Study of the personal social responsibility constituents of pharmacy specialists

Abstract

The purpose was to study the opinion of the representatives of practical pharmacy on understanding the essence and completeness of the concept definition of "personal social responsibility" (PSR), and the qualities of the character that should be inherent to the responsible pharmacist at the present stage of the pharmaceutical industry development. The materials of the study were results of a sociological survey of pharmacy specialists in 8 regions of Ukraine. On the basis of the questionnaire, 62.2% of specialists understood the PSR as being ready to be responsible for their actions. A total of 30% of respondents have a developed understanding of the concept of "PSR specialist pharmacy", which includes both awareness, readiness, selfcontrol and active social activities, as well as high-quality professional activities, anticipation of its consequences, self-esteem and fear of causing harm to a person. Among the group of qualities that characterize a person's attitude to business, to a chosen profession, leading positions belong to "professionalism", "responsibility for actions and decisions", "devotion to profession". Experts considered that less important qualities are «persistence», «devotion to the company in which the specialist works» and «initiative». Among the qualities that characterize a person's relationship with other people, to the team, the main positions are "patience", "self-control behavior" and "communicability." The lowest rank showed "compassion" and "sensitivity".