Evaluation system for the cultivation of pharmacy postgraduate students' creativity

Objective To study the evaluation system for phamacy postgraduate creativity training aiming at the lack of the creativity of pharmacy postgraduates.Methods Questionnaire and interview were combined to study the evaluation system for phamacy postgraduate creativity training.Questionnaire survey was conducted among 33 postgraduate tutors and 104 postgraduates from the majors of medicinal chemismy,phamaceutics,pharmaceutical analysis and phamacology in college of phamacy of Chongqing Medical University.The database was established by using Excel 2003 and SPSS 18.0 software was used to do statistical analysis.Descriptive analysis and t-test were adopted for data analysis of training mode,interests and subject ability,and independent scientific research ability.P＜0.05 indicates the statistical significant differences.Results 67.31％(70/104) postgraduates thought that the tutorial team was better than the single tutor(t=4.409,P=0.011).Both the teachers and the students agree that the postgraduate evaluation system and evaluation indexes were objective,justice and feasible.Attention should be paid to the cultivation of the innovative ability and independent research ability of postgraduates.In addition to the postgraduates' own efforts,the tutor at the same time played a leading role,for example,in the aspects of topic choosing and capacity-building (t=6.220,P=0.002),especially in the aspect of training postgraduates' independent scientific research ability(t=5.115,P=0.004).Conclusions It is necessary to establish the evaluation system for pharmacy postgraduate creativity training.The evaluation system and its indexes are objective,impartial,scientific,feasible,and also has a active influence on promoting the creativity and quality of phamacy postgraduates. Key words: Pharmacy postgraduates;  Creativity;  Innovation consciousness;  Innovation ability;  Evaluation system