Developing and piloting a self-assessment tool for medication review competence of practicing pharmacists based on nationally set competence criteria

Table 3 Characteristics of the respondents (n = 344)

Variable	%	n
Gender
Female	94	325
Male	6	19
Degree^a
BSc (Pharm)	73	253
MSc (Pharm)	24	82
PhD (Pharm)	3	9
Previous degree (not pharmacy related)
No previous degree	66	228
BSc, MSc or PhD at a university or a university of applied sciences/vocational education and training
Health care	13	46
Non-health care	13	44
Other	8	26
Current workplace
Community pharmacy	64	221
Primary or secondary care unit	21	73
Other	12	40
Staff leasing company	3	10
Work experience as a pharmacist, years
0–3	13	46
4–9	22	76
10–15	22	74
> 15	43	148
Completed long-term continuing or accreditation trainings^b
Prescription review^c	26	89
Medication review^d	16	55
Comprehensive medication review^e	13	44
Specialisation in ward pharmacy^f	3	9
Specialisation in community pharmacy^g	5	16

^aThe university education program in Finland for pharmacists consists of two tiers: the BSc (3 years, 180 ECTS credits) and MSc (5 years, 180 + 120 ECTS credits) curriculums, ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
^bThe respondents were able to choose several alternatives
^cContinuing training offered by the Pharmacy Learning Centre
^d1-year continuing training (20 ECTS credits) or undergraduate studies starting from 2014 at the University of Helsinki, followed by other pharmacy schools in 2017
^e1.5 Years’ accreditation training (35 ECTS credits)
^fAccreditation training (30 ECTS credits)
^gPost-graduate programme: BSc (Pharm) 3-year specialisation studies (40 ECTS), MSc (Pharm) 4-year specialisation studies (60 ECTS)

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