Planting Faculty Seed

Variables Impacting an Academic Pharmacy Career Choice

“…Sample findings from the literature review included career counseling, mentors, salary, job security, position autonomy, and prior participation in teaching certificate programs. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] A complete listing of the factors identified through the literature search are presented in Table 1. Using this information as a starting point, an online survey instrument was created in SurveyMonkey to distinguish recruiting groups and ascertain their key deterrents or motivators in choosing or considering an academic pharmacy career.…”

“…[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The review focused on pharmacy student and pharmacist career aspirations, student academic rotations, student mentoring, academic pharmacy career pathways and opportunities, pharmacy residency teaching certificate programs, academic pharmacy employment requirements, faculty development programs, and other related pharmacy faculty workforce issues. Two databases were searched encompassing 36 years (OVID: 1970-July 2006; ERIC: 1986-September 2006).…”

“…While numerous studies have been conducted on pharmacy career paths, faculty morale, and general pharmacy student career stastitics, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] a review of the literature indicated that a large-scale research study of the motivations and deterrrants of an academic pharmacy career had not been conducted. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to identify the motivating or deterring variables associated with considering a career in academic pharmacy among final-year pharmacy students, residents, and clinical practitioners; these variables also were examined among pharmacy faculty members.…”

Factors Influencing the Pharmacy Faculty Workforce

“…To prepare this list, Task Force members participated in 3 activities: first, we performed an ''environmental scan'' to identify contemporary workforce issues; second, we reviewed the previous works cited earlier, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and third, we presented our preliminary findings to the AACP's COD and COF members during forums conducted at the 2006 AACP Annual Meeting in San Diego and also at the 2007 Interim Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. During and following these sessions, Task Force members received valuable comments from association members that were eventually incorporated into the list.…”

“…Numerous individuals [1][2][3] and groups within AACP [4][5][6][7][8] have studied this issue and have identified key areas regarding the recruitment and retention of faculty members across all disciplines. The urgency of the situation has been articulated in a series of articles that discussed key factors such as increased faculty retirements, 9 increased non-academic salaries that steer potential faculty members into non-academic careers, 10 decreased numbers of professional students entering graduate education, 11 and increased opportunities for faculty members outside the academy. 12 To continue the exploration of contemporary faculty workforce issues, the Council of Faculties (COF) and the Council of Deans (COD) within AACP formed the Task Force on Faculty Workforce in 2005.…”