OBJECTIVE:To understand the current situation and problems of the human resources of herbalists in Chongqing, and to provide reference for the relevant departments in formulating development plan for herbalists and promoting the healthy and sustainable development of Chinese medicine industry. METHODS:Chongqing municipal health and family planning commission is-sued the questionnaires to investigate the post distribution,educational background,job title and advanced study of medicine staff in Chongqing medical institutions. RESULTS:Questionnaires were gathered and reported by county health bureaus with effective re-covery rate of 100%. There were totally 19 713 Chinese medicine practitioners in Chongqing,including 1 739 herbalists,account-ing for 8.8%. Only 1.7%of the herbalists were graduate degrees,and the proportion of highly educated herbalists was low. The pri-mary professional position of the herbalists accounted only 59.5% and senior professional position was only 4.7%,the professional titles of herbalists were generally on the low side. The proportion of further education for herbalists was only 3.2%. There were sig-nificant differences in the ages,working time,highest education,professional positions and post properties and further studies among different economic areas(P<0.05). Herbalists of one-hour economic circle had higher educational level and higher profes-sional position than other two areas. CONCLUSIONS:Chongqing is lack of herbalists,and lack of the senior professional posi-tions,their education level is low and further education rate is low. In order to promote the development of Chinese medicine,it is necessary to strengthen the training and introduction of outstanding and young talents,strengthen the continuing education and regu-lar standardized training,improve the salary and welfare treatment for authorized strength and positions and balance the training for herbalists in different economic areas.%目的:了解重庆市中药师人力资源的现状及存在的问题,为有关部门制定中药师发展规划、促进中医药事业的健康持续发展提供依据.方法:通过重庆市卫生和计划生育委员会下发调查表,对重庆市医疗卫生机构中医药人员的岗位分布、学历、职称和进修等情况进行调查.结果:调查表由各区县卫生局汇总上报,有效回收率为100%.全市中医药从业者共19 713人,其中中药师1 739人,占比8.8%.中药师中研究生学历仅占1.7%,高学历的中药师比例偏低;中药师的专业职称中初级占59.5%,高级职称仅占4.7%,专业职称普遍较低;中药师进修比例仅3.2%.不同经济区域的中药师在年龄、从事中药工作的时间、最高学历、专业职称、岗位性质、进修方面比较,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)."一小时经济圈"的中药师队伍相对其他两个地区的文化水平较高,且中高级职称者比例较高.结论:重庆市中药师仍较缺乏,中高级职称人员偏少,学历偏低,进修率低.为更好地推动中医药事业发展,未来需要加强中医药青年人才培养和引进,对中药师加强继续教育、定期进行规范化培训,提升其编制和职称方面的待遇,并注意平衡各经济区域中药师人才培养.
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