The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Continuing Professional Development: Views and Barriers Toward Participation Among Malaysian Pharmacists
Table 4: Participants’ responses on the types of CPD activities they were likely to participate
| Activities | Likely(%) | Neutral(%) | Unlikely(%) |
| Seminars; congress; scientific meeting; conference | 92.2 | 7.2 | 0.7 |
| Courses; hands-on practical courses; in-house training | 91.8 | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| Workshops | 83.1 | 13.5 | 3.5 |
| Discussions with other healthcare providers | 69.1 | 25.5 | 5.3 |
| Postgraduate programme | 52.6 | 36.1 | 11.3 |
| Self directed learning e.g. reading journal articles, distance learning | 49.1 | 38.6 | 12.3 |
| Journal clubs; self-study group; organised group discussions under accredited co-ordinator | 44.3 | 38.5 | 17.2 |
| Presenter at accredited meeting or conference | 32.2 | 45.5 | 22.3 |
| Participating in research work; publication of journal articles, reports or book chapters. | 31.3 | 44.8 | 23.8 |