The licensed pharmacist examination is divided into two majors: Chinese Materia Medica and Pharmacy, and each major includes four subjects, namely Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations, and Professional Knowledge.
1. Professional knowledge and comprehensive knowledge and skills. There are certain differences in the difficulty and pass rate of the exams in TCM and Pharmacy, and you can choose the right major for you according to your personal situation and needs.
Generally speaking, if your professional background and work experience are related to Chinese medicine or Western medicine, it will be easier to take the corresponding major, because you have already mastered some basic knowledge and practical skills, and the review will be more targeted and efficient. If you are a beginner, then you need to spend more time and energy to learn and understand the content of the exam, and at the same time, you should also pay attention to cultivating your interest and motivation to avoid giving up halfway.
The difficulty and pass rate of the examination in Chinese Materia Medica and Pharmacy have the following characteristics:
1. The difficulty of pharmacy professional knowledge 1 is higher than that of traditional Chinese medicine professional knowledge 1, which mainly involves pharmacy, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and drug analysis, which requires candidates to have a strong chemical foundation and logical thinking ability, and there are more structural formula and calculation questions, which need to be combined with memorization and understanding.
2. The difficulty of TCM professional knowledge II is higher than that of pharmacy professional knowledge II, which mainly involves clinical Chinese materia medicine, Chinese patent medicine and prescription medicine, which requires candidates to have strong memory and inductive summary ability, and has more knowledge points and test points, which requires a combination of memorization and application.
3. The difficulty of comprehensive knowledge and skills in traditional Chinese medicine is higher than that of comprehensive knowledge and skills in pharmacy, mainly involving the identification, processing, compatibility, preparation, pharmacology, clinical and other aspects of traditional Chinese medicine, which requires candidates to have strong comprehensive analysis and problem-solving ability, and there are many case questions and operation questions, which need to be combined with theory and practice.
4. Pharmaceutical administration and regulations are common subjects of Chinese medicine and pharmacy, mainly involving laws and regulations on the production, circulation, use, and supervision of drugs.
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