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Sustaining Rural Pharmacy Workforce Understanding Key Attributes For Enhanced Retention And Recruitment, Daniel Terry, Blake Peck, Danny Hills, Jaclyn Bishop, Mark Kirschbaum, Kehinde Obamiro, Hoang Phan, Ed Baker, David Schmitz
Sustaining Rural Pharmacy Workforce Understanding Key Attributes For Enhanced Retention And Recruitment, Daniel Terry, Blake Peck, Danny Hills, Jaclyn Bishop, Mark Kirschbaum, Kehinde Obamiro, Hoang Phan, Ed Baker, David Schmitz
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Objective: To pilot the Pharmacist Community Apgar Questionnaire (PharmCAQ) and evaluate its usability and capacity to develop a greater understanding of the unique factors that impact the rural recruitment and retention of pharmacists.
Design: Cross-sectional design involving face-to-face, telephone or video conferencing interviews.
Setting: Twelve rural communities across Tasmania and Western Victoria, Australia.
Participants: Participants (n = 24) included pharmacists, a Director of Clinical Services, pharmacy practice managers and senior pharmacy assistants.
Main Outcome Measures: Interviews enabled the completion of the PharmCAQ, which assigns quantitative values to 50 key factors to ascertain a community's strengths and challenges associated with …