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OBJECTIVE To provide reference for strengthening the quality of pharmaceutical care in retail chain pharmacies and the professional capabilities of licensed pharmacists， and to meet the public’s pharmaceutical care needs. METHODS A combination of questionnaire survey and informant interview was used to investigate the general information of licensed pharmacists in retail chain pharmacies in Guangdong province， the implementation of pharmaceutical care， the competence and knowledge status of the surveyed licensed pharmacists， and the factors affecting the development of pharmaceutical care. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS A total of 444 questionnaires were sent out and 326 effective questionnaires were collected， with an effective recovery rate of 73.42%. Among 326 surveyed licensed pharmacists， a college degree or higher accounted for 40.18%， and the pharmacy major or related accounted for 79.75%. A total of 185 （56.75%） of the surveyed licensed pharmacists indicated that the retail chain pharmacies where they worked had established specified areas of pharmaceutical care； 320 （98.16%）， 137 （42.02%） and 181 （55.52%） of the surveyed licensed pharmacists indicated that the retail chain pharmacies where they worked could provide services such as rational medication guidance for patients， decocting traditional Chinese medicines and establishing health records， etc. The self-assessment scores of the surveyed licensed pharmacists were significantly higher than 3 （median） for competence and knowledge level， but the self-assessment scores for medication therapy management competence and pharmaceutical care practice were relatively low. The surveyed licensed pharmacists believed that the main factors affecting the development of pharmaceutical care in retail chain pharmacies included patients’ lack of trust or cooperation （196， 60.12%）， sales performance requirements （170， 52.15%）， and heavy daily workload （165， 50.61%）. It is recommended that relevant authorities expedite the legislative process of the Pharmacist Law， optimize the continuing education system for licensed pharmacists， and implement a star-rating evaluation system for pharmaceutical care capabilities in pharmacies， so as to encourage retail chain pharmacies and licensed pharmacists to pursue a more specialized development path. At the same time， pharmaceutical retail chain enterprises should shift their business mindset， increase investment in pharmaceutical care， enhance the professional atmosphere in the pharmacies， optimize the compensation structure for licensed pharmacists， and elevate the pharmaceutical care capabilities of both the pharmacies and licensed pharmacists to fulfill the pharmaceutical care needs of the public.
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This paper summarized the implementation of the pharmacist examination outline of the seventh edition of the national professional qualification examination for licensed pharmacists, and pointed out the existing problems and deficiencies: unclear definition between disciplines, insufficient organic integration of knowledge, lack of practicability in the content selection of professional basic disciplines and so on. At the same time, corresponding revision suggestions are put forward for the revision ideas and contents of the syllabus of pharmaceutical examination: increase the degree of professional integration between disciplines and the breadth of relevant professional knowledge, start with clinical medication, emphasize people-centered pharmacy services, and pay attention to comprehensiveness and practicability. It is hoped to provide references for further improving the outline of the national licensed pharmacist qualification examination.
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OBJECTIVE：To unscramble the Notice on Standardizing the Allocation and Use of Licensed Pharmacists in Drug Retail Enterprises （called Notice for short ）and related document ，and to give some suggestions to provide reference for the industry and policy decision departments. METHODS ：The background and content of Notice were described briefly ；the problemsexisting in the corresponding provincial differentiated allocation policy and the difficulties existing in the implementation were analyzed to give some relevant suggestions. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS ：The main contents of Notice contained adhering to the policy of licensed pharmacists ，steadily improving the allocation level of licensed pharmacists ，refining and implementing the allocation requirements ，and strengthening the implementation of supervision and inspection responsibilities ；giving full play to the role of licensed pharmacists and continuously strengthening the team building. At present ，drug administrations of many provinces in China have issued specific policies on the differentiated allocation of licensed pharmacists and pharmaceutical technicians ，which are mainly divided into four schemes. The author believes that the classification method of drug retail enterprises implemented in Shandong and Guangdong provinces are the most scientific. The implementation of differentiated allocation of pharmacists with health（pharmacy）professional title in drug retail enterprises can alleviate the problem of insufficient licensed pharmacists to a certain extent ，but the disadvantage is that it can not achieve accurate registration and control as well as the management of licensed pharmacists ，which is easy to produce policy gaps ；after the “affiliation licensed pharmacist ’s certificate ”phenomenon， the“certificate affiliation of pharmacist with health （pharmacy）professional title ”phenomenon appeared. It is suggested that the provincial drug supervision and administration departments should try the differentiated allocation scheme of hierarchical management；learn from the management experience of licensed pharmacists and pharmaceutical technicians in Guangdong province， develop relevant platforms to manage the information of pharmaceutical technicians uniformly ； strengthen the communication and interaction with the health and human resource security department as well as the mutual promotion mechanism of personnel information screening ，so as to solve the core bottleneck of licensed pharmacists ’quality.
