Beyond Resilience: Analyzing the Impact of Pharmacy Residency Program Structure on Burnout

Written By Sierra Richard, PharmD, BCPPS

Since the 1960s pharmacy residency programs have changed and evolved over time to meet the needs of the profession and patient care. As we enter the 60th year of residency accreditation, programs are not only looking at meeting the needs of patients, but also the health needs of residents.

As a whole, pharmacy residents are incredibly resilient. If they weren't, it is unlikely that they would have made it through pharmacy school and the residency match process. With the results of a 2018 survey of pharmacy residents showing that 39.9% had symptoms of moderate to severe depression during residency (over 3 times the rate of the general population of the same age), it is safe to say that something needs to be done, but what?

In this week's podcast episode, I am reviewing a series of articles and letters published in AJHP that evaluates the structure of residency programs and the impact they have on resident burnout.

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Sierra Richard, PharmD, BCPPS

I’m an investigational drug service clinical pharmacist specialist, a board certified pediatric pharmacy specialist, and a pharmacy preceptor, but I’m also a content creator, a wife, a cat and bird momma, and multi-passionate human being! (seriously, ask me about the geysers of Yellowstone or how NASA is sending humans back to the moon!)

I discovered that pharmacy could give me a lot in life, but it couldn’t give me a happy life on its own so I created a life I love and I am helping you do the same.

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