National Survey on Clinical Pharmacy Services of Tertiary Hospitals in China: Part 2. Staffing of Clinical Pharmacist Team / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To obtain data related to staffing of clinical pharmacist team of tertiary hospitals, find problems in staffing of the team, based on which provide advice on policy formulation. METHODS: A face-to-face interview survey was conducted to collect data on tertiary hospital clinical pharmacists' higher education background, standardized training and employment status which were analyzed with descriptive statistics tools. RESULTS: Respondents' highest degrees are mainly bachelor degree (36.9%) and master degree (54.6%); pharmacy occupies the largest proportion (60.2%) of the undergraduate majors, and medical /pharmaceutical majors beside clinical pharmacy, pharmacy and clinical medicine occupy the largest proportions of master (58.9%) and doctorate (100.0%) majors; the clinical pharmacists' highest standardized training certification are mainly national specialist clinical pharmacist (63.3%), and the type of certification are mainly granted by China's Ministry of Health; professional title of the respondents are mainly primary titles and intermediate title; most respondents' work seniority are shorter than 5 years. CONCLUSION: Educational background, certification of standardized training and clinical experience of clinical pharmacists of tertiary hospitals in China require further improvement.