Abstract
Objective: In tis study, it was aimed to evaluate the opinions of pharmacists who are the owners and responsible managers of community pharmacy and pharmacists who graduated after 2018 and were exposed to restrictions on the "Assistant Pharmacy Practices" in the Law No. 6308.
Material and Method: The study was carried out in two stages, for pharmacists who graduated before 2018 and are practicing community pharmacy, and for pharmacists who graduated after 2018. Questionnaire forms created by the researchers were used in both stages. The data were analyzed in the IBM SPSS 21 package program. Data were analyzed with T test, Anova and Post-hoc tests and scores were calculated.
Result and Discussion: In the first stage of the study, 413 community pharmacists were reached, and in the second stage, 395 pharmacists were reached. The rate of those who do not support the assistant pharmacist practices among community pharmacists was found to be 30.8%. 53.0% of this group stated that the application should be improved. In the study, the mean of the pharmacists who graduated after 2018 for the statement "I am satisfied with the current co-pharmacy practice" was found to be the lowest average value of 1.96±1.19 (1 strongly disagree, 5 strongly agree). The high number of pharmacy faculties, the closure of inadequate faculties, the provision of state support for assistant pharmacist practices and the increase in employment were the subjects with high participation rates for both groups participating in the research. It was considered that it would be appropriate to take steps in line with the opinions of all stakeholders in terms of the sustainability and efficiency of the assistant pharmacist practices.