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More than 80% of preregistration trainees pick hospital pharmacy as first choice for training, study finds
Researchers have warned that community pharmacy risks being seen as a “leftover” opportunity for preregistration training, as 84% of pharmacy students chose hospital pharmacy as their first choice for placements.
In the study published in International Journal of Pharmacy Practice researchers from Health Education England (HEE) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society found that 83.9% (2,182) of the 2,694 pharmacy students in the study put hospital as their first choice for training during the 2017/2018 preregistration recruitment scheme, compared with 16.1% (418) who opted for community programme.
Placements in urban areas, particularly in London, were most popular, with 81% (n=2,171) selecting at least one London-based programme, the results showed.
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