracted from the official protocols, issued by the Quality Commission of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union (BPhU). The continuing postgraduate education of pharmacists in Bulgaria is developing with new elements which allow competence development through individual forms of self-development such as publication activities, delivering presentations, individual training, etc. In the educational programs accredited during the second registration period, still prevailed the short courses, with focus on the new medicinal products.

Continued Professional Education of Bulgarian Pharmacists: Second Registration Period

Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria

Quality Commission, Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union, Sofia, Bulgaria

Quality Commission, Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union, Sof a, Bulgaria

Management Board of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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The continuing professional education prepares the pharmacists for the requirements of the changed role of pharmacists in the society. Different approaches to...

Continued Professional Education of Bulgarian Pharmacists: Second Registration Period

Published Online: Nov 05, 2014

Page range: 30 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2014-0004

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