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cord-339372-f3onp9mg	Owen, James A.	Advancing the Adoption of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the United States	2020-08-31		.txt	text/plain	6756	311	40	Over the last four decades, the expanded patient care roles of pharmacists in the United States (U.S.) have increased focus on ensuring the implementation of processes to enhance continuing professional development within the profession. The concept of CPD within the profession of pharmacy was initially defined by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) as "the responsibility of individual pharmacists for systematic maintenance, development and broadening of knowledge, skills and attitudes, to ensure continuing competence as a professional, throughout their careers" [1] . Ensure that pharmacists maintain (at an appropriate level) their knowledge, skills, and competence to practice through their careers in their own specific (or current) areas of practice Improve the pharmacist's personal performance (i.e., develop knowledge and skills) Enhance the pharmacist's career progression While aligned with the FIP model, the CCP model was modified slightly to meet the identified needs of pharmacists in the United States.	./cache/cord-339372-f3onp9mg.txt	./txt/cord-339372-f3onp9mg.txt