ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the present situation and future direction of the cultivation of talents in clinical pharmacy of Chinese medicine. METHODS: In terms of importance, it is helpful to solve the problems such as the increasing number of adverse reactions caused by irrational use of Chinese medicine. On the analysis of current situation, the higher education of clinical pharmacy of Chinese medicine is still in the blank stage. Also there is no training base established for training qualified clinical pharmacists of Chinese medicine, which resulted in the lack of talents in clinical pharmacy of Chinese medicine. From the cultivation direction, the much-needed talents in clinical pharmacy of Chinese medicine should be different from the existing talents of clinical Chinese medicine. The key points should be focused on the direction of clinical practice, the training mode could learn from the domestic training bases of clinical pharmacists, and with reference to the higher educational model of foreign clinical pharmacy. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Starting the cultivation of talents in clinical pharmacy of Chinese medicine to carry out clinical pharmacy work as soon as possible has an important role on solving the current problems of irrational use of Chinese medicine.