Table 1 Demographics of survey respondents

Gender (n (%))

 Male

132 (28.6)

12 (23.5)

24 (27.3)

168 (28.0)

 Female

328 (5.3)

39 (76.5)

63 (71.6)

430 (71.5)

 Non-conforming/gender variant

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Prefer not to answer

2 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

3 (0.5)

Age (in years) (n (%))

 18–24

18 (3.9)

39 (76.5)

70 (79.5)

127 (21.1)

 25–34

215 (46.5)

10 (19.6)

12 (13.6)

237 (39.4)

 35–44

101 (21.9)

1 (2.0)

4 (4.5)

106 (17.6)

 45–54

61 (13.2)

1 (2.0)

1 (1.1)

63 (10.5)

 55–64

47 (10.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

47 (7.8)

 65 + 

18 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

18 (3.0)

 Prefer not to answer

2 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

3 (0.5)

 None of the above

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

State of workplace/study (n (%))

 New South Wales

85 (18.4)

6 (11.8)

13 (14.8)

104 (17.3)

 Victoria

118 (25.5)

9 (17.6)

19 (21.6)

146 (24.3)

 Queensland

54 (11.7)

11 (21.6)

19 (21.6)

84 (14.0)

 South Australia

46 (10.0)

10 (19.6)

12 (13.6)

68 (11.3)

 Western Australia

127 (27.5)

7 (13.7)

18 (20.5)

152 (25.3)

 Northern Territory

5 (1.1)

2 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

7 (1.2)

 Australian Capital Territory

10 (2.2)

3 (5.9)

3 (3.4)

16 (2.7)

 Tasmania

12 (2.6)

3 (5.9)

3 (3.4)

18 (3.0)

 Prefer not to answer

4 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

5 (0.8)

Currently member of any pharmacy organisations (n (%))*

 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

233 (50.4)

34 (66.7)

80 (90.9)

347 (57.7)

 Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia

126 (27.3)

15 (29.4)

54 (61.4)

195 (32.4)

 Pharmacy Guild of Australia

93 (20.1)

9 (17.6)

26 (29.5)

128 (21.3)

 Professional Pharmacists Australia

49 (10.6)

6 (11.7)

4 (4.5)

59 (9.8)

 National Australian Pharmacy Student Association (NAPSA)

11 (2.4)

9 (17.6)

43 (48.9)

63 (10.5)

 International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

12 (2.6)

3 (5.9)

2 (2.3)

17 (2.8)

 None of the above^#

88 (19.0)

7 (13.7)

4 (4.5)

99 (16.5)

 Prefer not to answer^#

5 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (0.8)

 Other

43 (9.3)

1 (2.0)

2 (2.3)

46 (7.7)

Pharmacist principal role (n (%))

 Community pharmacy, owner

48 (10.4)

–

–

–

 Community pharmacy, employee

209 (45.2)

–

–

–

 Hospital pharmacy

110 (23.8)

–

–

–

 Academia

25 (5.4)

–

–

–

 Consultant

33 (7.14)

–

–

–

 Industry

8 (1.7)

–

–

–

 Prefer not to answer

3 (0.7)

–

–

–

 Other

26 (5.6)

–

–

–

Intern pharmacist principal place of practice (n (%))

 Community Pharmacy

–

30 (58.8)

–

–

 Hospital Pharmacy

–

19 (37.3)

–

–

 Industry

–

0 (0.0)

–

–

 Prefer not to answer

–

0 (0.0)

–

–

 Other

–

2 (3.9)

–

–

Pharmacist years registered (n (%))

–

–

 0–2

56 (12.1)

–

–

–

 3–5

77 (16.7)

–

–

–

 6–10

114 (24.7)

–

–

–

 11–20

108 (23.4)

–

–

–

 21–30

41 (8.9)

–

–

–

 > 31

66 (14.3)

–

–

–

Current medication management review accreditation (n (%))

 Yes

95 (20.6)

–

–

–

 No

366 (79.2)

–

–

–

 Prefer not to answer

1 (0.2)

–

–

–

How often have they worked as a sole pharmacist in the last 12 months (n (%))

 Never

90 (19.5)

–

–

–

 Rarely

115 (24.9)

–

–

–

 Sometimes

60 (13.0)

–

–

–

 Often

86 (18.6)

–

–

–

 Always

103 (22.3)

–

–

–

 Prefer not to answer

8 (1.7)

–

–

–

Modified Monash Model Category for current practice location (n (%))

 MM 1—Metropolitan

320 (69.3)

32 (62.8)

–

–

 MM 2—Regional

41 (8.9)

6 (11.7)

–

–

 MM 3—Large rural town

29 (6.3)

4 (7.8)

–

–

 MM 4—Medium rural town

8 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

–

–

 MM 5—Small rural town

44 (9.6)

6 (11.8)

–

–

 MM 6—Remote community

7 (1.5)

2 (3.9)

–

–

 MM 7—Very remote community

9 (2.0)

1 (2.0)

–

–

 Prefer not to answer

4 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

–

–