A key major of Higher Vocational Education in Guangdong Province

A first-class major of Higher Vocational Education in Guangdong Province 

A modern apprenticeship pilot major in Guangdong Province

·Training Objective: to train the high-level technical personnel who can work as pharmacists or work in marketing department in hospitals and pharmaceutical enterprises, engaging in drug dispensing, rational and safe drug use guidance, quality control, purchase and sale, and mastering the necessary theory and operation skills of pharmacy.

·Main Courses: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology, Outline of Practical Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Practice in Hospital, Practical Pharmaceutical Care, Drug Preparation Technology (National Advanced Course, National Advanced Course of Sharing Resources), Drug Testing Technology (National Advanced Course, National Advanced Course of Sharing Resources), Basic Medicinal Chemistry (Provincial Advanced Course of Sharing Resources), Microbiology and Immunology, Practical Knowledge and Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Practical Prescription and Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine (National Advanced Course, National Advanced Course of Sharing Resources), Management Practice on Pharmacy (National Advanced Course, National Advanced Course of Sharing Resources), Marketing for Pharmacy (Provincial Advanced Course), and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, etc. 

·Qualification and Certificate: Drug Test Worker, Drug Preparation Worker, Medical Commodity Buyer and Seller, etc. After graduation, the students can apply for the qualification of licensed pharmacist after engaging in relevant professional work for at least five years; or apply for relevant professional and technical titles, like pharmacist, in the drug administration system after working in pharmaceutical enterprises and other relevant institutions for three years.

·Job Prospect: Pharmacy in hospitals (assisting doctors, nurses and patients in rational drug usage) or drug preparation office in hospitals, pharmacy, pharmaceutical factory, pharmaceutical company, drug test institutions at all levels and drug quality supervision and management department, etc., as well as pharmaceutical related technical, marketing and management positions.