After carefully reading the notice of the General Office of the State Drug Administration and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on the two exposure drafts of the provisions of the professional qualification system for practicing pharmacists and the implementation measures of the qualification examination, the touch of the heart is still not small. The key points of this upcoming reform compared to the previous revision are as follows:

1. Application conditions: from the original bachelor's degree in pharmacy, full 3 years of work experience modified to no years of work requirements; the original bachelor's degree in related disciplines, full 3 years of work experience modified to full 1 year; the original college degree 5 years of work experience modified to full 2 years; at the same time, the new approach to the provisions of the qualification examination of licensed pharmacists to discard the secondary school qualifications access system. In this file application conditions change, we obviously see the new approach has been to improve the examination access conditions, to encourage highly educated people with high professional quality to apply for the examination.

2. Examination cycle: from the original two-year cycle into a four-year cycle, that is, four consecutive years to pass four exams can get the licensed pharmacist license. The extension of the examination cycle may be based on the increase in the difficulty of the examination, or the insufficient passing rate of the licensed pharmacist examination.

3. Exemption conditions: the new exemption conditions are limited to specializations other than senior titles.

Pharmacy, Traditional Chinese Medicine or Medicine and Chinese Medicine. The new provisions of this item are intended to highlight the professionalism of practicing pharmacists.

The rest of the amendments cover other aspects, such as the simplification of registration procedures, the validity period of the registration certificate, etc., which will not be expressed here. From the overall changes in the Regulations and Measures, the admission standards for practicing pharmacists have been raised, and the supervision of practicing pharmacists has become more stringent and standardized, with clear distinction between rewards and penalties. For example, for the society now often "hanging" behavior, in the post is not in the post and other phenomena are listed in the corresponding specific provisions, clear treatment provisions, which in the past belongs to the missing items; in the enhancement of supervision at the same time, increased the recognition of the item. Article 24 of the Regulations clearly states that those with high professional ethics, high level of pharmacy services and outstanding contributions to pharmacy work will be recognized and rewarded.

As a practicing pharmacist who has been working in a tertiary hospital for ten years, it is gratifying to see the efforts made by the State to further accelerate the construction of a team of practicing pharmacists, to truly encourage and promote the efforts made by practicing pharmacists in guiding the public in the rational use of medicines, and to strengthen the supervisory role of medicines in the process of circulation. If we have to answer the question of whether it is "long overdue" or "overkill", we, as professional pharmacists, will definitely hold the attitude of "long overdue". There are two main points I would like to make here. First, the former entry requirements for practicing pharmacists did not emphasize professionalism, and the so-called relevant professions were set too broadly, for example, non-medical or pharmacy personnel could also apply for practicing pharmacists. And there is still no professional restriction in the exemption conditions. The market for the license is spawned, on the one hand, from a serious imbalance between supply and demand, and on the other hand, from the lack of a clear definition of the admission system for the licensed pharmacist examination in our own profession! For example, in practice, many nursing staff to apply for the licensed pharmacist examination, for nurses, non-professional origin and generally will not work in the pharmacist position, the purpose of this certificate is very simple, it is to "hang the license to make money". In terms of the difficulty of the licensed pharmacist examination, drug (a) and drug (two) is more difficult, regulations and drug synthesis is relatively simple a lot. But before the exemption conditions do not limit the professional, as long as the senior title can be exempted from the first two, so the non-professionals exam pass rate is still not low. This is also one of the root causes of the "hanging license" phenomenon. Therefore, the improvement of the access system for practicing pharmacists will definitely lay the most solid foundation for the pharmacist's duties, code of conduct, legal status and professional expression. Secondly, following the zero-percentage markup on medicines in medical institutions, the operation of pharmacies has also received a great impact simultaneously. As most of the pharmacies are still stuck in the rough level of selling drugs, from the pharmacy service stage is still far away, in order to obtain long-term development, must rely on truly professional licensed pharmacists. Pharmacies can also only get out of the predicament through the transformation and upgrading of the development of licensed pharmacists into the pharmacy service model. At present, the pharmacist in the store on the customer's disease only know some simple symptoms and basic treatment, but the lack of analysis of the disease, the choice of drugs and how to protect the patient's rational use of medication thinking, including the common laboratory tests and inspection indicators do not quite understand, and professional origin of highly educated high-quality pharmacist into the examination team will effectively enhance the pharmacists' ability to analyze and treat the disease, which, as a pharmacist's This is the core work of pharmacists.

The reform of the licensure examination has far-reaching implications, including the development of pharmacies, the positioning of pharmacists, and the development of the pharmacist professional team. One day in the future, when the development of the pharmacist system is as mature as our medical practitioner system, and the qualification of the pharmacist has become a rigid requirement of the pharmaceutical industry, I am convinced that our pharmacists can really fulfill their duties to practice that: pharmacists only do one thing well in their lives, to avoid the patient to take the wrong medicine!

Shiyan People's Hospital Ke Jing, Pharmacy Network Member

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The first thing you need to do is to see if you meet the conditions for applying for the licensed pharmacist, so what are the conditions needed to take the licensed pharmacist certificate in 2019?

The entry requirements for licensed pharmacists are listed below:

(a) Citizens of the People's Republic of China and persons of other nationalities who are authorized to be employed within the territory of China and who possess one of the following conditions may apply to take the licensing examination for licensed pharmacists:

1. Obtain a college degree in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine, and work in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine positions for 5 years;

2. Obtain a bachelor's degree or bachelor's degree in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine, and work in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine positions for 3 years;

3. Obtain a second bachelor's degree, graduate class graduation or master's degree in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine, and work in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine position for 1 year;

4. Obtain a doctoral degree in pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine;

5. For those who have obtained the corresponding academic qualifications or degrees in pharmacy or Chinese medicine, the number of years of work in pharmacy or Chinese medicine posts shall be increased by one year accordingly.

(b) In accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, those who meet the application requirements of the Provisions on the Professional Qualification System for Licensed Pharmacists and possess one of the following conditions may be exempted from the examinations of Professional Knowledge of Pharmacy (or Chinese Pharmacy) I and Professional Knowledge of Pharmacy (or Chinese Pharmacy) II, and only take the examinations of Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations and Comprehensive Knowledge and Skills of Pharmacy (Chinese Pharmacy) in two subjects:

1. obtain a senior title in pharmacy or medical specialty and work in a pharmacy position;

2. Obtained a senior title in the specialty of traditional Chinese medicine or Chinese medicine, and worked in the position of traditional Chinese medicine.

(c) The State Drug Administration, in order to ensure a smooth transition to the new version of the system, now stipulates that any person with a secondary school education who meets the following requirements (formerly No. 34) may apply for the licensed pharmacist qualification examination:

1. Apply for the general examination: all citizens of the People's Republic of China and persons of other nationalities permitted to be employed in the territory of China, who are law-abiding and have obtained a secondary school degree in pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine or related professions, and who have been engaged in the professional work of pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine for a total of seven years;

2, exempted from the examination of two subjects: in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State assessed for senior professional and technical positions, and apprenticeship in traditional Chinese medicine, pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine secondary school graduates, continuously engaged in the pharmacy or traditional Chinese medicine professional work for 20 years, may be exempted from the examination of pharmacy (or traditional Chinese medicine) professional knowledge of a professional knowledge of a pharmacy (or traditional Chinese medicine) professional knowledge of a professional knowledge of a professional knowledge of a second.