This project sought to understand current attitudes and perceptions of licensed pharmacists in the state of Utah to the existing occupational licensing standards which govern our profession. Qualitative feedback was gathered from Utah licensed pharmacists for a period of one month

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Q14 “What concerns do you have, or comments would you like to share about pharmacist licensure in the state of Utah?” Utah pharmacists’ qualitative feedback regarding licensure standardsRebecca Howard, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2024; Jessie Parker, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2024; Andrew Holick, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2024; Erin Johanson, MEd, EdD  Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of PharmacyMethodsLicensing models within the profession of pharmacyvary from state to state as to renewal period, internhours for competency, and continuing educationmodels. Universal licensure has been a recent pushfor pharmacists, with initiatives like NABP’smultistate licensure resolution.1 The purpose of thisstudy was to examine the attitudes and perceptionsof licensed Utah pharmacists regarding pharmacistlicensure.Disclosures & Contact InformationRoseman University Institutional Review Board (IRB) exemption.The authors have nothing to disclose concerning possible financial or personal relationships with commercial entities that may have a direct or indirect interest in the subject matter of this presentation.For more information, email rhoward105@student.roseman.eduand  ejohanson@roseman.eduExisting literature was void of qualitative data from pharmacists about licensure standards. Qualitative feedback data showed that 60.3% of respondents had concerns/perceptions about licensing standards versus 39.7% with no concerns/perceptions. This project’s largest limitation was only including commentary from pharmacists licensed in Utah. Another limitation was the wording on Q15 which introduced too many ideas, resulting in inconsistent data and increase in sub-categories. Future expansion of data collection nationwide would lend strength to the trends established by this study and provide a basis for a national conversation on licensing standards.• 15 question Qualtrics® XM survey created to collect demographic information, attitudes and perceptions about pharmacist licensure. Survey sent electronically to 4154 Utah pharmacists over 1 month period.• 2 open-ended questions permitted qualitative feedback• Quantitative feedback responses reported separately. Analysis of qualitative responses was conducted by multiple investigators using color-coding, independent theme identification, and Microsoft® Excel®. All data analysis used descriptive statistics.Additional Information & ReferencesPlease scan here for more information and a complete list of references.• Surveys were completed by 972 licensed pharmacists, 23% of all Utah pharmacists• The survey instrument recorded 824 responses for both qualitative feedback questions• Feedback identified for both questions included those respondents with concerns/perceptions around licensure (60.3%), and those without (39.7%). [Fig. 1] • Of total respondents (n=824) concerns/perceptions included themes of desire for national standards (216, 26%), feedback around Continuing Education (CE) (124, 15%), renewal periods (63, 7.6%), MPJE/law (44, 5.3%), and costs (40, 4.9%). [Fig. 2] • Sub-categories within themes differed for each question and some qualitative feedback included multiple themes or sub-categories. [Table 1, Table 2]Results ConclusionObjectiveQ15 “What are your perceptions of states having variations in intern hours, renewal periods, and continuing education requirements for pharmacist licensure?”60.3%39.7%

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Utah pharmacists’ qualitative feedback regarding licensure standards.

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