Development prospects for licensed pharmacists in 2020

Licensed pharmacist: is a professional qualification, refers to the national licensed pharmacist qualification examination (a qualification access examination for engaging in pharmaceutical practice), obtained the "licensed pharmacist qualification certificate" and obtained the "licensed pharmacist registration certificate" through registration, and practice in the drug production, operation and use units. It can also be understood like this:

Pharmacists who have passed the National Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Examination and obtained the Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Certificate and have been registered are called licensed pharmacists, and are also divided into practicing Chinese pharmacists and practicing Western pharmacists. The professional title level is equivalent to the intermediate professional title of a medical institution, and the employer can be hired to engage in the quality management work at the intermediate professional title level and enjoy the corresponding treatment. The state stipulates that retail pharmacies must be equipped with resident pharmacists, and in some large and medium-sized cities, resident pharmacists must have licensed pharmacist qualifications.

The outlook for licensed pharmacists is not optimistic for the following reasons:

1. Social disapproval:

In hospitals, the doctor's prescription for the patient must be reviewed by the licensed pharmacist before the next step of the pharmacy can be picked, and the licensed pharmacist has the right to question or even reject the doctor's prescription according to the patient's case.

But in real life, have you ever experienced a doctor's prescription being denied? The status of doctors is high, and the status of staff members who are licensed pharmacists is low, how dare they dismiss experienced doctors, even if they have doubts, they can only remain silent, after all, the licensed pharmacist qualification certificate is not as valuable as the licensed medical qualification certificate. What to do?

Either endure it or change careers.

2. Low income:

The monthly salary of the resident licensed pharmacist is currently in the state of 3000 4000, and the low salary of licensed pharmacists has always been a more distressing thing for this group.

3. No future:

Primary, intermediate, sub-high, and high, what do these have to do with licensed pharmacists? The sad thing is often not the current hardship, but the slim future that will be accepted after raising the head! The duty and mission of a licensed pharmacist is to guide people on the safety of daily medication and add another layer of protection to the people.

But in the face of no one in the pharmacy, the patience in the hospital, and the accountability in the enterprise, it is really difficult to say.

The 13th Five-Year Plan for National Drug Safety requires that by 2020, the service level of licensed pharmacists will be significantly improved, with more than 4 licensed pharmacists per 10,000 population, and the main managers of all retail pharmacies will have licensed pharmacist qualifications and licensed pharmacists to guide the rational use of drugs during business.

1. Licensed pharmacists can be connected with professional titles

On the premise of controlling the access to the test of the mu, licensed pharmacists also need to reflect the value created for patients and the market through grading. The matching of professional qualifications and professional titles is a solution. In recent years, some provinces and cities have carried out the work of connecting licensed pharmacists with pharmacists in charge or pharmacists in charge.

2. Classification and grading management of pharmacies is promoted nationwideThe demand for licensed pharmacists has increased dramatically

With the introduction of the classification and grading management documents of pharmacies, licensed pharmacists will become the standard configuration of pharmacies, and without licensed pharmacists, in addition to the types of drugs sold will be restricted, pharmacies and pharmacists with hanging licenses will be punished. Outpatient pharmacies will be gradually separated from hospitals and replaced by social pharmacies, and the traditional pharmacy staff with the title of pharmacy in retail pharmacies will not be qualified to guide the use of drugs. In order to adapt to the "separation of medicines", pharmacy personnel must obtain a licensed pharmacist qualification certificate.

1.All units engaged in the production, operation and use of drugs must be equipped with licensed drug instructors;

2.Retail pharmacies that implement drug classification management and are qualified to sell prescription drugs and Class A non-prescription drugs must be equipped with licensed pharmacists;

3.The person in charge of the quality management of the drug retail chain enterprise operating across the region must be a licensed pharmacist;

4.Large and medium-sized pharmaceutical retail enterprises that have passed GSP certification must be equipped with licensed pharmacists;

5.The person in charge of the quality management organization of the drug wholesale enterprise certified by GSP must be a licensed pharmacist;

6.The person in charge of the quality management organization of the GMP-certified pharmaceutical manufacturer must be a licensed pharmacist;

7.Pharmacies and preparation rooms of medical institutions at or above the county level must be equipped with licensed pharmacists.

