Prioritizing Faculty Well-Being: Why it Matters, What Schools Can Do, and a Call for Action

Abstract

Previous studies have identified high rates of burnout among health care workers and health professions faculty. Despite interventions being showcased at national meetings in both posters and platform presentations, there is minimal peer-reviewed published research focusing on professional well-being interventions and their assessments specific to pharmacy faculty. This commentary serves as a call to action to design and publish research related to work-system interventions to decrease burnout and promote professional well-being among all academic pharmacy faculty, and particularly subgroups who may be most at risk, such as women and assistant-level faculty. Leaders across colleges of pharmacy may consider implementing strategies suggested in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Creating a Culture of Well-being guide.

Keywords: Burnout; Pharmacy faculty; Well-being; Work-system interventions.