Research Article
A Survey of the UK Pharmacy Profession’s Educational Needs on Pharmacogenomics
Table 1
Demographics of survey respondents.
| | | Qualified pharmacists (n = 196) | In training (n = 68) | Total | | Qualified ≤10 years n = 83 (%) | Qualified >10 years n = 113 (%) | Preregistration n = 32 (%) | Undergraduate n = 36 (%) | n = 264 (%) |
| | Gender | | Male | 31 (37.3) | 42 (37.1) | 9 (28.1) | 13 (36.1) | 95 (36.0) | | Female | 52(62.7) | 69 (61.1) | 23 (71.9) | 23 (63.9) | 167 (63.3) | | Other | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | | Prefer not to say | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) |
| | Age (years) | | Age range | 23–35 | 33–76 | 22–42 | 18–25 | 18–76 |
| | Sector | | Community pharmacists | 21 (25.4) | 33 (29.8) | — | — | 54 (20.5) | | Hospital pharmacists (private and NHS) | 51 (61.4) | 48 (41.6) | — | — | 99 (37.5) | | GP practice pharmacists | 3 (3.6) | 13 (11.5) | — | — | 16 (6.1) | | Academic pharmacists | 4 (4.8) | 8 (7.1) | — | — | 12 (4.5) | | Preregistration pharmacists | — | — | 32 (100) | — | 32 (12.1) | | Pharmacy students | — | — | — | 36 (100) | 36 (13.6) | | Retired | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | — | — | 1 (0.4) | | Unknown/other | 4 (4.8) | 10 (8.8) | — | — | 14 (5.3) |
| | Prescriber Status (N = 196) | | Nonprescriber | 64 (77.1) | 59 (52.2) | — | — | 123 (62.8) | | Supplementary prescriber | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | — | — | 1 (0.5) | | Independent prescriber | 19 (22.9) | 53 (46.9) | — | — | 72 (36.7) |
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