02459nas a2200277 4500008004100000245009000041210006900131260001600200300001200216490000600228520164800234653001101882653001201893653000801905653001501913653001301928653001301941653001701954653001701971100002501988700002602013700002502039700002502064700003102089856006102120 2019 eng d00aAnalysis of Pharmacy Practice Factors on Pharmacy Career Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia0 aAnalysis of Pharmacy Practice Factors on Pharmacy Career Satisfa cAugust 2019 a113-1180 v53 a

Purpose: To explore analysis of pharmacy practice factors on pharmacist career satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross section survey of analysis of pharmacy services factors on pharmacist career satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of 44 questions divided into twopart demographic information and the second part was the questions about pharmacy services units of pharmacy job. It included pharmacy management structure, dispensing and patient education, clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy technology, pharmacy store and overall job satisfaction. The 5-points Likert response scale system closed and ended questions were used. The survey was made as an electronic format and it analyzed through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were 242. The gender distribution 169 (70.7%) was male and 70 (29.3%) was female. The majority of them 202 (84.2%) were in age group (20-39) years. The average pharmacist satisfaction score of pharmacy management structure was (3.07), clinical pharmacy activities was (3.08). The average pharmacist satisfaction of pharmacy informatics was (2.78) and patient counselling satisfaction was (3.83). The average pharmacist satisfaction score of pharmacy store factors were (2.87) and the overall job satisfaction was (3.61). Conclusion: The low level of pharmacy services with an emphasis on information technology and pharmacy inventory management affected pharmacist job satisfaction. Those factors increase pharmacist workload and dissatisfactory in pharmacy job.

10aCareer10aFactors10aJob10aPharmacist10aPharmacy10aPractice10aSatisfaction10aSaudi Arabia1 aAlomi, Yousef, Ahmed1 aRph, Faiz, A. Bahadig1 aAloumi, Budoor, Emad1 aAlsubaie, Reem, Saad1 aAlghuraybi, Bayan, Ibrahim uhttps://ptbreports.org/article/2019/5/3/105530ptb2019521