Hospital Pharmacist Workforce in Eleven-Year 2006-2016 at Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia

Alomi, Yousef Ahmed; Alghamdi, Saeed Jamaan; Alattyh, Radi Abdullah

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“…[13,27] Over the past years, there were shortage of workforce in the pharmacy field. [28,29] The ministry of education prolonged the number of colleges of pharmacies in the past years. As a result, the number of graduate pharmacists increases, and they need job vacancies.…”

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“…As a result, the pharmacist desires knowledge for forensic medicine and work in the forensic pharmacy field. [28,29] Based on the authors' best knowledge, there was little or nil investigation about pharmacist's knowledge of forensic pharmacy locally or Gulf and Middle East countries. The current study goals to declare the pharmacist knowledge of forensic pharmacy in Saudi Arabia.…”

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Pharmacist’s Knowledge of Forensic Pharmacy Services

Alomi¹,

Najim²,

Aqeeli³

2021

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Goal: The knowledge of forensic pharmacy is a grave issue in practice. For example, forensic pharmacy services are obligatory for crime and drug-related death investigations. The current study purposes to affirm Pharmacist knowledge of forensic pharmacy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: It was a qualitative examination with a cross-section design. An electronic validated and reliability survey was dispersed to all pharmacists and pharmacy interns. All students were omitted from the study. The questionnaire checked demographic data about the responders and pharmacist's basic and advanced knowledge of forensic pharmacy and resources of forensic pharmacy. Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS), Microsoft Excel, and survey monkey did all analysis. Results: The total number of responding pharmacists was 402. Of those, 198 (49.75%) were male, while 200 (50.25%) were female, with statistical significance between them (p<0.001). Almost three-quarters of the pharmacists had bachelor's degrees 303 (75.56%), with statistically significant among all pharmaceutical degrees (p<0.001). The total average scores of pharmacists' knowledge of forensic pharmacy services were (2.0) with high scores element was the valuation of basic knowledge of the forensic pharmacy was the medications induced addiction (2.74). In contrast, the lowest scores were the job description of forensic pharmacist (1.5). The average score advances knowledge of forensic pharmacy (1.92). The highest score knowledge was the cardiovascular medications (3.00), while the lowest score knowledge of advanced knowledge of forensic pharmacy was the resources of forensic pharmacy (1.37). The most resources applied for Forensic pharmacy services were internet 224 (56.71%) and healthcare practitioners 222 (56.20%). Conclusion: The pharmacists' knowledge of forensic pharmacy services was insufficient. Therefore, the preventing of crimes problems and drug-related death are obligatory to improve patient outcomes. The undergraduate and postgraduate education and training of forensic pharmacy services in highly recommended in Saudi Arabia.

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Pharmacist’s Knowledge of Forensic Pharmacy Services

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Aqeeli³

2021

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“…Several studies published locally for the pharmacist workforce or demand while pharmacy technician not investigated. [5][6][7][8][9] However, the pharmacy technician workforce discussed during the mass gatherings hajj period only. [10][11][12] The pharmacy technician workforce analysis at all healthcare sectors, including hospitals or primary healthcare centers or medical affairs administration, not existed.…”

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Pharmacy Technician Workforce in Saudi Arabia over Twelve Years (2006-2017)

Alomi¹,

Alghamdi²,

Alattyh³

2019

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Objectives: To explore the workforce of pharmacy technician at Ministry of Health (MOH) institutions over the past twelve years (2006-2017) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a retrospective analysis of twelve years (2006-2017) of Ministry of Health pharmacy technician workforce at hospital practice. All data derived from the Ministry of Health Statistical Year Books and any missing appropriate information about pharmacy technician workforce, that's will be estimated through allied healthcare professional's data in each region including gender or nationality. It included pharmacy technician and exclude all types of pharmacists or clinical pharmacist's workforces at MOH hospital and Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs) settings. All calculations were based on MOH workforce standards of hospitals and PHCs. All calculation was done using Microsoft Excel version ten. Results: The total number of pharmacy technician in all sectors, hospitals, primary healthcare centers and medical affairs administration increased from 4,289 to 8,373 over twelve years to 1.96-fold increments (2006-2017). The number of Saudi pharmacy technician increased from 3,064 to 8,061 to 2.63-fold increments while non-Saudi pharmacy technician decreased from 1,225 to 312 to 3.92-fold reductions. The rate of pharmacy technician to pharmacist decreased from 6.7 to 2.2 to 3.05-fold ratio reductions while the pharmacy technician per 10,000 population increased from 2.67 to 4.29 to 1.61-fold incremental ratio over the past twelve years. Conclusion: The pharmacy technician worked at the Ministry of Health institutions increased over the past twelve years. The Saudi pharmacy technician was increased with reduction of non-Saudi nationality. The male gender more than female. The ratio of pharmacy technician to pharmacist was reduced by time. The pharmacy technician workforces needed to explore at all healthcare institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Hospital Pharmacist Workforce in Eleven-Year 2006-2016 at Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia

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Pharmacist’s Knowledge of Forensic Pharmacy Services

Pharmacist’s Knowledge of Forensic Pharmacy Services

Pharmacy Technician Workforce in Saudi Arabia over Twelve Years (2006-2017)

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