Table 1 Sociodemographic and other characteristics of the pharmacists with managerial positions in sales and marketing (N = 60)
| Â | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | Â |
Male | 30 (50.0%) |
Female | 30 (50.0%) |
Education level* | Â |
BS Pharmacy | 49 (81.7%) |
PharmD/DPharm | 29 (48.3%) |
Masters | 28 (46.7%) |
PhD | 9 (15.0%) |
Highest degree related to your main field of work | Â |
BS Pharmacy | 24 (40.0%) |
Marketing | 1 (1.7%) |
Master’s degree | 17 (28.3%) |
MBA | 1 (1.7%) |
PharmD/DPharm | 13 (21.7%) |
PhD | 3 (5.0%) |
Residency and medical aesthetics sub specialty | 1 (1.7%) |
Name of university graduated as a pharmacist | Â |
UL | 7 (11.7%) |
USJ | 16 (26.7%) |
AUB | 1 (1.7%) |
BAU | 22 (36.7%) |
LAU | 7 (11.7%) |
LIU | 2 (3.3%) |
Other | 5 (8.2%) |
Name of university earning the highest degree from | Â |
UL | 8 (13.3%) |
USJ | 9 (15.0%) |
AUB | 3 (5.0%) |
BAU | 17 (28.3%) |
LAU | 7 (11.7%) |
Other | 16 (26.7%) |
Language of pharmacy education | Â |
French | 23 (38.3%) |
English | 35 (58.3%) |
Both | 1 (1.7%) |
Other | 1 (1.7%) |
Work location | Â |
Beirut | 39 (65.0%) |
Mont Lebanon | 10 (16.7%) |
North | 4 (6.7%) |
South | 1 (1.7%) |
Beqaa | 1 (1.7%) |
Currently not working | 5 (8.3%) |
Having another field of work | Â |
I do not have another field of work | 46 (76.7%) |
Academia (teaching); Preceptor | 7 (11.7%) |
Managing director | 1 (1.7%) |
Regulatory | 2 (3.4%) |
Research | 3 (5.0%) |
Freelancer | 1 (1.7%) |
|  | Mean ± SD |
Age | 43.30 ± 9.58 |
Number of working days per week | 4.85 ± 1.23 |
Number of working hours per day | 8.60 ± 3.74 |
Year of experience | 11.68 ± 8.86 |
What percentage of these competencies did you learn? | Â |
During your undergraduate studies | 29.50 (23.08) |
During your postgraduate studies | 42.48 (29.75) |
During continuing education sessions | 33.93 (29.02) |
By experience | 68.25 (22.47) |