Pause to reflect II
Resources
Tackling stress workbook Pharmacist Support
CIPD Mind American Pharmacists Association
Using one of the resources listed to the right of this box, consider how you could start to monitor stress within your workplace and in individual employees.
What activities could you introduce into the workplace to prevent work-related stress?
Whilst considering the wellbeing of others, start to review your own level of wellness and how you could take personal responsibility for enhancing your own wellbeing.
Review the following American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recommendations to enhance pharmacist wellbeing.
Urgency and hyperactivity
Incorporate ongoing education, self-evaluation and reflection for student pharmacists, pharmacy school staff, preregistration tutors and preregistration graduates on topics of wellbeing, resilience and behavioural health
| Element | Recommendations |
| Employer-pharmacist relationships | Prioritise patient safety, quality of care, and pharmacist wellbeing when setting workload expectations. Train and sensitise non-pharmacist managers/supervisors about the professional requirements |
| Emotions are over-reactive | Proactively identify personal stressors, learn self care techniques, and consistently apply strategies that address wellbeing and help prevent burnout |
| Urgency and hyperactivity | Incorporate ongoing education, self-evaluation and reflection for student pharmacists, pharmacy school staff, preregistration tutors and preregistration graduates on topics of wellbeing, resilience and behavioural health |
| Loss of energy | Advocate for research of pharmacist work environments to evaluate aspects that lead to burnout and identify best practices and pursue funding sources to support these efforts |
What could you learn from these recommendations?