New problems of licensed pharmacists lead to discussion. Is remote examination feasible?

[pharmaceutical network market analysis] licensed pharmacists refer to pharmaceutical technicians who have passed the national unified examination, obtained the professional qualification certificate of licensed pharmacists and registered to practice in pharmaceutical production, operation, use and other units that need to provide pharmaceutical services The problem of licensed pharmacists has always been a topic In 2018, the guidance on classified and classified management of national retail pharmacies issued by China requires retail pharmacies to have at least one licensed pharmacist However, according to industry statistics, at present, there are nearly 450000 retail pharmacies in China, while only 420000 pharmacists are registered According to the national requirements for licensed pharmacists, the gap between licensed pharmacists is about 600000 How to fill the gap of licensed pharmacists has aroused wide concern and discussion in the industry Among them, "remote audit" is regarded as one of the strategies, and Tibet, Chengdu, Xiamen and other places have long issued relevant policies for remote audit Recently, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the measures for the supervision and administration of drug trade (Draft for comments), and made new regulations on the allocation of licensed pharmacists focused by the industry However, the method does not mention "remote examination", but clearly states that "when the licensed pharmacist or other legally qualified pharmaceutical technicians are not on duty, they shall be informed by listing and stop selling prescription drugs and class a over-the-counter drugs." In response to this provision, the industry said that the licensed pharmacists' remote audit can alleviate the current situation of the shortage of licensed pharmacists to a certain extent, but in the current situation, it is difficult to replace the resident licensed pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical services for patients How to avoid the risks related to the remote audit is a big problem, and also a problem for the development of licensed pharmacists In this regard, some people believe that it is not realistic to see a doctor remotely, which also shows that there is no more specific and feasible plan to improve the treatment of licensed pharmacists and national health "The national policy has been promoting the development of licensed pharmacists But there are policies on the one hand and Countermeasures on the other It may take another 30 years for the prospects of licensed pharmacists to be fully realized " Some people say so Still have personage analysis, look at current state, exam and actual existence deviate, again have 30-50 years, pharmacist's position also cannot rise "Take traditional Chinese medicine for example How many rutin do people ask you? If someone asks a similar question, you will never be needed to guide them to use drugs properly In the past, there was no separation between medicine and medicine You went to see a doctor and he went to the pharmacy to get the medicine Now there is a separation between medicine and medicine There is also a medical representative and two ticket system between medicine and medicine " In general, under the trend of separation of medicine and promotion of two vote system, licensed pharmacists will only become more and more strict in the future, and it will take time to improve their status In addition, for the licensed pharmacists, the executive pharmacists also need to be specialized If you want to stay in the pharmacy, you need to know the key points of using all kinds of drugs professionally and play a guiding role in practice, rather than feel that you can guide the use of drugs with a certificate At the beginning of September this year, the letter on soliciting opinions was issued, in which some changes were made to the provisions on the continuing education of licensed pharmacists The industry believes that from the changes in the registration policy of licensed pharmacists to the management of continuing education, we can see that the state attaches more and more importance to licensed pharmacists At the same time, many changes in licensed pharmacists also reflect that this profession is developing in a better direction.