Premature attrition of clinical pharmacists: Call to attention, action, and potential solutions

Clinical pharmacists are highly trained professionals who provide comprehensive medication management across a majority of health care settings. These clinicians have numerous responsibilities, which may include teaching, administrative, and scholarly responsibilities in addition to patient activities. Many clinical report high degree burnout stress. In addition, practice models with limited options for buy-downs or stipends (eg, committees, projects, residency program director roles), inability generate revenue services provided, public perception, little upward mobility career advancement led perceived trend leaving pursue careers removed from that favor work-life balance. The purpose this review is summarize factors associated premature attrition pharmacists, call attention trend, suggestions improvements.