Influence factor analysis and promotion strategies of the undergraduate talent cultivation in local medical colleges: a case study of North Sichuan Medical College / 中华医学教育探索杂志

This study probed into North Sichuan Medical College to explore the problems existing in the cultivation of medical undergraduate, such as the low innovative and practical abilities, lack of pro-fessional knowledge and low level of literacy. Then the study analyzed the causes of the problem from the aspects of students, teachers, external factors and school environment. Basing on the analysis, the study put forward some talent quality promotion measures, such as improving the quality of enrollment, promoting the faculty building, exploration of scientific management of teaching expenditures, strengthening the construc-tion of discipline and curriculum, constructing teaching quality guarantee system and enhancing students' innovative and operative abilities.

Investigation into the status quo of the contingent of pharmacists in medical institutions of Shanghai / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective To find out about the status quo of the contingent of pharmacists in medical institutions of Shanghai so as to provide basis for promoting reform in the mode of pharmacological work in the hospital and adopting the system of clinical pharmacists. Methods An investigation through questionnaires was made into over 6 000 pharmacists from 416 hospitals(28 third-tier hospitals, 52 second-tier hospitals, and 336 first-tier hospitals) with respect to their professional titles, educational backgrounds, and distribution of posts. Results On average, the number of personnel with senior or medium professional titles in third-tier hospitals was markedly higher than that in second- or first-tier hospitals; people with doctoral or master's degrees were distributed mosdy in third-tier hospitals; the proportion of personnel with senior or medium professional tides on emergency outpatient posts in second- or third-tier hospitals was lower than diat in other departments; and on average, the number of resident pharmacists per hundred beds was less than one. Conclusion There is a drastic shortage and unbalanced distribution of personnel with senior or medium professional titles in the contingent of pharmacists in Shanghai and the structures of the professional tides and educational backgrounds of the pharmacological personnel lag behind the needs for clinical pharmacological services. Efforts must be made to improve the overall quality and expertise of the contingent of pharmacists so as to get ready in terms of qualified personnel for the adoption of die system of clinical pharmacists.