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Starting a mentoring program for students and technicians
How to set up a simple, sustainable mentoring program in a pharmacy — from matching to the first meeting.
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Careers & pathways
There is no single path through pharmacy and healthcare. Explore the directions careers take — and the leadership skills each one asks of you.
Pathways
Where careers go
Clinical practice
Deepening clinical expertise and leading clinical services, standards and teams.
Related track →Operations & management
Leading people, workflow, performance and the business of pharmacy.
Related track →Ownership & entrepreneurship
Building, buying or growing an independent or multi-site pharmacy.
Related track →Health-system & executive leadership
Leading departments, service lines and organizations.
Related track →Education & academia
Precepting, teaching and developing the next generation.
Related track →Innovation, technology & industry
Building new services, technologies and care models responsibly.
Related track →Planning your next step
Know the stage you’re in — and the one you’re aiming for.
The leadership journey describes six stages leaders move through. Each asks for different skills, relationships and support.
See the full leadership journey- Emerging Professional. Building professional identity, clinical confidence and first leadership habits.
- Practice Leader. Leading shifts, services and projects; precepting and influencing without authority.
- Manager. Leading teams, operations and performance; developing people.
- Director. Leading departments and multiple services; strategy, finance and quality.
- Executive. Setting direction for organizations; governance, partnerships and culture.
- System & Industry Leader. Shaping practice, policy and the profession beyond a single organization.
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