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OBJECTIVE： To investigate the distribution， drug supply and quantity of licensed pharmacists in retail pharmacies around Third Grade Class A Hospitals， and to provide reference for decision-making of related management departments. METHODS： Field investigation and questionnaire survey were used to investigate the distribution， type， operating area， annual turnover， drug type， ranking of consumption sum， daily prescription amount and pharmacist allocation of 5 Third Grade Class A Hospitals in Beijing and general information of 100 surveyed pharmacists in 2017. RESULTS： There were 43 retail pharmacies in total within 1 km of 5 Third Grade Class A Hospitals， with an average of 8.60 retail pharmacies for each hospital. The number of retail pharmacies with distance between 200-400 m and 800-1 000 m was the largest （11）， of which 21 （48.84％） were chain drugstores. The operating area of 38 pharmacies （88.37％） was in the range of 100-175 m2， mainly ranging 100-125 m2 （16 pharmacies， 37.21％）. The annual turnover of 40 pharmacies were counted and ranged 50-10 000 ten thousand yuan， among which the pharmacies 0-200 m away from the hospital had the highest annual turnover. The average variety of drugs （prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs） was 2 511 kinds. 34 pharmacies （79.07％） had more varieties of over-the-counter drugs than prescription drugs， and the consumption sum of over-the-counter drugs was higher than that of prescription drugs in 26 pharmacies （60.47％）. Top 3 drugs in the list of consumption sum were antineoplastic drugs， cardiovascular drugs and anti-infective drugs. Average daily prescriptions of 28 drugstores （65.11％） were less than 10 pieces； average daily prescription were more than 20 pieces in only 7 pharmacies （16.28％）. On average， each pharmacy had 7.4 staff members and 1.37 licensed pharmacists. 58 staff members’ first degree was junior college （58％）， 38 staff members’ first degree was technical secondary school or high school （38％）， and only 3 （3％） staff members’ first degree was undergraduates or above. CONCLUSIONS： With the gradual promotion of “health care policy” and the outflow of more hospital prescriptions， the retail pharmacies around hospitals should increase their numbers， expand the operating area， accelerate the construction of licensed pharmacists and improve the education level of pharmacists so as to improve the pharmaceutical care ability.
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Objective:To explain the present status of licensed pharmacists in China, and put forward suggestions for perfecting the system by a problem-focused method. Methods: The data from Certification Center for Licensed Pharmacists of CFDA and 2535 pieces of questionnaire from nationwide were reviewed, and the practice registration, distribution, educational background, qualifica-tions and the other status were analyzed. Results:Generally, the development of licensed pharmacists in China was promising. Howev-er, there were still some problems existing in China such as the lower registration rate compared with some countries abroad, the une-ven distribution inside, and the unclear duty understanding. Conclusion:It is proposed to formulate relevant policies to strengthen re-gional guidance, improve registration rate, distinguish the content of continuing education and so on in order to promote the quality of licensed pharmacists in China.
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The 7th version (2015) of national examination syllabus for licensed pharmacists has been put into effect for more than two years,which has caused extensive concern of all sectors of society.This article summarized and evaluated thinking of the revision,content of the new version and the situation implementation to provide reference for further improving the system of licensed pharmacists.
