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. 2024 Aug 21;15(3):10.24926/iip.v15i3.6230. doi: 10.24926/iip.v15i3.6230

Table 1.

Demographic Information

  N (%)
Age Total N=190
20-29 years 44 (23)
30-39 years 67 (35)
40-49 years 43 (23)
50-59 years 23 (12)
60-69 years 7 (4)
≥70 years 1 (1)
Prefer not to answer 5 (3)
   
Gender Total N=189
Man 84 (44)
Woman 96 (51)
Non-binary 2 (1)
Prefer not to answer 7 (4)
   
Primary Role Total N=190
Staff pharmacist 95 (50)
Pharmacy manager 65 (34)
Pharmacy owner 23 (12)
Other 5 (3)
Prefer not to answer 2 (1)
   
Years Practiced as a Community Pharmacist Total N=190
0-5 58 (31)
6-10 45 (24)
11-15 36 (19)
16-20 16 (8)
>20 32 (17)
Prefer not to answer 3 (2)
   
Additional training after becoming a licensed pharmacist Total N=195
Yes 108 (55)
No 87 (45)
   
Additional training Total N=201
Injection training 84 (42)
iOAT certification 34 (17)
Certified Diabetes Educator 26 (13)
Compounding certification 24 (12)
Other 10 (5)
Board Certification 6 (3)
Certified Travel Educator 6 (3)
Hospital Pharmacy Residency 5 (2)
Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy Residency 3 (2)
Certified Asthma/COPD Educator 3 (2)
Industry Residency 0 (0)
   
Worked in another province or in the US? Total N=188
Yes 37 (20)
No 151 (80)
   
Geographic area of practice Total N=187
Vancouver Coastal Health 53 (28)
Fraser Health 51 (27)
Interior Health 40 (21)
Island Health 30 (16)
Northern Health 13 (7)
First Nations Health Authority 0 (0)
   
Primary community pharmacy workplace setting* Total N=188
Corporate (e.g., London Drugs, Rexall, Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Safeway, Costco, Loblaws) 74 (39)
Independent 65 (35)
Banner (e.g., Pharmasave, Medicine Shoppe) 47 (25)
Others (please specify) [free form answer] 2 (1)

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; iOAT, injectable opioid agonist treatment.

• Corporate = chain pharmacies operating within large corporate structures; Independent = independently owned and operated; Banner = independently owned but operated under the support of a banner brand