In 2019

the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the"Opinions on Promoting the Inheritance

Innovation and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine"to encouragewestern medicine to learn Chinese medicine

and encourage to train talents for integrated Chinese and western medicine. In this context

based on the general combined application of Chinese and western medicine in China and the relative shortage of TCM pharmacists

pharmacist of western medicine can carry out some preliminary clinical pharmacy work of traditional Chinese medicine on the basis of full understanding and compliance with legal requirements through learning and applying knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine

so as to promote the rational application of traditional Chinese medicine

and provide support for training pharmaceutical talents of integrated Chinese and western medicine at the same time. "Expert Consensus on the Learning and Applying of Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge by Pharmacists of Western Medicine in General Hospital（ Beijing

2020） "has explored and formed expert opinions that provide methodological guidance for pharmacists of western medicine to learn and use traditional Chinese medicine knowledge based on the previous work experience in Beijing. Expert opinions are in the format of "consensus report"

which is formed by the Delphi method from 40 influential clinical pharmacy experts of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine from 20 medical institutions in Beijing

and adopts the improved GRADE Evidence Evaluation System to conduct an objective evaluation on consensus content. The expert consensus is divided into four parts and stated by 30 items: the significance and practical needs for pharmacist of western medicine learning traditional Chinese medicine knowledge

the basic methods for pharmacist of western medicine learning and applying traditional Chinese medicine knowledge

the basic content of clinical traditional Chinese pharmacology knowledge system and the key points to solve practical problems. Each statement has the final recognition score

recommendation score and expert participation degree

and accompanied by explanatory text

which can be used by pharmacist and doctors of western medicine and other medical and health technical professionals without traditional Chinese medicine knowledge background in general hospital and primary medical institutions.