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J A Bourret

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PubMed1987

Job characteristics and satisfaction of pharmacy technicians.

Perceptions of job characteristics and job satisfaction of central-area technicians and drug-administration technicians at The Ohio State University Hospitals were analyzed. A questionnaire was administered to 79 pharmacy drug-administration technicians; 44 central-area technicians; 10 pharmacy residents, who served as objective raters (5 in the central area and 5 in the decentral area); 13 central-area pharmacists; and 17 decentral-area pharmacists. Perceived job characteristics were measured with the Job Characteristics Inventory; job satisfaction was measured by the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. The two groups of technicians differed significantly in their perceptions of task identity, task significance, and dealing with others. Significantly greater autonomy in technicians' jobs was perceived to exist by pharmacists and raters in both areas than by technicians. Significantly greater task identity was perceived by the central-area technicians than by their raters, and significantly greater task importance was perceived by both groups of technicians than by their pharmacists and raters. Friendship opportunities were perceived to exist to a significantly greater degree by decentral pharmacists and raters than by the drug-administration technicians. In the institution studied, both central-area and drug-administration technicians tended to be dissatisfied with their jobs. Central-area technicians' satisfaction was influenced most by the technicians' relationships with their supervisors and the feelings of accomplishment they gained. Drug-administration technicians were most satisfied if they believed they had opportunities to use their abilities. Efforts to increase job satisfaction among pharmacy technicians should focus on increasing feedback and task identity.

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PubMed1986

Activity analysis of pharmacy-directed drug-administration technicians.

The percentage of time required by drug-administration technicians to perform predefined activities was determined using a work-sampling technique. Two trained pharmacists used random-sampling techniques to estimate the amount of time technicians spent performing activities in each of four major work categories. These categories, which included drug administration and related activities, clerical, communication, and "other," were divided into 24 activity elements, and technicians were randomly observed during the first or second work shift (8 1/2 hours) for 20 days in a one-month period. Drug-administration technicians spent the most time in the drug administration and related activities category (40.4 +/- 2.5%), followed by "other" (24.1 +/- 2.2%), communication (17.9 +/- 2.0%), and clerical (17.6 +/- 2.0%) activities. In the "other" category, technicians were not observed 11.6 +/- 1.7% of the time, but this was expected since the technicians were granted a 30-minute lunch period and two 15-minute breaks. A work-sampling technique was effective in quantifying activities performed by drug-administration technicians.

Medication Systems, Hospital↗
PubMed1986

Costs of training drug-administration technicians.

The costs associated with training drug-administration pharmacy technicians in a 1000-bed university teaching hospital were determined. Data were collected between January 1 and December 31, 1983, for the personnel acquisition phase and four training phases of the technician training program. The study phases were further divided into direct and indirect costs. The pharmacy department interviewed 56 applicants for the training program, of which 19 were accepted; 15 of the 19 (79%) trainees successfully completed the program and were hired. Four nine-week training sessions were conducted. The cost per training hour was $15.69, the cost per trainee was $5,683, and the total training cost of the program was $85,245. Although these cost data are specific to this hospital, they may assist other hospitals in the financial management of pharmacy technician training programs.

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PubMed1982

Cost justifying a pharmacy residency program.

Cost justification of a pharmacy residency training program was prepared. The contributions of the pharmacy residents were tabulated and compared with the cost of the program to the hospital. Contributions were determined by identifying the activities performed by residents that could be quantified in financial terms. The residents' activities that benefited the hospital included administrative support, completion of special projects, scheduling staff assignments, and coordinating education programs. Costs were derived from salaries, fringe benefits, and training expense. An output value analysis was performed by comparing the contributions of the residents to the institution with the cost of the training program. The contributions of the residents exceeded the costs of the training program by a ratio of 1.3 to 1.

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PubMed1969

Fungal endogenous rhythms expressed by spiral figures.

Culture zonations in two fungi, Nectria cinnabarina and Penicillium diversum, are expressions of endogenous rhythms. These culture zonations may take the form of either concentric rings or Archimedes' spirals. The rhythm in N. cinnabarina is noncircadian. The rhythm in P. diversum is relatively insensitive to temperature and has a period of approximately 24 hours. The lack of a demonstrable mechanism for phase shifting suggests that this rhythm may also be noncircadian.

Ascomycota↗