Table 3.

Structural validity of the competencies’ framework (Spearman correlation)

	Domain 0	Domain 1	Domain 2	Domain 3	Domain 4	Domain 5	Domain 6
Domain 0: research and development	1.000	0.366	0.865	0.174	0.114	− 0.237	0.231
p value		0.298	0.001	0.631	0.753	0.510	0.521
Domain 1: pharmaceutical and industrial development	0.366	10.000	0.498	0.287	0.401	0.067	− 0.073
p value	0.298		0.143	0.422	0.250	0.854	0.841
Domain 2: analytical development	0.865	0.498	10.000	0.275	0.483	− 0.079	− 0.085
p value	0.001	0.143		0.442	0.157	0.828	0.815
Domain 3: industrial pharmaceutical production	0.174	0.287	0.275	10.000	0.781	0.675a	− 0.061
p value	0.631	0.422	0.442		0.008	0.032	0.868
Domain 4: quality assurance and control	0.114	0.401	0.483	0.781	10.000	0.554	− 0.320
p value	0.753	0.250	0.157	0.008		0.097	0.367
Domain 5: quality management	− 0.237	0.067	− 0.079	0.675a	0.554	10.000	0.164
p value	0.510	0.854	0.828	0.032	0.097		0.651
Domain 6: pharmacist preparedness and response in emergency situations	0.231	− 0.073	− 0.085	− 0.061	− 0.320	0.164	10.000
p value	0.521	0.841	0.815	0.868	0.367	0.651
Overall competencea	0.511	0.498	0.622	0.875	0.757	0.612	0.091
p value	0.132	0.143	0.055	< 0.001	0.011	0.060	0.803

The bold values indicate that the association is significant (p < 0.05)

^aOverall Cronbach alpha = 0.742