We can meaningfully grow the pharmacist pipeline while simultaneously tackling declining pharmacy school enrollments if we develop pathways and evolve programming to bring pharmacy education within reach for thousands of frontline workers, and couple the new programs with employer-backed tuition assistance and Guild coaching and supports.

Guild has deep expertise at the intersection of work and learning and can help innovative learning providers evolve programming and improve both access and outcomes for working adults learners.

Together, we can mitigate the pharmacist crisis if we design for those we serve.

We are looking to partner with 2-3 learning institutions that have currently operational, accredited Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs with the capacity & ability to serve this population immediately. We are particularly interested in providers who are enthusiastic about developing a new program designed to accommodate the practical realities of the lives of working adult learners. By joining Guild and our employer partner’s on this initiative, your institution may:

• Pioneer one of the first extended pathway pharmacy programs, newly accredited by ACPE, with the support of Guild experts and invested employers

• Open the door to pharmacy careers for a large and growing population of working adults with education benefits through Guild

• Deepen relationships with healthcare and retail pharmacy employers who are eager to utilize the newly designed program to upskill their workforce into open pharmacy roles

We are assembling a cross-sector collaborative group to solve the nationwide pharmacy shortage, and will leverage the collective expertise to define the solution.

Winners will partner closely with Guild, and gain insight from our employer partners to aid in the design of PharmStart and the extended PharmD program.

About Guild

Guild, a Career Opportunity Platform, connects employees from the nation's largest employers to a carefully curated marketplace of learning and skilling programs. These programs, combined with our services and wrap around supports, are designed to help working adults persist and achieve career mobility. By participating in Guild’s Learning Marketplace, learning partners are able to efficiently reach a set of highly motivated working adults who have tuition funded by their employers. The learning partners also gain insights to guide investments and innovation to ensure that what they’re teaching translates into the skills required for jobs of the future.