Pascale E Karam, Lina Hamad, Mohamed Elsherif, Khalil Kreidieh, Ghunwa Nakouzi, Khalil El Asmar, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Dany Assaf Curi, Soha N Yazbek
Genetic literacy among primary care physicians in a resource-constrained setting
BMC medical education
community pharmacy practice incurred significant changes scope responsibility workplace environment particularly covid19 pandemic trends may impact student pharmacists perceive community pharmacy practice future career opportunities determine current perceptions student pharmacists toward community pharmacy practice 15item electronic crosssectional questionnaire distributed approximately 2200 student pharmacists march april 2023 included respondents needed current adult pharmacy student questionnaire included items career interests perceptions towards 12 different aspects community pharmacy practice demographics data analyzed primarily using descriptive statistics priori stratifications included interest pursue community pharmacy according class year according level work experience total 146 responses included response rate 66 total 101 692 respondents women 108 740 white mean age 24 years respondents represented 4 pharmacy professional years 113 774 respondents reported current previous work experience community pharmacy respondents interested pursuing community pharmacy directly graduation 77 527 longterm career 87 596 student pharmacists found appealing aspects community pharmacy practice salarybenefits job availability security interactions coworkers pharmacy interactions medical professionals relationships interactions patients teaching responsibilities student pharmacists found work hours schedule business management responsibilities navigating insurancerelated tasks pace work environment unappealing student pharmacists report low interest pursuing community pharmacy practice minimizing deterrents enhancing appealing aspects community pharmacy perceived student pharmacists may help improve recruitment retainment well improve perceptions practice