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Gaps and Opportunities for Faculty Workload Policies in Pharmacy and Health Professions Education

Sharon K. Park, Margarita V. DiVall, Kelly C. Lee, Lisa Lebovitz, Surajit Dey and Omar F. Attarabeen
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education April 2022, 9012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe9012
Sharon K. Park
aNotre Dame of Maryland University, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland
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Margarita V. DiVall
bNortheastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Kelly C. Lee
cUniversity of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla, California
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dUniversity of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryl and
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Surajit Dey
eRoseman University of Health Sciences, Henderson, Nevada
fEditorial Board Member, , Arlington, Virginia
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Omar F. Attarabeen
gMarshall University, School of Pharmacy, Huntington, West Virginia
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Abstract

Faculty workload is difficult to delineate and quantify equitably because of the various factors and diverse roles that define faculty positions. This is especially true in the health professions education including pharmacy. Nonetheless, ensuring fair and transparent distribution of faculty workload is necessary for equity and engagement of faculty workforce. While it is impossible to develop a uniform policy for all faculty, there can be a guide for how workload is developed and measured, especially for promotion or awarding of tenure, focusing on equity and transparency. Developing clear definitions of workload, setting mutually agreed expectations, and sharing transparent workload assignments and distribution within the institution may be needed. It is imperative to discuss an optimal policy for equitable and transparent workload in each institution and in academic pharmacy as a whole; a lack of this effort can create undue hardship for faculty, decrease productivity, potentially worsen faculty morale, and ultimately impair faculty retention.

Keywords
  • faculty workload
  • faculty promotion
  • equity
  • workload metrics
  • faculty retention
  • Received December 23, 2021.
  • Accepted April 21, 2022.
  • © 2022 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Apr 2022, 9012; DOI: 10.5688/ajpe9012
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