Revisiting Our Past To Shape Our Future: A historical view of professional identity in pharmacy

Presenter: Jamie Kellar Associate Professor & Acting Director, PharmD Program Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Jamie's presentation will explore the professional identity of pharmacists over the last century in North America. She will present the results from her PhD work which critically examine identity discourses from a historical perspective. Findings from Jamie’s study illustrate multiple identity discourses at play in pharmacy education which impact identity formation for the profession as a whole. This presentation will illustrate how understanding the past can provide valuable insight to reshape pharmacy’s future.