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: Received: 29 December 2016 / Approved: 30 December 2016 / Online: 30 December 2016 (06:12:04 CET)
How to cite:
Ernawati, D.; Lee, Y.P.; Sunderland, B.; Hughes, J. Are Pharmacy Graduates from an Indonesian University Prepared to Deliver Patient Care?. Preprints2016, 2016120146 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201612.0146.v1).
Ernawati, D.; Lee, Y.P.; Sunderland, B.; Hughes, J. Are Pharmacy Graduates from an Indonesian University Prepared to Deliver Patient Care?. Preprints 2016, 2016120146 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201612.0146.v1).
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Ernawati, D.; Lee, Y.P.; Sunderland, B.; Hughes, J. Are Pharmacy Graduates from an Indonesian University Prepared to Deliver Patient Care?. Preprints2016, 2016120146 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201612.0146.v1).
Ernawati, D.; Lee, Y.P.; Sunderland, B.; Hughes, J. Are Pharmacy Graduates from an Indonesian University Prepared to Deliver Patient Care?. Preprints 2016, 2016120146 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201612.0146.v1).
Abstract
Pharmacists’ roles in providing patient care remain limited in Indonesia, hence this study aimed to determine the preparedness of pharmacy graduates from one university in Indonesia to deliver patient care. Pharmacy graduates (both registered pharmacists [104] and recent graduates eligible for registration [45]) were sent a validated self-administered survey. The survey sought their perceptions about whether they had acquired 16 patient care related attributes. Further, it sought their opinion on the desirability of having those attributes. Data were analysed using SPSS version 22.0. Sixteen of 104 (15.4%) registered pharmacists and 40 of 45 (88.9%) recent pharmacy graduates participated in the study. More than 50% of participants in both groups were female and most participants were aged in their 20s. Of the recent pharmacy graduates the majority perceived they had at least partially acquired four of 16 list attributes. Male and female recent graduates had significantly different beliefs about their leadership ability (p=0.004). In comparison, most registered pharmacists perceived they had 10 out of the 16 listed attributes. The findings of this study suggested that pharmacy graduates should be better prepared to deliver patient care, and that curriculum redesign with expansion of experiential learning is required.
Keywords
pharmacy graduates; preparedness; patient care; Indonesia
Subject
MEDICINE & PHARMACOLOGY, Other
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