Investigated Attributes | Pharmacy Students N (%) | Young Pharmacists N (%) | Overall Participants N (%) |
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FIRST CHOICE FOR ACADEMIC SPECIALISATION | |||
Pharmacya | 445 (66.2%) | 548 (73%) | 993 (69.8%) |
Medicinea | 136 (20.2%) | 86 (11.5%) | 222 (15.6%) |
Chemistry | 15 (2.2%) | 14 (1.9%) | 29 (2.0%) |
Dentistry | 14 (2.1%) | 12 (1.6%) | 26 (1.8%) |
Others | 62 (9.2%) | 91 (12.1%) | 153 (10.8%) |
MOTIVES FOR STUDYING PHARMACYb | |||
Intrinsic Factors | |||
Interest in Healthcare | 485 (72.2%) | 516 (68.7%) | 1,001 (70.3%) |
To Help People | 348 (51.8%) | 315 (41.9%) | 663 (46.6%) |
Interest in Science | 326 (48.5%) | 313 (41.7%) | 639 (44.9%) |
To Migrate Abroad | 148 (22.0%) | 109 (14.5%) | 257 (18.1%) |
Career and Professional Consideration | |||
Job Opportunities | 254 (37.8%) | 278 (37%) | 532 (37.4%) |
Attractive Salary | 235 (35%) | 193 (25.7%) | 428 (30.1%) |
Job Security | 153 (22.8%) | 157 (20.9%) | 310 (21.8%) |
Job Variety | 160 (23.8%) | 130 (17.3%) | 290 (20.4%) |
Family Business | 37 (5.5%) | 37 (4.9%) | 74 (5.2%) |
Personal Aspiration | |||
Family Influence | 187 (27.8%) | 236 (31.4%) | 423 (29.7%) |
Professional Status | 152 (22.6%) | 168 (22.4%) | 320 (22.5%) |
Influence of Others | 44 (6.5%) | 33 (4.4%) | 77 (5.4%) |
Unsure | 15 (2.2%) | 23 (3.1%) | 38 (2.7%) |
Other Motivesa | 19 (2.8%) | 10 (1.3%) | 29 (2.0%) |
OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH ACADEMIC PHARMACY PROGRAMMEc | |||
Very Satisfieda | 105 (15.6%) | 168 (22.4%) | 273 (19.2%) |
Satisfied | 301 (44.8%) | 314 (41.8%) | 615 (43.2%) |
Neither | 113 (16.8%) | 138 (18.4%) | 251 (17.6%) |
Dissatisfied | 107 (15.9%) | 104 (13.8%) | 211 (14.8%) |
Very Dissatisfieda | 43 (6.4%) | 25 (3.3%) | 68 (4.8%) |
DESIRED COMPETENCIES IN INITIAL PHARMACY EDUCATIONbd | |||
Pharmaceutical Care Competencies | |||
Patient Consultation & Diagnosis | 351 (52.2%) | 365 (48.6%) | 716 (50.3%) |
Monitor Medicines Therapy | 299 (44.5%) | 322 (42.9%) | 621 (43.6%) |
Medicines Use Optimisation | 275 (40.9%) | 318 (42.3%) | 593 (41.7%) |
Assessment of Medicines | 256 (38.1%) | 264 (35.2%) | 520 (36.5%) |
Compounding Medicines | 222 (33.0%) | 176 (23.4%) | 398 (28.0%) |
Dispensing | 163 (24.3%) | 147 (19.6%) | 310 (21.8%) |
Pharmaceutical Public Health Competencies | |||
Medicine Information & Advice | 311 (46.3%) | 321 (42.7%) | 632 (44.4%) |
Health Promotion | 243 (36.2%) | 273 (36.4%) | 516 (36.3%) |
Professional/Personal Competencies | |||
Communication Skills | 286 (42.6%) | 271 (36.1%) | 557 (39.1%) |
Quality Assurance & Research in the Work Place | 280 (41.7%) | 256 (34.1%) | 536 (37.7%) |
Continuing Professional Development | 222 (33.0%) | 225 (30.0%) | 447 (31.4%) |
Legal & Regulatory Practice | 206 (30.7%) | 225 (30.0%) | 431 (30.3%) |
Self-Management | 228 (33.9%) | 195 (26.0%) | 423 (29.7%) |
Professional & Ethical Practice | 217 (32.3%) | 206 (27.4%) | 423 (29.7%) |
Organisation and Management Competencies | |||
Improvement of Pharmacy Service | 269 (40.0%) | 281 (37.4%) | 550 (38.7%) |
Supply Chain & Management | 165 (24.6%) | 198 (26.4%) | 363 (25.5%) |
Human Resource Management | 188 (28.0%) | 155 (20.6% | 343 (24.1%) |
Work Place Management | 145 (21.6%) | 167 (22.2%) | 312 (21.9%) |
Budget & Reimbursement | 151 (22.5%) | 136 (18.1%) | 287 (20.2%) |
Procurement | 108 (16.1%) | 109 (14.5%) | 217 (15.2%) |
Other Competencies | 23 (3.4%) | 40 (5.3%) | 63 (4.4%) |
Nothing | 21 (3.1%) | 35 (4.7%) | 56 (3.9%) |
CAREER ASPIRATION | |||
Wanting to Practice Pharmacy | |||
Yesa | 475 (70.7%) | 635 (84.6%) | 1110 (78.0%) |
Noa | 24 (3.6%) | 116 (15.4%) | 140 (9.8%) |
Not Decideda | 173 (25.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 173 (12.2%) |
Selected Sector of Practice | |||
Community Pharmacya | 99 (20.8%) | 362 (57.0%) | 461 (41.5%) |
Hospital Pharmacya | 158 (33.3%) | 134 (21.1%) | 292 (26.3%) |
Industrial/Marketinga | 108 (22.7%) | 53 (8.3%) | 161 (14.5%) |
Academia/Researcha | 61 (12.8%) | 31 (4.9%) | 92 (8.3%) |
Others | 49 (10.3%) | 55 (8.7%) | 104 (9.4%) |
Reasons for Not Wanting to Practice Pharmacy | |||
Change in Profession | 19 (9.6%) | 8 (6.9%) | 27 (8.6%) |
Further Studiesa | 102 (51.8%) | 32 (27.6%) | 134 (42.8%) |
Not Interesting | 25 (12.7%) | 10 (8.6%) | 35 (11.2%) |
Better Salary Opportunities | 30 (15.2%) | 19 (16.4%) | 49 (15.7%) |
Other Reasonsa | 21 (10.7%) | 47 (40.5%) | 68 (21.7%) |