A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop that will examine recent trends in the field of pharmacy and consider strategies for enhancing the pharmacy workforce and training to advance patient care and outcomes. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include:

• Ways to build a pharmacy workforce that eliminates pharmacy deserts and leads to positive health outcomes in rural, suburban, and urban areas through initiatives such as:
  • pathway programs into pharmacy schools
  • paid internship programs for pharmacy trainees
  • education-employment partnership programs
  • processes for admitting and retaining successful pharmacy students

• Strategies to create collaborative care environments that reduce clinician burnout and enable pharmacists to train and work in a safe and supportive environment
• Model programs in which pharmacists have expanded roles in health care delivery, such as:

o management and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders o provision of reproductive health services o medication management for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases o precision pharmacotherapy
o interdisciplinary palliative care teams

• Next generation training programs that could prepare pharmacists for expanded roles beyond direct patient care, such as:

o research and development in the biopharmaceutical industry o drug distribution and manufacturing o policy and regulation o health economics and health services research o public health
The planning committee will organize the workshop, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate or identify moderators for the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.