The licensed pharmacist certificate in 2022 is not easy to test. The licensed pharmacist qualification is a nationally recognized professional qualification certification, which belongs to the access qualification certificate of the pharmaceutical industry, and the strictness of the examination is very high, and it is still difficult to obtain a licensed pharmacist certificate.

Professional knowledge of Chinese medicine I: "Professional knowledge of Chinese medicine I" is the most difficult subject in the licensed pharmacist examination (special evaluation of previous candidates), if you are a zero-based candidate, then you must spend more time on "professional knowledge of Chinese medicine I", because it is really difficult to understand.

Professional knowledge of Chinese medicine II: a basic discipline, it is generally believed that only by learning it well can we better learn the comprehensive knowledge and skills of Chinese medicine.

The main content is pharmacology, there are a lot of drugs in the whole book, you have to remember the mechanism of action of drugs, the characteristics of action, indications, adverse reactions, contraindications, drug interactions, etc., a lot, learn it well, you have to have a method, have a comparative memory.

Comprehensive Knowledge and Skills of Traditional Chinese Medicine": This is a subject that is based on the fixed examination, and for candidates who have little contact with clinical practice, it is more than a little difficult, and it is necessary to be psychologically prepared.

Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations": This is a subject that keeps pace with the times, many people think it is very good, but in the end they are hurt by it, do not underestimate the enemy, and prepare for the exam carefully.

Pharmacies, medical enterprises or management personnel, must have a licensed pharmacist qualification certificate, so the development of licensed pharmacists is not a good prospect, can rely on their own ability, become the legal person or management personnel of the company.

Now more and more industries are involved in the medical industry, whether it is pharmacies, communities or schools need to have professional licensed pharmacists, which will provide more employment units for licensed pharmacists, which also indicates that licensed pharmacists are in a state of shortage, and most licensed pharmacists will not be unemployed.

A licensed pharmacist is a long-term job, and while performing each of his duties, he must focus on the safety of people's lives and not use drugs without authorization.

Although there is the right to review prescriptions, there is no right to prescribe, so to become a professional licensed pharmacist, you must strictly abide by your professional ethics.

The National Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Examination is a national unified examination, and the "Professional Qualification Certificate of Licensed Pharmacists of the People's Republic of China" is obtained after passing the examination. Licensed pharmacists shall implement a registration system, and units engaged in the production, distribution, use and other units that need to provide pharmaceutical services shall be equipped with corresponding licensed pharmacists in accordance with regulations.

The prospect is very good, at present, many pharmacy title examinations are gradually being cancelled, and licensed pharmacists are still very promising.

In 2017, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the Notice on the Inspection of the "Hanging Certificate" of Licensed Pharmacists in Pharmaceutical Trading Enterprises (No. 190 of 2017), which fired the first shot of the "Hanging Certificate" inspection of licensed pharmacists.

Subsequently, some provinces also announced the inspection of licensed pharmacists in their jurisdictions, and even some pharmacies were revoked because of the "hanging certificates" of licensed pharmacists.

For units that do not provide for the allocation of licensed pharmacists, the drug regulatory department at or above the county level where they are located shall order them to be equipped within a time limit.

If the "Licensed Pharmacist Registration Certificate" is rented or lent (suspended), the certificate shall be declared invalid by the licensing department, ordered to be withdrawn or confiscated, and the licensed pharmacist shall not be registered within three years, and the illegal licensed pharmacist and illegal enterprise shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and regulations! ”

In 2019, the registration may not be effective, and various departments continue to strictly investigate the phenomenon of "hanging the certificate without hanging the person", which may force some practitioners in the pharmaceutical industry to accelerate the examination for the licensed pharmacist qualification certificate. Moreover, the General Office of the State Food and Drug Administration requires that from January 1, 2021, drug business enterprises must be equipped with licensed pharmacists.

According to statistics, the exam questions that candidates are most concerned about in 2018 have also changed slightly from the past, and candidates generally report that the questions are generally more difficult than before, and individual questions are obviously out of the syllabus, so according to the overall trend of the licensed pharmacist examination in 2019, higher requirements are put forward for candidates:

1) The exam is getting more and more difficult and biased.

