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Table 3 Results of the simple tabulation and the chi-square test of evaluation items (by 2-point scale) of the students’ pharmacy practice

From: Evaluation of pharmacy practice program in the 6-year pharmaceutical education curriculum in Japan: hospital pharmacy practice program

Question

 

2011

2012

χ2 (1)

P

(1) Was a patient assignment system involved in the drug administration guidance which enabled you to take care of the same patients every time?

Yes

236 (49)

521 (59)

13.612

<0.01

No

247 (51)

356 (41)

(2) Did you have a time to have a discussion or a review among students at the training site?

Yes

254 (51)

581 (64)

24.198

<0.01

No

248 (49)

324 (36)

(3) Did you have opportunity to associate with other professionals (doctors, nurses, and others) to have discussions (including all the occasions such as conversation over the phone, communication with the medical team, or a casual daily talk in a ward)?

Yes

373 (75)

632 (70)

3.362

0.07, n.s.

No

127 (25)

273 (30)

(4) Did you have opportunity to associate with other students (medical students, nursing students, and others) to have discussions?

Yes

83 (17)

135 (15)

0.565

0.45, n.s.

No

419 (83)

773 (85)

(5) Did you have any opportunity to have a conference among pharmacists?

Yes

331 (67)

571 (64)

1.087

0.30, n.s.

No

166 (33)

326 (36)

(6) Did you have any opportunity to make a presentation at a conference among pharmacists?

Yes

156 (31)

222 (25)

7.071

<0.01

No

343 (69)

683 (75)

(7) Did you have any opportunity to visit other facilities?

Yes

133 (27)

353 (39)

21.275

<0.01

No

366 (73)

551 (61)

(8) Did you pay any training expense or training cost when you attended a practical work or training at the outside of the training site?

Yes

28 (6)

98 (11)

10.285

<0.01

No

474 (94)

807 (89)

(9) Did you have a time when you felt that you were forced to do simple tasks repeatedly?

Yes

176 (35)

273 (30)

3.288

0.07, n.s.

No

326 (65)

631 (70)

(10) Did you have any trouble with a patient?

Yes

4 (1)

14 (2)

0.898

0.34, n.s.

No

498 (99)

893 (98)

(11) Did you have any trouble with your pharmacist instructor?

Yes

26 (5)

50 (6)

0.023

0.88, n.s.

No

476 (95)

855 (94)

(12) Did you have any trouble among students?

Yes

7 (1)

20 (2)

0.740

0.39, n.s.

No

495 (99)

887 (98)

(13) Did you have any unreasonable occasions that you felt you got a tantrum from a pharmacist or were put the responsibility of a preparation error upon you during the training?

Yes

44 (9)

72 (8)

0.178

0.67, n.s.

No

458 (91)

832 (92)

(14) Did the hospital pharmacy practice program have an influence on your future career?

Yes

361 (72)

631 (71)

0.334

0.56, n.s.

No

139 (28)

263 (29)