Abstract:Objective: To explore the effect of continuing medical education (CME) on the quality of pharmaceutical care related to cancer pain treatment in medical institutions in Beijing. Methods: The Beijing Pain Management Center for Quality Control and Improvement held annual continuing medical education and training on cancer pain treatment for 4 years from 2016 to 2019 according to the criterion of ‘Good Pain Management Ward’. The quality level of pharmaceutical care before (2015) and after (2017 and 2019) were retrospectively evaluated to explore the impact of CME retrospectively from 5 projects, including namely ‘Pharmacist participation’, ‘drug supply’, ‘drug management’, ‘outpatient prescription comment’ and ‘outpatient prescription comment’. to explore the impact of CME. Results: A total of 48 hospitals participated in the annual CME for 4 consecutive years. The total score of pharmaceutical care quality for cancer pain treatment in 2019 (18.69±1.38) was significantly higher than that in 2015 (17.24±3.62) and 2017 (17.68±1.47) (P<0.05). In 2019, there were 38 ‘excellent’ hospitals (79.17%) and zero ‘unqualified’ hospitals. In 2015 and 2017, the total score of pharmaceutical care treatment in tertiary A hospitals was higher than that in secondary hospitals (P<0.05), but there was no statistical difference among different grades of hospitals in 2019. Among different projects, the score of ‘pharmacist participation’ was the lowest, but the improvement effect was the most significant. Conclusion: The role of clinical pharmacists in cancer pain treatment remains to be strengthened. Continuous CME training help significantly improve pharmacists' participation on the quality of pharmaceutical care related to cancer pain treatment in participating hospitals.