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OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for improving the pharmaceutical care ability of the retail pharmacies.METHODS:The questionnaires were designed to investigate 180 licensed pharmacists from 180 retail pharmacies.The survey data were analyzed statistically.RESULTS:A total of 180 questionnaires were sent out,and 150 effective questionnaires were collected with effective recovery rate of 83.33％.Among 150 investigated pharmacists,the junior college degree or lower accounted for 74.67％,and the professionals of pharmacy or related only accounted for 44.66％;the pharmacists who always and often provided medication guidance accounted for 72.67％ and 21.33％,respectively;the pharmacists who always and often developed prescription review accounted for 53.33％ and 27.33％,respectively;the pharmacists who always and often collected complaint suggestions accounted for 50.67％ and 35.33％,respectively;the pharmacists who always and often established medication history both only accounted for 1.33％;the pharmacists who always and often retrospected drug use of patients accounted for 18.67％ and 14.00％,respectively;the pharmacists who always and often conducted lectures on health education and drug use accounted for 4.00％ and 6.00％,respectively;the pharmacists who satisfied with the work accounted for 58.67％.CONCLUSIONS:Recently,the degree and professional ability of the licensed pharmacists are relatively low in retail pharmacies in Hefei.The pharmaceutical care contents of drugstores are unitary,the work satisfaction degree of the licensed pharmacists is unsatisfactory.Although they can provide the patients with drug use guidance basically,the projects such as carrying out prescription auditing and collecting complaint suggestions need to be further strengthened.Less work has been done in establishing medication history and retrospecting drug use.So,we need to take some measures to improve the pharmaceutical care ability of retail pharmacies effectively.
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OBJECTIVE:To improve the vaccine management system in China and the role of licensed pharmacist participating in vaccine management,circulation and delivery. METHODS:The current situation,related supporting measures,and social bene-fits of licensed pharmacist participating in vaccine management were introduced to provide basis for the vaccine management for Chinese licensed pharmacists. RESULTS&CONCLUSIONS:In the beginning,American licensed pharmacists only educated physi-cians and the public,then developed to deliver vaccines in pharmacies supervised by practicing physicians,and participated in ad-ministration of vaccines both for adults and children,finally evolved to be part of the ADR monitoring system,etc. The way to par-ticipate vaccine management included receiving vaccination training,cardiopulmonary resuscitation training,vaccine continuing edu-cation and licensed pharmacist authorization;it has been participated in the vast majority of vaccine management currently. In order to make sure the professionalism,security and enthusiasm of licensed pharmacist in vaccine management,there were supporting measures established by Pharmacy Governing Council in America,including strengthening professional training,saving vaccina-tions,ADR monitoring records,developing responsibilities insurance and Medicare payment system. The above measures have strengthened patients’willingness to take vaccine,improved the social acceptance of pharmacists and saved costs. The Chinese li-censed pharmacists have not play their proper role,it is suggested to progressively realize licensed pharmacist participating in vac-cine management to play the role of licensed pharmacists in vaccine management,circulation and delivery in aspects of construct-ing vaccine regulatory system of“dredging instead of blocking”,clearing positioning of pharmacy and improving the supporting measures of licensed pharmacist participating in vaccine management.
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Taking Pharm .D .degree education in School of Pharmacy ,University of Pittsburgh as an example ,this pa-per introduced the American pharmacists training system ,degree setting for service-oriented pharmacy students ,training objec-tive ,course design ,teaching staff and other aspects .This paper also reviewed pharmacy education and professional develop-ments for licensed pharmacists in China .Based on the successful experience abroad ,proposals were made to modify the domes-tic pharmacy education .The process of personnel training should be emphasized to improve the quality and capability of licensed pharmacists in China .
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OBJECTIVE: To provide references for the improvement of innovation of the management of licensed pharmacists associations in China. METHODS: We analyzed the characteristics of licensed pharmacists associations, defined the connotation of "management innovation" and discussed the strategies for the management innovation of licensed pharmacists associations in China. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: The innovation strategies for the management of licensed pharmacists associations in China include idea innovation, system innovation, technological innovation and management mode innovation etc to maintain a sustainable development of organization.
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OBJECTIVE:To provide references for the improvement of licensed pharmacists associations in China.METHODS:To analyze the misunderstanding of marketing and marketing strategies of the licensed pharmacists associations in China.RESULTS&CONCLUSIONS:The licensed pharmacists associations in China should acquire the marketing idea of market guide and society guide,and optimize grouping the product strategies,place strategies,promotion strategies,prize strategies in order to realize the goal of marketing management of the organization.