You Deserve to Be Here: Evidence-Based Management Strategies for Pharmacy Students Battling Imposter Phenomenon
Student pharmacists, like other health profession students, often struggle with imposter phenomenon, which is characterized by feelings of self-doubt about one's skills or knowledge. Studies have shown a high prevalence of imposter phenomenon among student pharmacists. This commentary reviews strategies for managing imposter phenomenon from the medical education literature and presents institutional- and individual-level strategies that can be adapted and integrated into pharmacy education to help student pharmacists overcome these feelings.
Authors
- Joshua Wollen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-4875)
- T. Cenarro Guerrero
- Natalie Rosario (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-0956)
- Alice Vu
- Shantera Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1570-6693)
Institutions
- University of Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
- Published
- 2025-04-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101406
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31