Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment Status Change for Practicing Pharmacists.

Autor: Mott DA; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: david.mott@wisc.edu., Arya V; St. John's University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Queens, NY, USA. Electronic address: aryav@stjohns.edu., Bakken BK; University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: brianne-bakken@uiowa.edu., Doucette WR; University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: william-doucette@uiowa.edu., Gaither C; University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: cgaither@umn.edu., Gilson A; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: aaron.gilson@wisc.edu., Kreling DH; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: david.kreling@wisc.edu., Schommer JC; University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: schom010@umn.edu., Witry M; University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: matthew-witry@uiowa.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of pharmaceutical education [Am J Pharm Educ] 2024 Sep; Vol. 88 (9), pp. 100689. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 30.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.100689
Abstrakt: Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in health care workers experiencing temporary or permanent changes in employment due to layoffs, quits, and postpandemic increased job demand. Analyzing the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with employment changes and results of changes for practicing pharmacists and understanding the associations with demographic and work-related factors could inform practice, policy, and educational programs. This study aimed to explore the frequency, characteristics, and results of employment status changes (ESCs) experienced by pharmacists practicing pharmacy in March 2020 (ie, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic).
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional survey research design was used to collect data from a random sample of 93,990 licensed pharmacists in the United States. The study team developed an online survey questionnaire designed to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmacists' work and work-life. The survey items used for this study related to ESCs, work-life characteristics, work characteristics in March 2020 and 2022, and demographic variables. A total of 4947 usable responses were received between November 2022 and January 2023.
Results: Overall, 36.4% of respondents reported experiencing an ESC and approximately 70% of those reporting an ESC reported experiencing just 1 ECS. Overall, 39.5% of respondents who experienced an ESC stopped working (ie, were unemployed) pursuant to an ESC. Respondents who experienced an ESC reported significantly lower levels of work exhaustion and interprofessional disengagement and significantly higher levels of professional fulfillment in their current employment than respondents that did not experience an ESC.
Conclusion: The overall increase in demand for workers in the health care sector appeared to provide opportunities for pharmacists, especially pharmacists with 1 to 10 years of experience, to change their employment situation, resulting in better work-life characteristics. Given projections of a pharmacist shortage, research, policy, and educational programs could determine the best practices to improve work settings and the work-life characteristics of practicing pharmacists to improve the health of the current pharmacist workforce.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None declared.
(Copyright © 2024 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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