Owusu-Daaku Frances, Smith Felicity, Shah Rita
Department of Clinical and Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
Pharm World Sci. 2008 Oct;30(5):577-83. doi: 10.1007/s11096-008-9214-7. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
A lack of skilled health professionals, and net migration from developing to more developed countries, are widely recognised as barriers to the delivery of effective health care. However, few studies have investigated this issue from the perspective of pharmacists, although they are increasingly viewed as a potentially valuable and underexploited health care resource. The objectives of this study were to examine the professional aspirations and perceived opportunities of final year pharmacy students in a developing country; and consider what developments may encourage them to remain in, and contribute to, health care in their home country.
Final year pharmacy students from the Faculty of Pharmacy, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, were randomly selected and invited to participate in in-depth interviews. These were audio-recorded (with permission of respondents) and transcribed verbatim to enable a qualitative analysis.
professional aspirations, and perceived opportunities and barriers to their achievement in Ghana and abroad. Results Participants viewed themselves, and wished to be viewed by others, as health professionals. They described a commitment to applying their clinical knowledge and to education beyond their first degree. However, they identified significant barriers to the achievement of professional aspirations in Ghana, which would diminish their opportunities to contribute to health care. Whilst most students expressed the expectation or desire to travel at some point, usually early, in their career, they all demonstrated a commitment to their country and stated a wish to return.
Overall the study highlighted prospective pharmacists in Ghana as ambitious, committed potential health professionals. The study indicates that a lack of attention by policy makers and professional bodies to ways of exploiting the contribution of pharmacists to public health, may represent a lost potential human resource for health in developing countries.
缺乏专业的卫生专业人员以及从发展中国家向更发达国家的净移民，被广泛认为是提供有效医疗保健的障碍。然而，尽管药剂师越来越被视为一种潜在的宝贵且未得到充分利用的医疗保健资源，但很少有研究从药剂师的角度调查这个问题。本研究的目的是考察一个发展中国家最后一年药学专业学生的职业抱负和感知到的机会；并思考哪些发展可能会鼓励他们留在本国并为医疗保健事业做出贡献。
从加纳库马西夸梅·恩克鲁玛科技大学药学院随机挑选最后一年的药学专业学生，并邀请他们参加深入访谈。这些访谈进行了录音（经受访者许可）并逐字转录，以便进行定性分析。
职业抱负以及在加纳国内外实现这些抱负所感知到的机会和障碍。结果 参与者将自己视为并希望被他人视为卫生专业人员。他们表示致力于应用临床知识并在本科以上继续接受教育。然而，他们指出在加纳实现职业抱负存在重大障碍，这将减少他们为医疗保健事业做出贡献所获得的机会。虽然大多数学生表示期望或渴望在职业生涯的某个阶段（通常是早期）出国，但他们都表达了对国家的承诺并表示希望回国。
总体而言，该研究凸显了加纳未来的药剂师是有抱负、有奉献精神的潜在卫生专业人员。该研究表明，政策制定者和专业机构缺乏对利用药剂师对公共卫生贡献方式的关注，这可能意味着发展中国家在卫生方面失去了潜在的人力资源。
