Becker's Healthcare February 12, 2025
Alexandra Murphy

Amid ongoing healthcare workforce shortages, some leading hospitals and health systems are adopting creative strategies to recruit and retain pharmacy technicians.

From launching accredited training programs to forging partnerships with military veterans and high schools, more systems are reshaping how pharmacy technicians are entering and growing within the field.

Below are responses from five pharmacy leaders who were asked: What are the most pivotal or novel strategies you are using to improve pharmacy technician recruitment and retention?

Nishaminy Kasbekar, PharmD. Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia): Last year, Penn Medicine created an emerging careers program that established a partnership through our city’s school district to proactively engage with high school...

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