title: Factors influencing the pharmacy faculty workforce.
abstract: In 2005, the Council of Faculties and the Council of Deans within the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) formed a task force to review the status of the pharmacy faculty workforce and to identify factors that may influence the supply of and demand for pharmacy faculty members. This manuscript summarizes the Task Force on Faculty Workforce's findings and describes specific strategies needed to address the various issues facing the academy. Based on Task Force predictions, the academy will need approximately 1200 new faculty members over the next 10 years due to the creation of new pharmacy programs, the expansion of existing programs, faculty retirements, and recurring vacant faculty positions.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beardsley
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Matzke
authors.forename: Raylene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rospond
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kradjan
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kehrer
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zavod
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brazeau
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012179:Retirement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce