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. 2019 Dec 4;19:453. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1883-5

Table 3.

Global satisfaction with the national pre-registration training application process in relation to selection of prospective employers?

Questions Response options Overall, how satisfied were you with the preferencing process?* P values1
Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
nor dissatisfied
Satisfied Very Satisfied Total
Did ‘Community Pharmacy – Medium/Small Independent Multiple’ feature in your programme preferences? No 21 (11%) 31 (16%) 30 (16%) 93 (49%) 15 (8%) 190 (100%) p = 0.002
Yes 18 (17%) 24 (23%) 26 (25%) 32 (30%) 5 (5%) 105 (100%)
Total 39 (13%) 55 (19%) 56 (19%) 125 (42%) 20 (7%) 295 (100%)
Did ‘Community Pharmacy – Large Chain Multiple’ feature in your highest ranked programme preferences i.e. your ‘top ten’? No 26 (11%) 44 (18%) 48 (20%) 110 (45%) 17 (7%) 245 (100%) p = 0.013
Yes 13 (26%) 11 (22%) 8 (16%) 15 (30%) 3 (6%) 50 (100%)
Total 39 (13%) 55 (19%) 56 (19%) 125 (42%) 20 (7%) 295 (100%)
Did you receive a training place offer through Oriel? No 10 (32%) 9 (29%) 3 (10%) 8 (26%) 1 (3%) 31 (100%) p = 0.003
Yes - through clearing 3 (19%) 3 (19%) 4 (25%) 6 (38%) 0 (0%) 16 (100%)
Yes in the first round 26 (10%) 43 (17%) 49 (20%) 111 (45%) 19 (8%) 248 (100%)
Total 39 (13%) 55 (19%) 56 (19%) 125 (42%) 20 (7%) 295 (100%)
Which of your preferenced training places were you offered? 20th + ranked choice 12 (18%) 15 (23 17 (26%) 20 (31%) 1(2%) 65 (100%) p = 0.001
10th to 20th ranked choice 3 (12%) 5 (19%) 3 (12%) 15 (58%) 0 (0%) 26 (100%)
4th to 10th ranked choice 4 (11%) 7 (19%) 7 (19%) 14 (38%) 5 (14%) 37 (100%)
1st to 3rd ranked choice 7 (6%) 16 (13%) 22 (18%) 62 (52%) 13 (11%) 120 (100%)
Total 26 (10%) 43 (17%) 49 (20%) 111 (45%) 19 (8%) 248 (100%)

*Selection of prospective employers was referred to as ‘preferencing’ in the survey questionnaire. 1chi-square test for trend