Connotation construction and development path of "pharmaceutical pedagogy"

China Pharmaceutical University proposed and established the first second-level discipline of pharmaceutical pedagogy in China under the first-level discipline of pharmacy in 2021.Through exploring the value of pharmaceutical pedagogy and clarifying its connotation and development path, the construction of the discipline will be firmly pushed forward with a good start, laying a solid foundation for the connotative and high-quality development of pharmaceutical education in China.Using comparison, literature review and historical survey, iconic discipline factors in similar disciplines of pharmaceutical pedagogy, like medical pedagogy, nursing pedagogy, health education and social & administrative pharmacy were investigated.Our researches showed that pharmaceutical pedagogy in its narrow sense refers to the discipline of studying the phenomena and problems of pharmaceutical education with the cultivation of pharmaceutical talents as the core, and revealing the laws and characteristics of pharmaceutical education.The construction of pharmaceutical pedagogy should be further promoted with more academic achievements, stronger academic teams, organizations and journals with better and higher platforms of academic research.It was suggested that pharmaceutical pedagogy should be guided by Marxist philosophy in improving its academic system, academic institutions, academic teams and ability in participating in academic governance independently and openly.Pharmaceutical pedagogy is expected to accelerate the construction of theoretical system and discourse system of pharmaceutical education with Chinese characteristics, aiming to provide stronger intellectual support and knowledge contribution for pharmaceutical education in China and for China.