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Table 3 Group Differences in Cluster/Competency Self-Assessed Mean Scores

From: Identifying self-assessed competencies and areas for improvement within community pharmacist-preceptors support during pre-registration training

Cluster/Competency

Age Group

Education

Location of Pharmacy

Size of Pharmacy Chain

 

≤35 years

36–50 years

> 50 years

MPharm

MPharm with additional postgraduate education

Zagreb

rest of Croatia

≤10 pharmacies

> 10 pharmacies

Pharmaceutical Public Health Competencies

2.78

2.73

2.78

2.71*

3.12

2.77

2.74

2.70

2.79

Health promotion

2.78

2.73

2.78

2.71*

3.12

2.77

2.74

2.70

2.79

Pharmaceutical Care Competencies

3.38

3.25

3.29

3.29

3.37

3.33

3.27

3.24

3.33

Assessment of medicines and medical devices

3.48

3.39

3.40

3.40

3.56

3.44

3.39

3.38

3.44

Compounding of magistral and galenic preparations

3.66

3.62

3.64

3.62

3.71

3.70*

3.57

3.521

3.70***

Dispensing medicines and medical devices

3.72

3.66

3.68

3.68

3.73

3.68

3.68

3.64

3.71

Patient consultation

3.20

3.09

3.13

3.14

3.09

3.13

3.13

3.12

3.14

Assurance of safe medicines use

2.85##

2.51##

2.61

2.60

2.77

2.68

2.58

2.54

2.67

Organization and Management Competencies

3.62

3.67

3.61

3.64

3.68

3.64

3.65

3.62

3.66

Organization

3.69

3.72

3.70

3.66

3.83

3.67

3.74

3.77

3.67

Finance management

3.61

3.75

3.62

3.67

3.80

3.67

3.67

3.65

3.71

Human resources management

3.31

3.39

3.35

3.36

3.33

3.35

3.37

3.30

3.40

Workplace management

3.69

3.71

3.67

3.70

3.70

3.72

3.68

3.65

3.73

Procurement and supply chain management

3.75

3.76

3.69

3.74

3.75

3.75

3.74

3.72

3.76

Personal and Professional Competencies

3.47

3.38

3.41

3.64

3.68

3.44

3.38

3.35

3.45

Communication skills

3.71

3.71

3.69

3.70

3.69

3.70

3.70

3.65

3.74

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

3.40

3.30

3.37

3.32

3.44

3.44**

3.25

3.23

3.40*

Legal and regulatory practice

3.06

3.06

3.17

3.09

3.04

3.09

3.08

3.01

3.13

Professional and ethical practice

3.82

3.74

3.75

3.76

3.84

3.79

3.74

3.77

3.76

Improvement of service and quality assurance

3.12

2.99

3.00

3.03

2.98

3.01

3.04

2.97

3.06

Personal development

3.71#

3.48#

3.47

3.53

3.58

3.61

3.47

3.47

3.58

  1. - difference is statistically significant at the p ≤ 0.05 (*), p ≤ 0.01 (**) and p ≤ 0.005 (***) level (exact, 2-tailed)
  2. - difference is statistically significant at the p ≤ 0,05 (#) and p ≤ 0,01 (##) (One-way ANOVA)