Table 1 Characteristics of the sample population

Gender

Male

208 (33.10%)

Female

420 (66.90%)

Education level

BS Pharmacy

258 (41.10%)

PharmD

249 (39.60%)

Masters

98 (15.60%)

PhD

23 (3.70%)

University you graduated from

LU

115 (18.30%)

USJ

147 (23.40%)

BAU

89 (14.20%)

LAU

55 (8.80%)

LIU

61 (9.70%)

AUB

3 (0.50%)

Outside Lebanon

157 (25.00%)

Work location

Not working

19 (3.00%)

Beirut

92 (14.60%)

Mount Lebanon

258 (41.10%)

North Lebanon

20 (3.20%)

South Lebanon

120 (19.10%)

Bekaa

119 (18.90%)

Sector of work

Not working

19 (3.00%)

Community employer

391 (62.40%)

Community employee

122 (19.50%)

Hospital/clinical

28 (4.50%)

Scientific office/medical representative

37 (5.90%)

Academia

11 (1.80%)

Public sector (MOPH)

14 (2.20%)

Industry

6 (1%)

 Owning a computer

No

255 (40.60%)

Yes

373 (59.40%)

 Owning a smart phone

No

273 (43.50%)

Yes

355 (56.50%)

 Owning a tablet

No

565 (90.00%)

Yes

63 (10.00%)

 Connected to the internet for at least 4 h per day

No

54 (8.60%)

Yes

549 (87.40%)

Only when needed

25 (4.00%)

 Ease of accessing OPL e-library account

Never tried

70 (11.10%)

Easy

242 (38.50%)

Intermediate

211 (33.60%)

Difficult

105 (16.70%)

Ease of accessing OPL Swank platform

Never tried

94 (15.00%)

Easy

205 (32.60%)

Intermediate

216 (34.40%)

Difficult

113 (18.00%)

Having OPL mobile application

No

96 (15.30%)

Yes

532 (84.70%)

Read OPL messages through the application or by text message

No

27 (4.30%)

Yes

515 (820%)

Sometimes

86 (13.70%)

Know the number of CE credits earned to date

No

294 (46.80%)

Yes

216 (34.40%)

More or less

118 (18.80%)

Know the number of CE credits to be achieved by December 2019

No

311 (49.50%)

Yes

198 (31.50%)

More or less

119 (18.90%)