Clinical and Health, Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, School of Allied Health University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Int J Pharm Pract. 2023 May 7;31(3):328-336. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad012.
Pharmacists' response to practice change tends to range from apprehension to excitement. It is unknown if these varying responses are related to differing personality traits. This study aimed to describe the personality traits of Australian pharmacists, pharmacist interns and pharmacy students and any potential associations with their career satisfaction and/or outlook.
Australian pharmacy students, pre-registration and registered pharmacists were eligible to participate in the cross-sectional online survey that consisted of participant demographics, personality traits (using a reliable validated instrument, the Big Five Inventory) and career outlook statements (three optimistic and three pessimistic statements). Data were analysed descriptively and using linear regression.
The 546 respondents scored highly for agreeableness (4.0 ± 0.6) and conscientiousness (4.0 ± 0.6) and lowest in neuroticism (2.8 ± 0.8)). Pessimistic career outlook statements were predominantly neutral or disagreement, in contrast to the responses to the optimistic outlook statements that were predominantly neutral or agreement. Just over half (198 out of 368, 53%) of the registered pharmacists stated that they intended to practice in the profession for more than 10 years. For pharmacists, age had significant positive associations with the three optimistic career outlook statements and significant inverse relationships with three pessimistic career outlook statements. Neuroticism had significant inverse associations with optimistic statements and positive relationships with pessimistic statements.
All demographics tested was overall optimistic about the pharmacy profession with pharmacists scoring highly in agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness.
药剂师对实践变革的反应范围从担忧到兴奋不等。目前尚不清楚这些不同的反应是否与不同的个性特征有关。本研究旨在描述澳大利亚药剂师、实习药剂师和药学学生的个性特征，以及他们的职业满意度和/或前景是否存在任何潜在关联。
符合条件的澳大利亚药学学生、预注册药剂师和注册药剂师均可参与横断面在线调查，调查内容包括参与者的人口统计学资料、个性特征（使用可靠的经过验证的工具，即大五人格量表）和职业前景陈述（三个乐观陈述和三个悲观陈述）。数据采用描述性和线性回归分析进行分析。
546 名受访者在宜人性（4.0±0.6）和尽责性（4.0±0.6）方面得分较高，在神经质（2.8±0.8）方面得分较低。悲观的职业前景陈述主要是中立或不同意，而乐观的职业前景陈述则主要是中立或同意。在 368 名注册药剂师中，有超过一半（198 名，53%）表示他们打算在该行业执业超过 10 年。对于药剂师而言，年龄与三个乐观的职业前景陈述呈显著正相关，与三个悲观的职业前景陈述呈显著负相关。神经质与乐观陈述呈显著负相关，与悲观陈述呈显著正相关。
所有受测人群对药学专业总体持乐观态度，药剂师在宜人性、尽责性和开放性方面得分较高。