2) The angle of the question is becoming more and more flexible, the content of the examination is more detailed, and the scope is wider.

3) The exam questions will be more inclined to practical application and grasp of details.

In general, the difficulty of the 2019 National Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Examination will only increase compared to the 2018 exam, so the 2019 licensed pharmacist candidates must be aware of this trendRead the book every day, brush the questions in the exam 100, A, PP, and prepare for the exam scientifically, so that you can pass the customs smoothly!

1) Technical secondary school degree may not be able to apply for the examination;

2) Chinese Materia Medica: Pharmacy majors can apply for the examination, and other majors may not be able to apply for the examination;

3) The examination period will be extended to 4 years, and the difficulty will be increased.

Although it is only a draft opinion and has not yet been officially implemented, the policy is changing rapidly, and you may not be able to apply for the exam if you are not careful, and the registration conditions for the licensed pharmacist exam will only become more and more stringent. So cherish your time now, hurry up and apply for the licensed pharmacist exam, work hard, and maybe change your own life, right now!

For a long time, people's cognition of pharmacists has stayed at the stage of "grasping medicine", and pharmacists are often not valued compared to the indispensable role of doctors. But in fact, pharmacists are just as important as doctors. In recent years, with the continuous reform of the country for pharmacists, the status of pharmacists has quietly changed, and there are more and more opportunities for them

On August 22, 2018, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the "Regulations on the Professional Qualification System for Licensed Pharmacists (Draft for Comments)", of which Article 31: Persons who have obtained the "Professional Qualification Certificate for Licensed Pharmacists" through the national unified examination and meet the corresponding conditions for professional title evaluation shall be deemed to have the title of competent pharmacist or competent Chinese pharmacist. It is necessary to know that the professional title reflects the academic and technical level, work ability and work achievements of professional and technical personnel, the higher the professional title, the higher the socio-economic and welfare benefits, and plays a key role in settlement, pension, internal promotion, etc.

This shows that the future of practicing pharmacists is bright. Applying for a licensed pharmacist is no longer just for industry qualifications, but also for future career planning and job promotion.

According to the data of the Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Certification Center of the State Food and Drug Administration, as of the end of December 2018, the number of licensed pharmacists registered in the country was 10,000, including 10,000 licensed pharmacists registered in social pharmacies. According to public data, by the end of 2018, the number of retail pharmacies in China was about 10,000. That is to say, at present, to meet the condition of one licensed pharmacist in each retail pharmacy, there is still a shortage of 10,000 licensed pharmacists, not to mention that each pharmacy needs to be equipped with two licensed pharmacists.

Therefore, licensed pharmacists have become popular talents in the pharmaceutical industry, but it is not easy to obtain a licensed pharmacist certificate. At present, the examination of licensed pharmacists in China is becoming more and more "determined by use", and there are more and more comprehensive analysis questions, example questions, cross-chapter and even cross-subject examination questions in today's pharmacist examination, and the difficulty of the examination questions is also increasing, so it is getting lower and lower, and the licensed pharmacist examination in 2018 is only 14%, a new low in 7 years. In addition, secondary school qualifications will not be able to register for the licensed pharmacist examination in 2021, and the threshold for licensed pharmacists will be higher and higher.

It can be seen that the gold content of licensed pharmacists can be described as full.

Demand determines the market, and the salaries of licensed pharmacists have skyrocketed due to the shortage of licensed pharmacists. In a variety of recruitment activities, many senior positions such as production plant managers, business supervisors, and pharmacy managers recruited by the pharmaceutical industry require candidates to hold a "licensed pharmacist qualification certificate". Senior managers with licensed pharmacist qualifications earn a very good salary, usually on an annual basis.

It can also be seen on the recruitment website that the monthly salary of licensed pharmacists can reach more than 10,000 yuan, which is also very impressive.

The times are advancing, and the reform of the examination will also deeply affect the fate of many pharmacists, and the general environment has made the qualification of licensed pharmacists a rigid demand of the pharmaceutical industry, and has also given people in the industry a good opportunity to start a business, be promoted, and increase their salaries. Applying for a licensed pharmacist exam is definitely a wise choice.