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Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of participants (n = 130)

From: Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice? Thai stakeholder’s perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme

Participants

Policy makers

Pharmacy Experts

Educators

Pharmacy students

Parents

Physicians

Nurses

Pharmacists

Pharmacy technicians

Patients

General public

Number of participants

10

13

25

9

4

7

6

30

5

14

7

Gender

Male

7

7

13

4

1

5

0

7

1

4

4

Female

3

6

12

5

3

2

6

23

4

10

3

Age group (years)

20-30

0

0

3

9

0

0

2

8

3

2

0

31-40

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

11

1

2

2

41-50

0

6

13

0

2

1

2

6

1

5

4

51-60

5

6

6

0

2

3

1

5

0

2

1

More than 60

5

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

Work experience (years)

less than 5

0

0

3

0

N/A

0

2

1

3

N/A

N/A

5-10

0

0

0

0

N/A

2

0

15

1

N/A

N/A

11-15

0

0

0

0

N/A

1

0

2

0

N/A

N/A

16-20

0

2

8

0

N/A

0

1

4

1

N/A

N/A

more than 20

10

11

14

0

N/A

4

3

8

0

N/A

N/A

Working area (years)

-Hospital pharmacy (tertiary care hospital, public)

1

3

0

0

0

4

3

11

3

0

0

-Hospital pharmacy (community hospital, public)

0

1

0

0

0

3

3

4

2

0

0

-Hospital pharmacy (private)

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

-Community pharmacy

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

-Industrial pharmacy

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

-Public health and consumer protection

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

-Marketing pharmacy

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

-Research and development

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

-Academic (pharmaceutical care)

3

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-Academic (Pharmaceutical technology

4

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-Academic (Social and administrative pharmacy)

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Highest education

1. Physician

-Doctor of Medicine (MD)

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

-MD, Diploma

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

-MD, Specialist

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

2. Nurse

-Bachelor of Nursing Science

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

-Master of Nursing Science

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

3. Pharmacist

-BPharm

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

11

0

0

0

-MPharm/ MSc

2

7

2

0

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

-PharmD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

0

-PhD

8

3

17

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-PharmD, Pharmacy residency

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-PharmD, Board specialties

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4. Pharmacy technician

-Diploma of public health (Pharmacy Technique)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

-Bachelor

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

5. Patient, parent, public

-Less than secondary education

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

1

-Secondary education/ vocational education

0

0

0

9

2

0

0

0

0

5

2

-Bachelor

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

4

3

-Higher than bachelor

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1