Relevance of pharmaceutical higher education to the labor market: a study of pharmacists' attitudes

The role and responsibilities of pharmacists are developing and increasingly expanding. University programs need to guide pharmacists into becoming leaders of change. The objective of the following survey is to examine the attitudes among pharmacy graduates as to the level of relevance of their higher education studies to the requirements of the pharmaceutical practices and the labor market.The overwhelming share of the participants in the survey believes higher education training is relevant to pharmaceutical practices. Nevertheless, a mere 6% state that the knowledge, skills and competences acquired in the course of higher education training relate completely to those required in the professional practice