@article {138, title = {Analysis of Pharmacy Practice Factors on Pharmacy Career Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biomedical Reports}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {August 2019}, pages = {113-118}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {113}, abstract = {

Purpose: To explore analysis of pharmacy practice factors on pharmacist career satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross section survey of analysis of pharmacy services factors on pharmacist career satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of 44 questions divided into twopart demographic information and the second part was the questions about pharmacy services units of pharmacy job. It included pharmacy management structure, dispensing and patient education, clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy technology, pharmacy store and overall job satisfaction. The 5-points Likert response scale system closed and ended questions were used. The survey was made as an electronic format and it analyzed through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were 242. The gender distribution 169 (70.7\%) was male and 70 (29.3\%) was female. The majority of them 202 (84.2\%) were in age group (20-39) years. The average pharmacist satisfaction score of pharmacy management structure was (3.07), clinical pharmacy activities was (3.08). The average pharmacist satisfaction of pharmacy informatics was (2.78) and patient counselling satisfaction was (3.83). The average pharmacist satisfaction score of pharmacy store factors were (2.87) and the overall job satisfaction was (3.61). Conclusion: The low level of pharmacy services with an emphasis on information technology and pharmacy inventory management affected pharmacist job satisfaction. Those factors increase pharmacist workload and dissatisfactory in pharmacy job.

}, keywords = {Career, Factors, Job, Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Practice, Satisfaction, Saudi Arabia}, doi = {10.5530/PTB.2019.5.21}, author = {Yousef Ahmed Alomi and Faiz A. Bahadig Rph and Budoor Emad Aloumi and Reem Saad Alsubaie and Bayan Ibrahim Alghuraybi} } @article {144, title = {Factors of Pharmacy Practice on Pharmacy Technician Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biomedical Reports}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {August 2019}, pages = {145-150}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {145}, abstract = {

Purpose: To explore the Pharmacy practice factors on pharmacy technician job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-section survey of the stress factors impact of pharmacy technician job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of 35 questions divided into two-part demographic information and the second part consisted of three parts. Part one was about stress-related factors of pharmacy job. It included pharmacy management policies, pharmacy stress factors, pharmacy personal time, salary and benefits, pharmacy motivation factors. Part two included the questions about pharmacy services units of pharmacy job. It included pharmacy management structure, dispersing and patient education, clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy technology, pharmacy store and overall job satisfaction. Part three questions consisted of communication and relationships factors of pharmacy technician job. It included pharmacy supervisors, relationship with coworkers and pharmacist interaction with other healthcare providers, customer interaction and overall job satisfaction. The questionnaire was made as an electronic format and it analyzed through survey monkey system about part one about pharmacy services units of pharmacy technician job. Results: The total responders were 96. The gender distribution 83 (86.46\%) were males and 13 (13.54\%) were females. The majority of them 86 (89.58\%) were in age group (20-39 years). The average pharmacy technician satisfaction score of pharmacy management structure was (3.14), clinical pharmacy technician activities was (3.16), pharmacy technician satisfaction of pharmacy informatics was (2.76), pharmacy technician satisfaction score of pharmacy store factors were (2.87) and the overall job satisfaction was (3.62). The finding showed for factor there are no significant differences between male or female and social status married or single, experiences of current position and the most of salary income for all pharmacy services elements satisfaction (p\>0.5). Conclusion: The pharmacy services with an emphasis on information technology and pharmacy inventory management affected negatively to the pharmacy technician job satisfaction. All pharmacy services satisfactions should be corrected to improve the pharmacy technician in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

}, keywords = {Factors, Job, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Technicians, Practice, Satisfaction, Saudi Arabia}, doi = {10.5530/PTB.2019.5.27}, author = {Yousef Ahmed Alomi and Faiz A. Bahadig Rph and Bayan Ibrahim Alghuraybi and Budoor Emad Aloumi and Reem Saad Alsubaie} } @article {143, title = {Pharmacy Technician Job Satisfaction with Communication and Relationships Factors in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biomedical Reports}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {August 2019}, pages = {140-144}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {140}, abstract = {

Purpose: To explore the Pharmacy technician job satisfaction with Communication and relationships factors in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-section survey of the stress factors impacting pharmacy technician job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of 35 questions divided into two-part demographic information and the second part consisted of three parts. Part one was about stress-related factors of pharmacy job. Part two included the questions about pharmacy services units of pharmacy job. Part three questions about communication and relationships factors of pharmacy technician job. In addition, overall job satisfaction. The questionnaire made as an electronic format and it was analyzed through survey monkey system about part three communication and relationships factors of pharmacy technician job. Results: The total responders were 96. The gender distribution 83 (86.46\%) was male and 13 (13.54\%) was female. The majority of them 86 (89.58 \%) were in age group (20-39) years. The average satisfaction score of pharmacy supervisors{\textquoteright} factors was (3.175), pharmacy technician interaction with other healthcare providers{\textquoteright} factors was (3.38). While the customer interaction was (3.45) the pharmacy technician relationship with coworkers was (3.85). Most of the pharmacy technician found the challenges at their job were (79.2\%). Some responders wished to change their pharmacy career (60\%) previously while (78\%) liked to stay in the pharmacy field. The overall job satisfaction scores were (3.62). Conclusion: Most of the pharmacy technicians were not satisfied with their job because the supervisor was not supportive and as they faced challenges in their work. Management tool to all pharmacy staff including the supervisors and pharmacy technician in the culture work is highly recommended at healthcare institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

