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Overcoming Past Perceptions and Profession-Wide Identity Crisis to Reflect Pharmacy’s Future

Jamie L. Wagner, Jaclyn Boyle, Cynthia J. Boyle, David Choi, Jordan M. Ballou, Nimish Patel, Adam M. Persky and Daniel R. Malcom
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education November 2021, 8829; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8829
Jamie L. Wagner
aUniversity of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy, Jackson, Mississippi
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Jaclyn Boyle
bNortheast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio
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Cynthia J. Boyle
cUniversity of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland
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David Choi
dUniversity of Chicago Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois
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Jordan M. Ballou
aUniversity of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy, Jackson, Mississippi
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Nimish Patel
eUniversity of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, San Diego, California
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Adam M. Persky
fUniversity of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
gAssociate Editor, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Arlington, Virginia
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Daniel R. Malcom
gAssociate Editor, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Arlington, Virginia
hSullivan University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky
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Abstract

The profession of pharmacy has come to encompass a myriad of identities including apothecary, dispenser, merchandiser, expert advisor, and health care provider. While these have changed over time, the responsibilities and scope of practice have not evolved to keep up with the goals of the profession and level of education of practicing pharmacists in the United States. By assuming both the product-centric and patient-centric responsibilities for the aforementioned names, our true professional identity is unclear, which can be linked to the development and preservation of impostor phenomenon among the profession. For pharmacy to truly move forward, we need a unified definition for the profession by either letting go of past identities or separating these identities from each other through altering our standards within professional degree programs and practice models. Without substantial changes to the way we approach this challenge as a profession, the problems described will only persist and deepen.

Keywords
  • student pharmacists
  • pharmacists
  • impostor phenomenon
  • professional identity
  • Received August 2, 2021.
  • Accepted October 4, 2021.
  • © 2021 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Nov 2021, 8829; DOI: 10.5688/ajpe8829

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Nov 2021, 8829; DOI: 10.5688/ajpe8829
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