Research on the Qualification Certification System for Western Medicine Practitioners During the Republic of China Period
During the Republic of China period,some western medicine practitioners graduated from phar-maceutical departments in medical colleges,while others were trained in hospitals or pharmacies.Conse-quently,the qualification certification system was divided into two categories:one is pharmacists,and the other is dispensers.This system combined institutional regulations with the realities of the country,contrib-uting to the specialization and standardization of the western pharmaceutical industry,which aligned with the development status of the pharmaceutical sector at the time.However,due to political turmoil and fre-quent wars,higher pharmaceutical education was not fully developed.As a result,the number of pharmacy assistants,originally intended as a temporary measure,continued to grow,while the total number of phar-macists was relatively small,which hindered the long-term development of the pharmaceutical profession.