Abstract
Improvement of pharmaceutical qualification system is important for systematic and professional development of pharmaceutical industry. Korea has set up the pharmaceutical qualification system including pharmacy education eligibility and pharmacist state ex-amination. Pharmacy education eligibility test aims to select talents to get 2+4 years' pharmacy higher education and the competitiveness showed a trend of increase implemented since 2010. The candidates always major in engineering/natural/agriculture, chemistry, biology, humanistic society and ect, during preparatory course. While average pass rate of pharmacist state examination was only 73.7%, which act as the passport to becoming a pharmacist of Korea, showed high difficulty compared to physicians and nurses. The pharmaceutical professional talents selection system in Korea was established through the diffi-cult and sustainable pharmacy qualification system, and achieved the systematic, professional development of pharmaceutical industry, which can be used for reference for China. Key words: Korea; Pharmacy; Pharmacy education eligibility test; Pharmacist state
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