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Table 3 Pharmaceutical care in level 4 to 7 nurse curricula in 14 European countries – a) presence in the curriculum and b) preparation to achieve pharmaceutical care competences in clinical practice

From: Cross-sectional evaluation of pharmaceutical care competences in nurse education: how well do curricula prepare students of different educational levels?

Country / State

Students indicating PC as sufficiently present in their curriculum (%)

Students indicating their curriculum as sufficiently preparatory to achieve PC competences in practice (%)

Belgium (n = 112)

18.2

4.5

Czech Republic (n = 12)

18.2

16.7

Germany (n = 32)

6.3

6.3

Greece (n = 57)

19.6

12.3

Hungary (n = 17)

5.9

0.0

Italy (n = 1126)

15.8

14.1

Netherlands (n = 51)

14.3

17.6

Norway (n = 11)

18.2

9.1

Portugal (n = 47)

4.3

8.5

Republic of North Macedonia (n = 56)

14.0

30.4

Slovakia (n = 38)

10.5

10.5

Slovenia (n = 27)

4.2

3.7

Spain (n = 80)

20.0

11.3

UK - England (n = 34)

35.3

28.1

UK – Wales (n = 18)

11.1

15.8

p-value (difference between countries)

0.129

< 0.001

  1. PC pharmaceutical care; p calculated with Chi Squared tests for the difference in % of students indicating PC as present in the curriculum between 14 countries (left column of table) and for the difference in % of students indicating the curriculum as sufficiently preparatory between 14 countries (right column of table)