Doctor of pharmacy as a career option: a cross-sectional study exploring PharmD students and practitioners expectations in Jordan.

Objective: This study aimed to (1) investigate the expectations and preferences of PharmD students and practitioners regarding their role in the health care system, and (2) to contrast those expectations and preferences of PharmD practitioners with real-life practice in Jordan.

Methods: Two cross-sectional descriptive questionnaires were used to collect data from PharmD students and PharmD practitioners in Jordan. A total number of 330 students and 280 practitioners were interviewed.

Validation of the Arabic Version of the Health Literacy (HLS-Q12) Questionnaire in chronically ill patients.

Health literacy (HL) is an essential component of public health. Few tools are used to measure HL in Arabic-speaking countries, essentially the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults and the Single Item Literacy Screener. The new 12-item version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-Q12), has not been validated in the Arabic language.

The untold story of the COVID-19 pandemic: perceptions and views towards social stigma and bullying in the shadow of COVID-19 illness in Jordan.

Stigmatization towards COVID-19 patients can lead to negative outcomes like social exclusion and bullying, and it may hinder the willingness of people to undergo testing. This study aimed to measure and explore the perception of stigmatization and bullying towards COVID-19 patients in Jordan. This was a web-based cross-sectional survey.

Data privacy and confidentiality from the perspectives of general public and health care providers in Jordan.

Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about the right to privacy and confidentiality from the viewpoints of the general public (GP) and the health system (HS) professionals in Jordan.

Methods: An online-based cross-sectional descriptive questionnaire was distributed across Jordan during May & June of 2020. A total number of 388 respondents filled in the online survey assessing their knowledge, attitude, and opinion about the right to privacy and confidentiality being practiced during the professional contact between the patients and their health care providers.

Quantitative analysis of single best answer multiple choice questions in pharmaceutics.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to: (1) analyze the quality of single best answer multiple choice questions (MCQs) used in pharmaceutics exams, (2) identify the correlation between difficulty index (DIF I), discriminating index (DI), and distractor efficiency (DE), and (3) understand the relationship between DIF I, DI, and DE and the number of MCQ answer options and their cognitive level.

Methods: 429 MCQs used in pharmaceutics exams were analyzed. The quality of the MCQs was evaluated using DIF I, DI, and DE.