To implement the strategy of "Healthy China" by the State Council and advocate national pharmacists to actively participate in health knowledge popularization, the national finals of "The Stars of Chinese Pharmacists in conjunction with Drug Use Knowledge Popularization Performance and Competition of Haihe Pharmaceutical Forum", hosted by the Science Popularization Professional Committee of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association and organized by Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, was held on August 2. With the theme of "Now is the future, keep innovative exploration", multidisciplinary experts, scholars and pharmacists from both home and abroad were invited to attend the finals for academic exchanges. The finals aim to promote innovative exploration and integrated development, improve the pharmacists' capability in science education and popularization and enhance the awareness of rational drug use for the public through new media.




As early as in June, two science popularization works completed by Pharmacy Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) has advanced the preliminary and semi-finals, and stood out among over 350 works from major hospitals across the country. A total of 16 pharmacist teams were selected to participate in the national finals. The performance of each team was evaluated and scored by public voting and expert comments through the combination of online and offline modes. The work entitled "Stroke cannot fend off love" by Inpatient Pharmacy and "Seven scallions mixed with sesame oil" by Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Service Center received the awards of "Ambassador for Safe Drug Use". The finals have fully demonstrated the solid knowledge reserve and excellent ability of popularizing science of young pharmacists, widened their way of thinking and encouraged the pharmacist team to enhancescience popularization in pharmacy by integrating new media, making pharmaceutical services more accessible to patients and the public.