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Globalization has attracted much attention to universities over the past decade. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the United States-China international pharmacy education programs (IPEP) in China. Kirkpatrick's model of evaluation was used to evaluate IPEP from reaction and learning levels. In the reaction level, a questionnaire survey with a Likert scale was used. In the learning level, data from “Assessment Record of Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice of Peking University” were collected. Cronbach’ α coefficient of reliability was calculated, principal component analysis and independent t-test were conducted. All of the students who attended IPEP (n = 36) completed the questionnaire survey. The scores of benefits were increased in 4 categories, including “Clinical practice competency improvement” (mean ranking [MR] = 3.11 points), “Understanding of doctor of Pharmacy education mode” (MR = 3.48 points), “English competency improvement” (MR = 3.64 points) and “International collaboration” (MR = 3.92 points). Meanwhile, the overall satisfaction was relatively high with the IPEP (MR = 4.22 points). In the learning level, a total of 22 records was obtained. Students who attended (n = 5) the IPEP achieved higher scores than those did not attend (n = 17) in the assessment records, although no statistical significant differences were observed. Personal in-depth interviews further supported the overall benefit of IPEP. The Kirkpatrick model of evaluation can be used for IPEP. The benefit and satisfaction of students attended the IPEP were high in the reaction level; even though no statistically significant difference was shown in the learning level, higher scores were still demonstrated.

The relationship of resistivity versus synthesizing temperature of sol gel YBa2Cu3Oy samples was studied when prepared under flowing oxygen conditions. A set of high-temperature ρ–T curves was obtained for the whole process. After the sample finished the test measuring, its resistivity was ρ300=9.83 ×10−3Ω.cm at room temperature. The ρ–T curve also showed that the orthorhombic–tetragonal phase transformation of sol-gel YBa2Cu3Oy sample occurred at 581 degrees C for the sample in the rising temperature process, but at 613 degrees C in the cooling process, lower than that of the samples made by using the conventional powder metallurgy methods.