PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shane Pruitt
AU  - Andrew Darley
AU  - Erik Dennison
TI  - Increasing the PharmD Pipeline, Encouraging Student Success, and Supporting the Underserved Through Pre-Pharmacy Advising
AID  - 10.5688/ajpe8854
DP  - 2023 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
PG  - ajpe8854
VI  - 87
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/87/2/ajpe8854.short
4100  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/87/2/ajpe8854.full
SO  - Am J Pharm Educ2023 Mar 01; 87
AB  - Academic advising for pre-pharmacy students lacks best practice recommendations specific to the pharmacy profession. When considering contemporary challenges in pharmacy education, adoption of high-quality advising approaches will likely have a positive influence on professional school enrollment, general student success, and educational access for the traditionally underserved. As pre-health academic advising is an important component of student professional development, standardizing best-practice strategies in and around pharmacy programs will “[strengthen] the pharmacy pipeline” and “[raise] the profile of pharmacy” as stated in the 2021–2024 Strategic Plan Priorities, Goals and Objectives issued by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). An investment is needed to codify such practices in pre-pharmacy advising and scale these techniques across pharmacy schools positioned to serve undergraduates.