Multi-dimensional investigation of existing problems in the cultivation of clinical pharmacy undergraduates in China
Objective To investigate the influencing factors for the training quality of clinical pharmacy undergraduates in China from multiple dimensions and the problems existing in the current training model,to propose suggestions for improvement,and to provide a reference for improving the training quality of clinical pharmacy undergraduates in China.Methods Four dimensions of vital importance to the training quality of clinical pharmacy undergraduates in China were summarized based on the results of previous literature research and semi-structured interviews,and a questionnaire was designed to conduct a survey among clinical pharmacy undergraduates.Then based on the problems obtained through feedback,an investigation was conducted among the clinical pharmacists in various provinces across the country.SPSS 25.0 was used to perform a statistical analysis.Results The influencing factors for the cultivation and development of clinical pharmacy undergraduates included insufficient awareness of their major[18.28%(17/93)of the senior and graduate students still had no understanding or relatively little understanding of their major],a lack of specialty characteristics in undergraduate education of clinical pharmacy[35.91%(107/298)of the students thought that the arrangement of public courses during the undergraduate period of clinical pharmacy was unreasonable or needed improvement],unreasonable arrangement of the contents and time of internship[34.23%(102/298)of the students thought that the experiment and internship arrangement during the undergraduate period of clinical pharmacy was unreasonable or needed to be improved],and inadequate cultivation of learning and scientific research innovation abilities[66.78%(199/298)of the students had not participated in scientific research projects or training,with σ>1 in the statistics of various learning behaviors].Conclusions Professional cognition and internship/practice should be taken seriously in the training system of clinical pharmacy undergraduates.Curriculum setting should be optimized to enhance specialty characteristics,and the teaching and training model should be improved to focus on ability training.