[Abstract] In the context of the Healthy China initiative, this study outlined the current situation of clinical

pharmacy education in China and analyzed the major impediments in postgraduate professional degree programs

in clinical pharmacy to the fulfillment of the needs of the rapid progress in China's medical and health sector and

to the swift and effective improvement of the development of high-level clinical pharmacy talents. These problems

are illustrated by indefinite training objectives, the lack of standardized training criteria, and the failure to change

the mindset of pharmacy education and have resulted in an incomplete knowledge system and a disconnect

between the training objective and the needs of society and the pharmacy industry. Therefore, the graduates as

clinical pharmacists are not professional enough, with inadequate social recognition. This study advocates that

educators should change the education philosophy, come up with innovative approaches toward talent training for

postgraduate professional degrees in clinical pharmacy, accelerate the effective connection between talent training

and registered qualification, and nurture the quality of humanism. This way, high-level talents of clinical pharmacy

will be prepared, who can then cater to the needs of society and the pharmacy industry.

[Key words] Clinical pharmacy; Postgraduate professional degree; Talent development; Innovative training

approaches