Rationale for Community Pharmacy Manpower Migration in Chiang Mai: A Qualitative Study
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Objective: To understand the rationale for manpower migration among community pharmacists, pull and push factors for migration in and out of their professional practice in community pharmacies at Chiang Mai. Methods: This qualitative research used in-depth Interviews to collect data from 21 pharmacists who had experience in working at a drugstore located in Muang district and nearby districts in Chiang Mai. The informants were selected by purposive and snowball sampling from those graduating within 10 years. Data were collected between June 2019 and February 2020, and analyzed by thematic analysis. Results: Migration in and out of community pharmacies was related to several factors including 1) Personal factors or reasons related to family issues and personality such as concern about their responsibilities to their family, desire to own a business, and their personal characteristics, 2) Job characteristics in pharmacies including being confident in providing care to customers with uncomplicated conditions, autonomy and pay led to the migration into pharmacies. On the other hand, uncertainty of the work schedule led some pharmacists to quit this job, as well, and 3) Factors related to professional experience during their internship that inspired them to practice in a community pharmacy. Conclusions: Personal and family factors, job characteristics in community pharmacy, and experiences in professional work and internship were all relevant to the decision of pharmacists regarding job migration in community pharmacies. These data were useful for pharmacist manpower planning and policy setting to motivate and sustain pharmacists in community pharmacies in order to continuously improve services in community pharmacies.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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