1. 1 Licensed pharmacists refer to pharmaceutical technicians who have passed the national unified examination, obtained the qualification certificate of licensed pharmacists, and registered to practice in drug production, marketing and use units.

1.2 Clinical pharmacists in a broad sense refer to pharmacists who monitor patients' medication in clinical departments.

In a narrow sense, it refers to having received systematic advanced clinical pharmacy education and having a bachelor's degree in clinical pharmacy or full-time pharmacy in medical colleges; Have solid theoretical knowledge and technology of modern clinical pharmacy; Have the basic knowledge and technology of medicine and medical clinical related majors, as well as the knowledge and technology of medical literature; He has the knowledge and technology to participate in the design and practical operation of clinical drug treatment scheme, research and implement rational drug use, and undertake clinical pharmacy technical work in medical institutions. After standardized training, counseling and examination, he has obtained the title of clinical pharmacist.

1.3 Although clinical pharmacists and licensed pharmacists can coexist in hospital positioning, licensed pharmacists, as a qualification for pharmaceutical work, should be a qualification possessed by all pharmaceutical workers in the hospital, which can be equal to licensed doctors and practical nurse in nature. Clinical pharmacists mainly belong to a specific post in the field of pharmacy. Whether in a narrow sense or a broad sense, there are essential differences between the two.