Investigation and Analysis of the Status Quo and Influence Factors for Scientific Research Training of Pharma- cists（Nurses）in PIVAS of China / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE：To investigate the status quo and influential factors for scientific research training of pharmacists （nurses）in PIVAS of China ，to provide direction and reference for the development of PIVAS. METHODS ：The survey method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey of PIVAS pharmacist （nurses）from 29 tertiary and secondary hospitals in 24 provinces， autonomous regions ， municipalities from eastern ， western and central China through the i nternet by using self-designed questionnaire. The survey period was from Mar. to Apr. 2019. The survey content included the basic information （gender，region， hospital level ，professional and technical title ，education background ，employment nature ）of the survey participants and the status quo of scientific research training （frequency and content of scientific research training ，degree of need for scientific research ， degree of interest in scientific research ，etc.）and status quo of scientific research output （publication and application of the project）. Main influential factors for scientific research training were analyzed. RESULTS ：A total of 504 questionnaires were sent out，and 501 valid questionnaires were collected ，with effective response rate of 99.40％ . Totally 63.1％（316/501）of the respondents had scientific training ，and the frequency of scientific training was mainly less than one time/month （26.1％，131/501） and 1-2 times/month（25.0％，125/501）；72.1％（361/501）of the respondents have medium or above scientific research needs ， 82.4％（413/501）of the respondents have medium or above interest in scientific research ，only 6.0％（30/501）of the respondents had mastered the major scientific research methods ， only 5.4％（27/501）of the respondents thought that their scientific research ability were strong. The pharmaceutical re search - direction was mainly related to clinical rational use of drugs ， song_123@126.com less to precision medicine ，new drug and new dosage form： development， therapeutic drug monitoring research ， 028-85503220。E-mail：linyunzhu99@163.com translational medicine ， etc. Only 16.6％ （83/501） of the respondents had published articles after working in PIVAS ，and 9.0％（45/501）had applied for projects. There were statistical significances in the scientific research training among the respondents with different regions ，professional and technical titles ， educational backgrounds and employment natures （P＜0.05）. CONCLUSIONS ：The scientific research training of PIVAS pharmacist（nurses）in China is inadequate and the research output is low. Main influential factors for scientific research training include region ，professional and technical title ，educational background and employment nature .