Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2454, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hum Resour Health. 2018 Jun 28;16(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12960-018-0294-8.
The economy of Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a major transformation which will have an impact on employment in the pharmacy sector. However, quantitative data characterizing the pharmacy workforce in the Kingdom are currently not available. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the current status of the licensed pharmacy workforce in the pharmacy field in Saudi Arabia.
Descriptive statistics were performed on data from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) as of March 2017.
The labor market for pharmacists in Saudi Arabia is dominated by expatriates. Saudi nationals constitute less than 20% of the pharmacists employed in the Kingdom. The underemployment of Saudis is most evident in the largest sectors of the pharmacy field, namely, private health care establishments, community pharmacies, and pharmaceutical companies.
There is an unmet need to train Saudi citizens as pharmacists and retain them in the workforce. Addressing this issue should become an important objective in Saudi Arabia's Vision for 2030.
沙特阿拉伯的经济目前正在经历重大转型,这将对药剂师行业的就业产生影响。然而,目前还没有描述王国药剂师劳动力的定量数据。因此,本研究的目的是确定沙特阿拉伯药学领域持照药剂师劳动力的现状。
对沙特卫生专业人员委员会(SCFHS)截至 2017 年 3 月的数据进行描述性统计。
沙特阿拉伯的药剂师劳动力市场以外国人为主导。沙特国民在王国雇用的药剂师中不到 20%。在药剂师领域最大的部门,即私营医疗机构、社区药房和制药公司,沙特人的就业不足现象最为明显。
需要培训沙特公民成为药剂师并将其留在劳动力队伍中,这方面存在未满足的需求。解决这个问题应该成为沙特阿拉伯 2030 年愿景的一个重要目标。