Abstract
Developing grit, motivation, and resilience within the pharmacy workforce has become a topic of increasing interest, heightened by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Even prior to the global pandemic, the health care field has been associated with a rapidly changing, challenging, and pressured work environment that can often lead to stress and burnout. Developing resilience in health care workers has been identified as a strategy to combat burnout by improving their ability to thrive in stressful situations, thus enhancing physical and mental well-being. In this commentary, we consider the use of a resilience framework that encompasses the overlapping attributes of emotional balance and physical and mental strength to develop resilience. The importance of finding purpose and meaning is also explored within the framework, as well as the association between grit, motivation, autonomy, mastery, and connection. Practical strategies and reflections are outlined to challenge, inspire, and motivate the development of grit and resilience, in order to combat the challenges faced by pharmacists in a constantly changing health care system.
Highlights
Pharmacy 2021, 9, 109. https://If there was ever a year to look at the reasons why grit, motivation, and resilience are essential attributes for the pharmacy profession, 2020 was it
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone within the pharmacy profession, from undergraduate students, communities, hospitals, academics, and regulatory pharmacists
It has brought to the forefront the need to introduce resilience training into undergraduate curricula and continued professional development programs
Summary
If there was ever a year to look at the reasons why grit, motivation, and resilience are essential attributes for the pharmacy profession, 2020 was it. Some people withdrew, stopped trying after rejection, and lowered expectations, while others grew stronger and developed new skills and rose to the challenge Motivation has been defined as the driving force behind which people strive to initiate and achieve their goals and to fulfil a need or uphold a value [7] Both of these attributes play a significant role in the development of resilience. The American Psychological Association [8] defines individual resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, or threats It includes coping with significant stress caused by problematic and toxic personnel or workplace relationships, serious health problems, and work or financial stressors. Each section will include a short case scenario and some reflections, together with a challenge-related exercise
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