Objective: To determine the most appropriate format of education for pharmacists and pharmacy students in Utah to ensure adequate knowledge in asthma therapies and asthma self-management education (SME).

Methods: An electronic survey was sent to approximately 3,500 licensed pharmacists and pharmacy interns in the state of Utah. Questions included participant demographics, the likelihood of participating in asthma education, perceived impact of asthma education, rating of asthma self-management skills, and value of Continuing Education (CE) credits. As an incentive to complete the survey, participants were entered into a raffle for 1 of 20 Amazon gift cards. Responses were collected and analyzed using Qualtrics. Descriptive analyses included frequencies, averages, medians, and modes. Further stratification of data was conducted based on pharmacists’ practice location (rural vs. urban) and pharmacy students’ current year in school.

Results: A total of 379 responses were collected from pharmacists and pharmacy students. Out of the four listed options, the most popular format for education was an interactive webinar. Of the collected responses, 72% of pharmacists and 61% of pharmacy students indicated that they would “very likely” or “likely” participate in an interactive webinar if offered in the next year. 53% of pharmacists felt that asthma education would “greatly increase” or “moderately increase” their likelihood of offering asthma SME to patients in comparison to 97% of pharmacy students. In regards to CE credit value, 62% of pharmacists and 50% of pharmacy students highly valued CE credit as part of continuing asthma education.

Conclusions: Both pharmacists and pharmacy students in Utah indicated that they would more likely participate in an interactive webinar for asthma education compared to the other provided options. By understanding the most appropriate and desired education modality, applicable asthma education can be properly communicated. In the state of Utah, the profession of pharmacy sees high value in providing asthma SME and agree upon the importance of providing continued education on the topic to be able to provide these services.