Doctor of pharmacy as a career option: a cross-sectional study exploring PharmD students and practitioners expectations in Jordan

This study aimed to (1) investigate the expectations and preferences of PharmD students and practitioners regarding their role in the health care system, and (2) to contrast those expectations and preferences of PharmD practitioners with real-life practice in Jordan. Two cross-sectional descriptive...

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Published in:Human resources for health 2023-06, Vol.21 (1), p.49-49, Article 49
Main Authors: AlMuhaissen, Suha A, Elayeh, Eman, Sharaydih, Rawia, Abdullah, Taibah M, AlShalalfeh, Aseel, AlKhatib, Hatim S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Care and treatment
Career Choice
Career development
Careers
Colleges & universities
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Doctor of Pharmacy
Drug stores
Drug therapy
Drug utilization
Education, Pharmacy, Graduate
Expectations
Health care policy
Higher education
Hospital costs
Hospital patients
Humans
Job preference
Jordan
Licenses
Medical tourism
Methods
Motivation
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
PharmD
Physicians
Practice
Professional development
Professional practice
Public schools
Questionnaires
Registration
Role in health care
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:This study aimed to (1) investigate the expectations and preferences of PharmD students and practitioners regarding their role in the health care system, and (2) to contrast those expectations and preferences of PharmD practitioners with real-life practice in Jordan. Two cross-sectional descriptive questionnaires were used to collect data from PharmD students and PharmD practitioners in Jordan. A total number of 330 students and 280 practitioners were interviewed. The responses to all questions were encoded, entered, and summarized as frequencies and percentages or as means and standard deviations. Comparisons between groups were performed using Chi-square test. A p-value of 
ISSN:1478-4491
1478-4491
DOI:10.1186/s12960-023-00836-2