}, keywords = {Communication, Factors, Job satisfaction, pharmacy technician, Relationships, Saudi Arabia}, doi = {10.5530/PTB.2019.5.26}, author = {Yousef Ahmed Alomi and Faiz A. Bahadig Rph and Reem Saad Alsubaie and Bayan Ibrahim Alghuraybi and Budoor Emad Aloumi} } @article {136, title = {Stress Factors Impact on Pharmacist Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {PTB Reports}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {August 2019}, pages = {102-107}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {102}, abstract = {

Purpose: To explore the stress factors impact of pharmacist job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross section survey of the stress factors impact of pharmacist job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of 44 questions divided into two-part demographic information and the second part was the questions about stress related factors of pharmacy job. It included pharmacy management policies, pharmacy stress factors, pharmacy personal time, salary and benefits, pharmacy motivation factors, overall job satisfaction. The 5-points Likert response scale system closed ended questions were used. Results: The total responders were 242. Of those 214 (91.8 \%) was Saudi and 33 (8.2\%) was non-Saudi. The gender distribution 169 (70.7\%) 55.8\%) was male and 70 (29.3\%) was female. The average pharmacist satisfaction score of pharmacy management policies factors was (3.53), personal pharmacy time was (3.14) and salary and benefits were (2.45) as explored in Table 4. The average score of pharmacy stress factors were (3.86) and the overall job satisfaction was (3.61) as explored in Table 5. The most pharmacy motivation factors found were the financial reward and salary advancement was 201 (87.01\%), followed by the time needed for education and training was 144 (62.3\%) and flexibility in work scheduling was 136 (58.87\%) as explored in Table 6. Conclusion: The majority of pharmacists suffered from pharmacy salary and benefits and time demand for development and education. Those factors were essential of motivation factors related to the pharmacy job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia.

}, keywords = {Factors, Job, Pharmacy, Satisfaction, Saudi Arabia, Stress}, doi = {10.5530/PTB.2019.5.19}, author = {Yousef Ahmed Alomi and Faiz A. Bahadig Rph and Khurram Shahzad and Saima Qaism and Budoor Emad Aloumi and Bayan Ibrahim Alghuraybi and Reem Saad Alsubaie} } @article {142, title = {Stress Factors on Pharmacy Technician Personal Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biomedical Reports}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {August 2019}, pages = {135-139}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {135}, abstract = {

Purpose: To explore the Stress factors on pharmacy technician personal satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-section survey of the stress factors impact of pharmacy technician job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of 35 questions divided into two-part demographic information and the second part consisted of three parts. Part one was about stress-related factors of pharmacy job. Part two included the questions about pharmacy services units of pharmacy job. Part three questions about communication and relationships factors of pharmacy technician job and overall job satisfaction. The questionnaire was made as an electronic format and it was analyzed through survey monkey system about part one that was about stress-related factors of pharmacy technician job. Results: The total responders were 96. The gender distribution 83 (86.46\%) were males and 13 (13.54\%) were females. The majority of them 86 (89.58\%) were in age group (20-39 years). The average pharmacy technician satisfaction score of pharmacy management policies factors was (3.61), personal pharmacy time was (3.14) and salary and benefits were (2.51). The average score of pharmacy stress factors were (4.03) and the overall job satisfaction was (3.62). The most pharmacy technician motivation factors found were the financial reward and salary advancement was 84 (89.36\%) and the flexibility in work scheduling was 63 (67.02\%) followed by the Funds to support additional education and training 61 (64.89\%) and the time needed for education and training was 61 (64.89\%). Conclusion: There are high job stress factors with inadequate pharmacy salary affected negatively pharmacy technician satisfaction in the pharmacy practice. Those factors very essential related motivation factors on pharmacy technician at healthcare institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

}, keywords = {Factors, Job, personal, pharmacy technician, Satisfaction, Saudi Arabia, Stress}, doi = {10.5530/PTB.2019.5.25}, author = {Yousef Ahmed Alomi and Faiz A. Bahadig Rph and Budoor Emad Aloumi and Bayan Ibrahim Alghuraybi and Reem Saad Alsubaie} }