Perceived cost and duration of a pharmacist career

Limited remuneration for increased services and responsibilities, together with the implementation of technology, reduce the appeal and perceived duration of a career as a pharmacist. Students, seeing limited opportunities to practise their clinical skills and inadequate incentives to study pharmacy, attribute less value to the role and defer to alternative degree paths.

Proposed workforce impact

• Reduced student intakes.
• Reduced motivation for students to study sciences at A-level.
• Employers to reassess recruitment incentives.

Sources or references

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220334/
• http://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file /0019/122770/JEMP_JournalMarch11.pdf

Additional research questions

• Is there evidence that people perceive that a career as a pharmacist will be shortened?

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