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Table 4 Pharmacy staff characteristics

From: Information-gathering for self-medication via Eastern Indonesian community pharmacies: a cross-sectional study

Pharmacy staff characteristics

n = 173 (%)

Professional background

 

• Pharmacists$

42 (24%)

• Pharmacy technician*

32 (19%)

• Staff without formal educational background in pharmacy

99 (57%)

Age (years; mean ± SD)

30 ± 7.8

Gender : female

140 (81%)

Highest education qualification

 

• Pharmacist registration training program

42 (24%)

• Bachelor degree in pharmacy

2 (1%)

• Three year diploma in pharmacy

21 (12%)

• Pharmacy assistant school equivalent to senior high school

9 (5%)

• Senior high school

79 (46%)

• Others (i.e., bachelor degree or diploma in subjects other than pharmacy)

20 (12%)

Working experience (years; median, IQR#)

3, IQR = 1.5 – 7

Ever attended training on self-medication after graduation from the highest education qualification

 

• Yes

19 (11%)

• No

154 (89%)

  1. $A pharmacist in Indonesia is a person who has a bachelor degree in pharmacy and holds a pharmacist registration training certificate.
  2. *A pharmacy technician in Indonesia is a person who has graduated from pharmacy assistant school or has three year diploma in pharmacy or a person who has a bachelor degree in pharmacy without holding a pharmacist registration training certificate.
  3. #IQR = Interquartile range.