Fudan University （Schoolof Pharmacy）isone of the earliest universities in China to provide clinical pharmacyeducation. The predecessor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy is theDepartment of Hospital Pharmacy established in the 1990s. It is one of theearliest affiliations to conduct clinical pharmacy teaching and research inChina. Based on the strong medical education and practice in Shanghai MedicalCollege of Fudan University and pharmacy education in School of Pharmacy, wehave complementary resources and close cooperation. As early as the 1990s, wehave tried to develop postgraduate education in the direction of clinicalpharmacy and generated very good achievements. At the beginning of thiscentury, in order to promote clinical pharmacy education, a new group ofclinical pharmacy courses was started during the undergraduate stage. Also,master students and doctoral students were admitted under the pharmacy andpharmacology discipline, and a series of international clinical pharmacyseminars have been held.
Theteaching and research group of Pharmacy Administration was set in 1994 inurgent need of giving students relevant courses, as the Law of DrugAdministration improving constantly, healthcare industry developing fast andLicensed Pharmacist Examination set the discipline of Pharmacy Administrationas one of the test subjects at that time. And in 2016, the “Sino-DanishRegulatory Science Center”, which was held by FDU and University of Copenhagenand supported by Novo-Nordisk Company, inaugurated at school of Pharmacy, FudanUniversity.
In 2010, the department ofclinical pharmacy and the department of drug administration were merged toestablish the department of clinical pharmacy and drug administration. In thedevelopment plan for school of pharmacy, clinical pharmacy was chosen as one ofthe four major directions.
Developing clinical pharmacyeducation, training clinical pharmacy professionals, and narrowing of the gapwith the development of international pharmacy education have become the maindirection of current pharmacy education reform in China. Clinical pharmacyeducation has long been the mainstream of pharmaceutical education in developedcountries of Europe and America. As one of the earliest universities in Chinato carry out clinical pharmacy education, we have been actively exploring acreative training mode for clinical pharmacists. Based on the advantages ofFudan University as a comprehensive university and its strong medicaleducation, we have established the “4+2” master degree program, “4+4” doctoraldegree program, 2.5-year professional master’s degree program,3-year science master’s degree program, and 3-year science doctoral degreeprogram. The long-term system (especially “4+4” doctoral degree program) havetrained the clinical pharmacy talents for the first time in China. It issimilar to Pharm.D. program in the States, and is one of the most attractiveand promising training modes. Clinical pharmacy is a discipline that combines knowledgewith practice. Due to the strong medical education background of ShanghaiMedical College of Fudan University and the strong clinical pharmacy practiceand service advantages of the Affiliated Hospital, we invited clinical pharmacyexperts and experienced clinical pharmacists from Zhongshan Hospital, HuashanHospital, Cancer Hospital, Children’ Hospital and other affiliated hospitals asmentors to promote the comprehensive and in-depth development of clinicalpharmacy education. Our department provides 14 courses for undergraduates,including Introduction to Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy Administration, ClinicalPharmacokinetics and Pharmacotherapy, etc. We also provides graduate studentswith courses such as Clinical Evaluation of Drugs, Pharmacogenomics, andPharmacotherapy.
Forthe drug administration, “Pharmacy administration” is as compulsory course and“Pharmaceutical ethics”, “Pharmaceutical Marketing”, “Medical enterprisemanagement”, “Standard for quality management of drug production andmanagement”, “International Pharmaceutical Trade” and “Drug Patent Law” asoptional course. Also, we are responsible for the teaching courses of continuingeducation in FDU and the pre-training of Licensed Pharmacist Examination.
