Romanian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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INTERNSHIPS AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF PHARMACISTS IN ROMANIA

CĂTĂLINA LILIANA ANDREI 1, DRAGOȘ FLORIAN CIOLAN 2*, ANDREEA MIRICĂ 3, IULIA ELENA TOMA 3, DOINA DRĂGĂNESCU 4, FLAVIAN ȘTEFAN RĂDULESCU 2

1.“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Cardiology and Thoracic Pathology, Bucharest, Romania
2.“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Center for Drug Sciences (CedS), Bucharest, Romania
3.Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics, Statistics and Econometrics Department, Bucharest, Romania
4.“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Physics and Informatics, Bucharest, Romania

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The pharmacy profession in Romania has undergone several structural transformations. The role of pharmacists has changed and there are many career possibilities. In this context, students must prepare themselves as well as possible in order to make the transition from school to work. Internships play a crucial role in this process. This paper analyses students’ perception with regard to internships and proposes an instrument for an in-depth examination of such activities. The analysis was performed using the multinomial regression technique.