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Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics (n = 98)

From: Hospital pharmacists’ perceptions of the suitability of doctor of pharmacy graduates in hospital settings in Thailand

Characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

Gender

  

 Male

26

26.5

 Female

72

73.5

Age range

  

 <25 years

5

5.1

 25–35 years

59

60.2

 36–45 years

28

28.6

 46–55 years

6

6.1

Highest academic degree

  

 BPharma no track

40

40.8

 BPharm, track Pharmaceutical care

17

17.3

 BPharm, track Pharmaceutical sciences

3

3.1

 PharmDb

13

13.3

 MPharmc

25

25.5

Experienced working with PharmD graduates

  

 Yes

75

76.5

 No

23

23.5

Years at current experiences

  

 1–5 years

31

31.6

 6–10 years

30

30.6

 11–15 years

20

20.4

 16–20 years

10

10.2

 >20 years

7

7.2

Type of hospital workplace

  

 MoPHd sub-district health promoting hospitals

2

2.1

 MoPHd community hospitals

50

51.0

 MoPHd general/regional hospitals

30

30.6

 MoPHd other institutes

4

4.1

 Other Ministries

7

7.1

 Private hospitals

5

5.1

Setting region

  

 Bangkok

9

9.1

 Central exclude Bangkok

28

28.6

 East

3

3.1

 North East

29

29.6

 North

14

14.3

 South

15

15.3

Area of practicee

  

 Consumer protection

11

11.2

 Family pharmacist service

21

21.5

 Hospital service

66

67.3

Training preceptors

46

46.9

  1. aBPharm Bachelor of Pharmacy, bPharmD Doctor of Pharmacy, cMPharm Master of Pharmacy, dMoPH the Ministry of Public Health
  2. eHospital pharmacists in Thailand have to get involved in various type of roles and responsibilities which are consumer protection (health promotion and disease prevention, health consumer surveillance), family pharmacist service/home health care and hospital service (drug dispensing, drug purchasing and inventory control, pharmaceutical care service)