Deficiencies in Pharmacist Education Uncovered in Satisfaction Level Survey of Pharmacy Students-Education Status before Clinical Pharmacy Practice-

Little information is available on the level of satisfaction of pharmacy students with pharmacist education before clinical pharmacy practice,although the current pharmacy education is rapidly changing to place more importance on nurturing clinical experts.In view of this,we performed a questionnaire survey to investigate deficiencies in pharmacist education that affected the satisfaction level of pharmacy students.A questionnaire was given to 59 pharmacy students between February 2007 and July 2008 and the responses were analyzed using categorical regression in order to objectively reflect the results in future pharmacist education.The survey revealed that pharmacist jobs that reduced the satisfaction level of pharmacy students included“making in-hospital pharmaceutical preparations”,“compliance management”,“clinical research coordination”,“drug purchasing management and stock control”,and“payment for injection drugs”,etc.,listed in order of degree of deficiency.Other items that influenced the satisfaction level were“nurturing medical professionals”,“team approach to medical treatment”,and“communication”.In this regard,75.4% of the pharmacy students responded that communication education between pharmacists and other medical staff was insufficient.The findings of our survey suggest that satisfaction level is a useful index to target in improving pharmacist education.