Pharmacy students’ perceptions of their profession relative to other health care professions
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Objectives (1) To investigate pharmacy students’ perceptions of 10 occupations within the medical and allied professions: community pharmacists, dentists, dietitians, general medical practitioners (GPs), hospital pharmacists, medical specialists, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and social workers. (2) To explore students’ perceptions of community and hospital pharmacists at different stages of a four-year undergraduate programme and at the year of pre-registration
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