APhA Career Pathways Program

Explore your future with a program designed to empower you to make confident and informed decisions about pharmacy careers that align with your strengths, interests, and long-term goals.

Online assessment tool powered by APhA ADVANCE

Our free online assessment, available to both APhA members and nonmembers, helps you identify your goals, values, strengths, and interests. Through a series of targeted questions, you'll evaluate critical factors that reflect the diverse and meaningful work performed by pharmacists across a wide range of practice settings.

Accessing the APhA Career Pathways Program

To access the APhA Career Pathways Program:

Obtain an NABP e-Profile ID.
To create your account and access the program, you will first need an e-Profile ID issued by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). If you do not already have an NABP e-Profile ID, please visit NABP’s website to obtain one.

Please note: Pre-pharmacy students and nonpharmacist personnel are not required to have an e-Profile ID and may bypass this step in APhA ADVANCE.

Create an APhA account.
Before accessing the assessment, you will need to create an APhA account. For step-by-step instructions, click here.

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Career option profiles

Explore a wide range of pharmacy career paths from academia to specialty pharmacy, and discover the roles that match your passion, skills, and goals.

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Faculty training sessions – Bring the APhA Career Pathways Program to your campus

APhA recently hosted faculty training sessions designed to help schools and colleges of pharmacy implement the APhA Career Pathways Program and support students in making informed decisions about their future pharmacy careers.

These sessions provided faculty members with the tools and resources needed to:

Facilitate the APhA Career Pathways workshop for student pharmacists.
Incorporate the program into existing courses, co-curricular activities, and professional development initiatives.
Utilize APhA's facilitator resources, including the facilitator guide, presentation slides, and workshop evaluation tools.
Create meaningful opportunities for students to explore pharmacy career options and align them with their personal goals, values, and interests.

Training session resources

Access the session recordings below:

Session 1: July 29, 2026
Session 2: August 12, 2026

Upcoming faculty development opportunity

APhA is partnering with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy to offer an additional faculty training session in October 2026. More details, including the session date, registration information, and program agenda, will be announced soon.

Program materials for participants

APhA’s Career Pathways Program offers a combination of written and online exercises and resource materials to assist participants in the decision-making process.

Briefing document

The briefing document contains some basic concepts and exercises that will prepare you for the workshop. Exercises should require less than an hour of your time and will provide you with a good start to your decision-making process.

Workshop workbook

The workshop you are attending will provide you with information on a five-step decision-making process designed to help you make better informed career decisions.

Follow-up materials

Tools for self-assessment, rating and working the critical factors, career profile assessments, and suggested readings are available in our follow-up materials.

Program materials for facilitators

Resources are available for faculty members to facilitate the APhA Career Pathways Program at your school or college of pharmacy. All faculty members are encouraged to attend a facilitator’s training program prior to utilizing the materials. For more information about our next offering of the facilitator training, please email pathways@aphanet.org.

Facilitator's guide

Developed to guide you as you facilitate this highly interactive workshop.

Facilitator's slides

Designed to support you in conducting a positive and effective workshop for students.

Workshop evaluation

The workshop evaluation will allow you as a facilitator to gain valuable feedback from your students.

Additional resources

The APhA Career Pathways Program isn’t designed to give you an instant answer or a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, it serves as a valuable starting point that offers insights, tools, and guidance to help you explore your options and continue your journey of discovery.
Program history and research methodology
JAPhA articles:
- Schommer JC, Sogol EM, Brown LM. Career pathways for pharmacists. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2007; 47:563–564.
- Schommer JC, Sogol EM, Brown LM, et al. Career Pathways for Pharmacists. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2003; 43:459–462.
For additional information or questions about the APhA Career Pathways Program, please email pathways@aphanet.org.

Acknowledgments

APhA gratefully acknowledges Elliott M. Sogol, PhD, RPh, FAPhA, for his long-standing leadership and dedication to the APhA Career Pathways Program.

Sogol developed the APhA Career Pathways Evaluation Program, formerly known as the Glaxo Career Pathways Evaluation Program in the late 1980s. It has guided thousands of pharmacists and student pharmacists in exploring career options and planning their professional journeys. Through his vision, expertise, and commitment to the profession, the program has become a valuable resource for individuals seeking to align their interests, strengths, and goals with meaningful career opportunities in pharmacy.

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