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 online assessment helps you uncover your goals, values, strengths, and interests by rating critical factors that reflect the diverse and meaningful aspects of work conducted by pharmacists in a variety of practice settings.

The APhA Career Pathways Program assessment is a complimentary career development tool for APhA members and nonmembers. You will need to create an APhA account before you access the assessment tool. For step-by-step instructions, click here.

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

Help students make more informed decisions about their future in pharmacy by becoming a trained facilitator of the APhA Career Pathways Program at your school or college of pharmacy.

These training sessions will prepare faculty members to:

Facilitate the APhA Career Pathways workshop for student pharmacists
Incorporate the program into existing courses, co-curricular activities, or 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 and interests

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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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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

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.
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. For additional information or questions about the APhA Career Pathways Program, please email pathways@aphanet.org.

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