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. 2011 Oct 10;75(8):153.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe758153.

Job and career satisfaction among pharmacy preceptors

Nalin Payakachat  1 , Songthip Ounpraseuth, Denise Ragland, Matthew M Murawski
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Job and career satisfaction among pharmacy preceptors

Nalin Payakachat et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the perceived benefit of job and career satisfaction among pharmacist preceptors and to explore other factors that might influence satisfaction.

Methods: A cross-sectional self-administered survey instrument was mailed to pharmacists in the South Central region of the United States who had active 2010 licenses to investigate whether being a pharmacist preceptor increases job and career satisfaction.

Results: Twenty-three percent of the 363 respondents were active preceptors and 62% of these reported that they had been preceptors at some point in the past. Being an active preceptor was significantly related to increased job satisfaction (p = 0.01) but not to career satisfaction. Having a perceived benefit of continuing education and being professionally challenged at work also were associated with increased job and career satisfaction (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: Pharmacist preceptors have higher levels of self-reported job satisfaction.

Keywords: career satisfaction practice experiences; job satisfaction; preceptor.

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Figure 1.
Least squares means plots of job satisfaction with corresponding 95% confidence interval. Only non-preceptor vs. active preceptor was significant (p = 0.03).
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Figure 2.
Least squares means plots of career satisfaction with corresponding 95% confidence interval. None of the pairwise comparisons were significant.
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