Current status analysis and outlook of clinical pharmacy postgraduate education in China / 药学实践杂志

Objective To explore and analyze the current status of the postgraduate education of clinical pharmacy in China for improving its level and quality .Methods Comprehensive analysis and evaluation were applied for the education mod-els and trends of clinical pharmacy in China through the internet and related databases .Results 136 articles were analyzed ,of which 70 articles (51 .47% ) involved status analysis ,education pattern discussion ,in China and international comparison and curriculum optimization .The analysis result indicates that there are two main cultivation models for postgraduate education of clinical pharmacy :professional degree and scientific degree .The educational model is still immature in curriculum and teaching methods .The main problems are:curriculum unreasonable ,lack of clinical practice hours ,and disconnection of teaching con-tents and clinical needs .Conclusion The current postgraduate education of clinical pharmacy in China cannot achieve the goal of postgraduate education ,it is hard to meet the needs of clinical pharmacy postgraduate talents .We recommended that clinical pharmacy postgraduate training process should focus on linking theory with practice ,outstanding mastery medicine as well as clinical pharmacy ,optimizing teaching content and methods ,and regulating the quality of teaching standards .

Research Fields and Priority Setting for Health Sciences in Korea

This study was conducted to identify the important research fields and areas for solving current and future health care problems in Korea and to develop priorities in selected research fields and areas. Delphi technique was used to collect expert's opinion. Questionnaire surveys were carried out three rounds, and 29 panel members were invited. From second questionnaire survey, we proposed the median value of score and respondent's score in each item. Prevalence, seriousness and manageability were the main criteria to select the research fields and areas and in priority setting. In health fields, 20 research fields were selected and population, family planning, and environmental pollution were the most important research fields among them. In each research field, several research areas were selected. Because our study had 85 research areas, the priority of research areas was selected in each research fields.