APhA remains committed to improving pharmacists’ well-being across all practice settings. This report of recent research results examines the views and perceptions of pharmacists and student pharmacists on—

• Aspects of life and experiences that provide professional and personal satisfaction and fulfillment.
• Causes of stress—both professional and personal.
• Needs related to maintaining professional and personal satisfaction and fulfillment.

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The findings reveal three areas for improving well-being and resilience for pharmacist professionals. The identified needs include—

1. A need to address the societal level phenomenon of “workism” in which work becomes the centerpiece of an individual’s identity and life’s purpose and creates a myopic view of one’s time, finances, relationships, health, and fulfillment through the lens of our work.
2. A need to address the organizational-level phenomenon of “moral distress” in which financial considerations in health care provision, documentation burdens, pressure to meet production metrics, and the constant specter of litigation distract from patient-centered care and lead to conflicts of interest. 
3. A need to address the individual-level phenomena of “resilience and thriving” in which societal, organizational, self-care, and social support contribute to a person being able to go beyond his or her original level of functioning and to grow and function despite repeated exposure to stressful experiences.

Current Views and Perceptions in the Pharmacy Profession on Well-Being and Resilience by
Pharmacists and Student Pharmacists provides additional evidence to frame discussions and deliberations to help individuals, organizations, and policy makers in their efforts to improve working conditions for pharmacists.