Description of Position Ads for Pharmacy Technicians
Pharmacy technician roles are evolving alongside the changing role of a pharmacist. There is currently no uniform definition of a pharmacy technician’s role in the pharmacy workforce. The objective of this study was to look at the United States-based pharmacy technician advertisement database from P...
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| author | Juanita A. Draime Emily C. Wicker Zachary J. Krauss Joel L. Sweeney Douglas C. Anderson |
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| description | Pharmacy technician roles are evolving alongside the changing role of a pharmacist. There is currently no uniform definition of a pharmacy technician’s role in the pharmacy workforce. The objective of this study was to look at the United States-based pharmacy technician advertisement database from Pharmacy Week to find patterns and commonalities in the duties and qualifications of pharmacy technicians. A retrospective analysis was performed on fourteen days of pharmacy technician job listings from Pharmacy Week from the year 2018. Information obtained from the listings included job title, location, setting, type of job, job duties, and job requirements. Job duties and requirements were coded by themes. Fourteen days of data resulted in 21,007 individual position listings. A majority of the job listings were for full-time positions (96.4%) and most were in the retail setting (96.78%). The most common requirements were registration with State Board, high school diploma, ability to perform tasks, communication, and physical. The most common job duties were general office etiquette, performing tasks under the direct supervision of the pharmacist, and professionalism. This study provides a description of the evolving role of pharmacy technicians through the broad variety in expectations for requirements of pharmacy technician applicants and the duties they perform when hired. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d27b8c51097432b872d190c078d15cc2023-11-20T01:27:32ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872020-05-01828810.3390/pharmacy8020088Description of Position Ads for Pharmacy TechniciansJuanita A. Draime0Emily C. Wicker1Zachary J. Krauss2Joel L. Sweeney3Douglas C. Anderson4Department of Pharmacy Practice, Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, Cedarville, OH 45413, USACedarville University School of Pharmacy, Cedarville, OH 45413, USACedarville University School of Pharmacy, Cedarville, OH 45413, USACedarville University School of Pharmacy, Cedarville, OH 45413, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, Cedarville, OH 45413, USAPharmacy technician roles are evolving alongside the changing role of a pharmacist. There is currently no uniform definition of a pharmacy technician’s role in the pharmacy workforce. The objective of this study was to look at the United States-based pharmacy technician advertisement database from Pharmacy Week to find patterns and commonalities in the duties and qualifications of pharmacy technicians. A retrospective analysis was performed on fourteen days of pharmacy technician job listings from Pharmacy Week from the year 2018. Information obtained from the listings included job title, location, setting, type of job, job duties, and job requirements. Job duties and requirements were coded by themes. Fourteen days of data resulted in 21,007 individual position listings. A majority of the job listings were for full-time positions (96.4%) and most were in the retail setting (96.78%). The most common requirements were registration with State Board, high school diploma, ability to perform tasks, communication, and physical. The most common job duties were general office etiquette, performing tasks under the direct supervision of the pharmacist, and professionalism. This study provides a description of the evolving role of pharmacy technicians through the broad variety in expectations for requirements of pharmacy technician applicants and the duties they perform when hired.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/8/2/88pharmacy techniciantechnician dutiestechnician job requirementstechnician role |
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