Schommer Jon C, Olson Anthony W, Lee SuHak, Gaither Caroline A, Schondelmeyer Stephen W
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Research Division, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, MN 55805, USA.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 May 6;9(2):100. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9020100.
Labor market forces in pharmacy are affected by frictional unemployment (job turnover), structural employment forces that require new skill sets for employees, and hiring practices that integrate technology or less costly labor such as pharmacy technicians. The objectives of this study were to describe hiring trends for both the pharmacist and technician workforces in licensed pharmacies on a biennial basis from 2006 through 2020 using data collected in Minnesota. Ecological comparisons were made between the survey years using descriptive statistics. For open-ended questions added to the 2020 survey, content analysis was applied. Demand for technicians increased which might be due to the expansion of their roles into activities that had been reserved for the pharmacist. Pharmacies reportedly would like to hire pharmacists to meet the demand for new services that pharmacists can provide. However, respondents articulated that this is not feasible under current economic pressures. This represents a lost opportunity for transformation in pharmacy that would establish pharmacists' roles in the rapidly transforming health care value chain. We conclude that hiring dynamics in pharmacies are being driven more by economic and organizational shifts than meeting the demand for services that pharmacists can provide.
药学领域的劳动力市场受到摩擦性失业（人员流动）、要求员工具备新技能的结构性就业因素以及采用技术或成本较低劳动力（如药剂师技术员）的招聘做法的影响。本研究的目的是利用明尼苏达州收集的数据，每两年描述一次2006年至2020年持牌药房中药剂师和技术员劳动力的招聘趋势。使用描述性统计方法对调查年份进行生态比较。对于2020年调查中新增的开放式问题，采用了内容分析法。对技术员的需求增加了，这可能是因为他们的职责扩展到了以前由药剂师负责的活动。据报道，药房希望雇佣药剂师来满足对药剂师所能提供的新服务的需求。然而，受访者表示，在当前经济压力下这是不可行的。这代表了药学领域转型的一个错失的机会，而这种转型将确立药剂师在快速变化的医疗保健价值链中的角色。我们得出结论，药房的招聘动态更多地是由经济和组织变革驱动的，而不是满足药剂师所能提供的服务需求。
