Table 2 Education Background of Clinical Pharmacists
Item | N (%) |
|---|---|
Highest education | |
Lower than bachelor’s degree | 33 (5.3) |
Bachelor’s degree | 334 (53.4) |
Master’s degree | 247 (39.5) |
Doctoral degree | 11 (1.8) |
Qualifications of practice | |
National-level specialized training | 253 (40.5) |
National-level general training | 128 (20.5) |
Province-level specialized training | 130 (20.8) |
Province-level general training | 97 (15.5) |
Training experience | |
Certificate of completion of clinical pharmacist training from the Ministry of Health | 334 (53.4) |
Advanced training certificate of clinical pharmacist | 190 (30.4) |
Certificate of training faculty of clinical pharmacist of National Health and Family Planning Commission | 149 (23.8) |
Overseas training for clinical pharmacist | 16 (2.6) |
Other training | 88 (14.1) |
Type of lower than bachelor’s degree | |
None | 570 (91.2) |
Pharmacy | 31 (5.0) |
Clinical pharmacy | 7 (1.1) |
Chinese materia medica | 4 (0.6) |
Other pharmacy | 3 (0.5) |
Clinical medicine | 0 (0.0) |
Other medical specialties | 0 (0.0) |
Other | 10 (1.6) |
Type of bachelor’s degree | |
None | 75 (12.0) |
Pharmacy | 296 (47.4) |
Clinical pharmacy | 126 (20.2) |
Chinese materia medica | 26 (4.2) |
Other pharmacy | 70 (11.2) |
Clinical medicine | 24 (3.8) |
Other medical specialties | 3 (0.5) |
Other | 5 (0.8) |
Type of master’s degree | |
None | 367 (58.7) |
Pharmacy | 53 (8.5%) |
Clinical pharmacy | 49 (7.8) |
Chinese materia medica | 19 (3.0) |
Other pharmacy | 132 (21.1) |
Clinical medicine | 4 (0.6) |
Other medical specialties | 1 (0.2) |
Other | 0 (0.0) |
Type of doctoral degree | |
None | 614 (98.2) |
Pharmacy | 1 (0.2) |
Clinical pharmacy | 4 (0.6) |
Chinese materia medica | 0 (0.0) |
Other pharmacy | 6 (1.0) |
Clinical medicine | 0 (0.0) |
Other medical specialties | 0 (0.0) |
Other | 0 (0.0) |