title: Professional and educational initiatives, supports, and opportunities for advanced training in public health.
abstract: The United States is facing a public health workforce shortage and pharmacists have the opportunity and obligation to address this challenge in health care. There have been initiatives and supports from within and beyond the profession for the pharmacist's role in public health. This article identifies existing professional and educational initiatives for the pharmacist's expanded role in public health, as well as postgraduate and other advanced educational opportunities in public health. Recommendations also are provided on how to further engage pharmacists in public health activities to alleviate the public health workforce challenge.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. htruong@rx.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Hoai-An
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: Brooke Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists; D024382:Professional Role; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce