Sun Qingran, You Yanan, Cao Kejia, Huang Yuankai, Xi Xiaoyu
National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory for Drug Regulatory Innovation and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, No. 639, Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211198, Jiangsu Province, China.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Mar 13;25(1):376. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06522-8.
Training can significantly improve the knowledge and skills of pharmacists. Previous study showed that there is a large gap in the training of pharmacists across countries. Primary healthcare workers did not have enough opportunities to trainings in China. This study aimed to explore the current status of training content, training approaches and unmet training needs from the perspective of primary care pharmacists.
A multi-stage sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey to collect the basic characteristics of primary medical institutions and pharmacists, the current status of primary care pharmacists' training content and training approaches, and the unmet training needs. Descriptive statistics was used to report characteristics of the sample and paired chi-square test was used to test whether the training contents and training approaches meeting the needs of primary care pharmacists.
Most of primary care pharmacists enter the field of pharmacy by receiving pharmaceutical education in colleges and universities, and have obtained professional title qualification and licensed pharmacist qualification certificate. The annual income and proportion of the pharmacists of bachelor degree or above in eastern and western parts are higher than the central region, and the difference was statistically significant. About 67.9% of the surveyed pharmacists received training less than once a year. There was statistically difference between current and expected training content and approach of primary pharmacists, showing that the group is still obviously has unmet training demands. The training contents of "clinical pharmacy knowledge, ability to deal with and analyze problems, and skills to provide pharmaceutical services" and the training mode of "further education in school" are the direction of development of the future training of primary care pharmacists.
The education and training of primary care pharmaceutical professionals in China have achieved initial success. This study identified the basic parts and future direction of development of training content and training form for primary care pharmaceutical professionals. The results of this study can be used as a basis for further development and research into the requirements of on-the-job training and continuing education for pharmacists.
培训可显著提高药剂师的知识和技能。先前的研究表明，各国药剂师培训存在很大差距。中国基层医疗卫生工作者没有足够的培训机会。本研究旨在从基层医疗药剂师的角度探讨培训内容、培训方式及未满足的培训需求的现状。
采用多阶段抽样方法进行问卷调查，收集基层医疗机构和药剂师的基本特征、基层医疗药剂师培训内容和培训方式的现状以及未满足的培训需求。采用描述性统计报告样本特征，配对卡方检验用于检验培训内容和培训方式是否满足基层医疗药剂师的需求。
大多数基层医疗药剂师通过接受高校药学教育进入药学领域，并获得了专业技术职称资格和执业药师资格证书。东部和西部本科及以上学历药剂师的年收入和比例高于中部地区，差异有统计学意义。约67.9%的受访药剂师每年接受培训少于一次。基层药剂师当前和期望的培训内容及方式存在统计学差异，表明该群体仍有明显未满足的培训需求。“临床药学知识、处理和分析问题的能力以及提供药学服务的技能”的培训内容和“在校继续教育”的培训模式是未来基层医疗药剂师培训发展的方向。
中国基层医疗药学专业人员的教育培训已取得初步成效。本研究明确了基层医疗药学专业人员培训内容和培训形式的基本组成部分及未来发展方向。本研究结果可作为进一步开展药剂师在职培训和继续教育需求研究及发展的依据。
