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EXPLORING THE OPINION ABOUT JOB SATISFACTION, LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AMONG ROMANIAN PHARMACISTS

IOAN ANTOFIE 1, MAGDALENA IORGA 2,3*, LAVINIA-MARIA POP 3, MOHAMMAD JARADAT-HADI 1

1Faculty of Economics, “Valahia” University of Târgoviște, 13 Sinaia Street, 130004, Târgoviște, Romania
2Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, 16Universității Street, 700115, Iași,
Romania
3Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Carol Boulevard, 700506, Iași, Romania

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The pharmacist’s profession has faced great challenges in recent decades. Academic training and continuing education have to cover the multitude of pharmacists’ responsibilities. The current study aimed to identify the opinions of pharmacists from various areas of activity fields (hospitals, pharmaceutical chains, laboratories, or community pharmacies) regarding the profession of pharmacist, job satisfaction and willingness to attend training courses. A total of 481 respondents were included in the study. The research collected socio-demographic, medical, professional and institutional data. It was found that pharmacists were least satisfied with the salary level and most satisfied with their relationships with colleagues. Moreover, almost half of the pharmacists took communication courses, and almost a third completed leadership courses. Half of the respondents were in management positions. The pharmacy profession needs to be continuously supported by laws with impact at both professional and organisational level, in order to increase pharmacists’ satisfaction regarding profession and workplace.