TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional responsibilities reported by pharmacists completing residencies in community-based settings
AU - Beatty, Stuart J.
AU - Westberg, Sarah M.
AU - Sharma, Anita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Pharmacists Association®
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate the professional responsibilities of pharmacists who completed residencies in a community-based setting and to determine if there is a difference in responsibilities for pharmacists completing different types of PGY-1 residency and PGY-2 residency training. Methods: A survey was designed by adapting questions from the 2014 Pharmacist Workforce Survey and creating other questions designed for this project. Surveys were distributed electronically to residency program directors of PGY-1 community-based pharmacy residencies, PGY-1 pharmacy residencies in ambulatory care environments, and PGY-2 ambulatory care residencies; program directors were asked to distribute the survey to all residency alumni of their program. Results: A total of 450 programs were identified; 349 responses were received, with respondents having completed residency training from 1989 to 2016. Respondents represented at least 73 different residency programs across the country. More than 97% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their residency training prepared them to be successful in their career. Nondispensing patient care, ranging from 39.0% to 52.5%, represented the largest percentage of job responsibilities. Current job responsibilities contained a higher percentage of business or organization management compared with first job (17.7% vs. 5.8%; P < 0.001). Conclusion: Pharmacists completing residency training have a large percentage of their first jobs associated with patient care responsibilities, regardless of the type of training received or the type of setting.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate the professional responsibilities of pharmacists who completed residencies in a community-based setting and to determine if there is a difference in responsibilities for pharmacists completing different types of PGY-1 residency and PGY-2 residency training. Methods: A survey was designed by adapting questions from the 2014 Pharmacist Workforce Survey and creating other questions designed for this project. Surveys were distributed electronically to residency program directors of PGY-1 community-based pharmacy residencies, PGY-1 pharmacy residencies in ambulatory care environments, and PGY-2 ambulatory care residencies; program directors were asked to distribute the survey to all residency alumni of their program. Results: A total of 450 programs were identified; 349 responses were received, with respondents having completed residency training from 1989 to 2016. Respondents represented at least 73 different residency programs across the country. More than 97% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their residency training prepared them to be successful in their career. Nondispensing patient care, ranging from 39.0% to 52.5%, represented the largest percentage of job responsibilities. Current job responsibilities contained a higher percentage of business or organization management compared with first job (17.7% vs. 5.8%; P < 0.001). Conclusion: Pharmacists completing residency training have a large percentage of their first jobs associated with patient care responsibilities, regardless of the type of training received or the type of setting.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.japh.2018.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.japh.2018.11.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 30611661
AN - SCOPUS:85059321493
SN - 1544-3191
VL - 59
SP - 217-221.e2
JO - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
JF - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
IS - 2
ER -