By: Mohamed Reda Halima

Faculty of Pharmacy - Al azhar University

Email mohamed-halima@hotmail.com

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Scope of Pharmacist

Highly paid Profession in Canada,

USA, Australia and UK Classified as

(White-collar Job).

Pharmacist Salary is Approx=$40/hour.

Opportunities at Community Pharmacy

and also at Hospital and Industry.

How to registered as Pharmacist?

1-Proper Guidance.

2-Motivation.

3-Skills to work in the challenging environment.

4-Problem solving abilities.

5-Handle the Stress.

Objective To go through the brief procedure to register

as Pharmacist in:

Canada

USA

Australia

UK

UAE

Canada

Pharmacy Examination are conducted under the control of PEBC( Pharmacy Examination board of Canada). http://www.pebc.ca

There are 3 steps for international student to achieving PEBC pharmacist certification:

STEP 1: DOCUMENT EVALUATION.

STEP 2: THE PHARMACIST EVALUATINGEXAMINATION.

STEP 3: THE PHARMACIST QUALIFYINGEXAMINATION, PART I (MCQ) and PART II (OSCE).

STEP 1: DOCUMENT EVALUATION

You must pass this evaluation of your educational and professional credentials to be eligible to write the Pharmacist Evaluating Examination (We easily qualify that)

STEP 2: THE PHARMACIST EVALUATING EXAMINATION

You must pass this written examination to be eligible for the Pharmacist Qualifying Examination –Parts I and II (You have to go through all pharmacy course once to pass this exam)

STEP 3: THE PHARMACIST QUALIFYING EXAMINATION, PART I(MCQ)Written and PART II (OSCE)Verbal Exam

Your final step to qualifying for certification with PEBC. When you have passed both Parts of the examination you will be certified and registered with PEBC as Qualified Pharmacist.

For this portion you have to really work hard and proper understanding of Drug and therapeutics.

Need 1000 hour of internship and IELTS 6.5 to get register with PEBC. Then after that job is not a issue, Drug store are chasing you for Job.

Expense

Examination Expense per Exam

Step 1 Document Evaluation 530 CAD

Step 2 Pharmacist Evaluation

Exam

515 CAD

Step 3 MCQs and OSCE 400+1520 CAD

Total 2965 CAD

USA

National Association Board of Pharmacy NAPB is

conducting pharmacy Exam in USA. http://www.nabp.net/

There are 3 steps to achieving NABP pharmacist certification for International student:

STEP 1: Document Evaluation by ECE

STEP 2:The Pharmacist Equivalence examination certification by FPGEC

STEP 3: The NAPLEX Examination

STEP 1: Document Evaluation by ECE

Evaluation Credential evaluation (ECE) is a

separate non profit organization, evaluating

you educational document equivalence with

USA degree. https://www.ece.org/

We easily qualify that by sending ours

(Pharm D) degree and transcript according

to their requirements.

STEP 2: The Pharmacist Equivalence examination certification by FPGEC.

FPGEC is Foreign Pharmacist Graduate Equivalence Examination Certificate required by International students by fulfilling two requirements.

1. FPGEE (Foreign Pharmacist Graduate Equivalence Exam). http://www.nabp.net/programs/examination/fpgee/fpgee-blueprint/

2. Toefl iBT (Computerized Based) requirement Reading: 21,Listening 18, Speaking 26 and Writing24.

http://www.nabp.net/programs/examination/fpgec/toefl-ibt/

STEP 3: The NAPLEX Examination

You must get FPGEC to qualify for the

NAPLEX exam. NAPLEX is a nationwide

exam used by boards of pharmacy as one

component of pharmacist licensure.

http://www.nabp.net/programs/examination/naplex/

Expense

Examination Expense per Exam

Step 1 ECE Evaluation 80 USD

Step 2 FPGEE + Toefl IBT 800 +200 USD

Step 3 NAPLEX 485 USD

Total 1365 USD

Australia

Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) gov

erning the pharmacy Exam in Australia.

http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/index.html

1. Document Evaluation.

2. English Competency Examination.

3. KAPS (Knowledge Assessment

of Pharmaceutical Exam)

4. Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA)

requirements for registration.

1-Document Evaluation

An initial assessment of a candidate’s qualifications and associated documents is undertaken to determine an applicant's eligibility to undertake the secondary assessment which is the knowledge assessment (KAPS) for Stream A or the competency assessment (CAOP) for Stream B.

2-English Competency Examination

An overall Band score of at least7.5 (with a minimum score of 7.0 in each of the four components) at the Academic level of IELTS is an essential prerequisite for enrolment in the KAPS (as used in Stream A).

3-Knowledge Assessment

of Pharmaceutical Sciences (KAPS)

The KAPS consists of two papers of multiple

choice questions covering pharmaceutical

chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology

and physiology, and therapeutics. It is held in

Australia and overseas in March and

September each year.

4-Pharmacy Board of Australia

(PBA)registration requirements

1. Supervised practice: in an Australian pharmacy under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist (1824 hours)

2. Intern training program: attendance at seminars and workshops-completion of assessment tasks

3. Written examination.

4. Oral examination.

http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/examining_streamA.html

Expense

Exam Fee

Document Evaluation +I ELTS

500+ 200 AUD

Stream A –Secondary assessment

–KAPS

1600 AUD

PBA Written Examination prepared

and delivered by APC

550 AUD

Total 2820 AUD

United Kingdom

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) governing the pharmacist registration in UK, and as an Overseas pharmacist we have to fulfill these requirements.

1. An Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Program (OSPAP)

2. 52 weeks of pre-registration training approved by the GPhC, and

3. The registration assessment Examination.

1-Overseas Pharmacists'

Assessment Program (OSPAP) OSPAP is a one-year post graduate diploma course

designed to ensure that those who have qualified overseas receive the appropriate education and training to prepare them for UK Practice and entry to pre-registration training. Entry to these course needs English language proficiency of IELTS testing at level 7 in each category at a single test.

Aston University (Birmingham)

University of Brighton

University of Sunderland

Kingston university

Robert Gordon university.

http://www.pharmacyregulation.org/education/pharmacist-pre-registration-training/trainees/entering-training/ospap

2- 52 weeks of pre-registration training approved by the GPhC

On graduation you will be eligible to apply for preregistration training for a one-year period prior to taking up the registration examination of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

http://www.pharmacyregulation.org/i-am-pre-registration-trainee

3-The registration assessment Exam

There are two examination papers; an open-

book and a closed book paper. Questions

are based on practice-based situations and

are designed to test the thinking and

knowledge which lie behind any action.

http://www.pharmacyregulation.org/registration

UAE

Document verification ministry of foreign

affairs in UAE.

Written Arabic Exam.

Pharmacology exam (MCQ).

Oral exam (in Arabic) in Abudhabi.

Law exam

Visit .www.haad.ae and www.moh.gov.ae

Pakistan

Get Pham D degree from any PPC

Approved University like IUB.

Send (1 page) application form with

appropriate fee(500 PKR) and picture to

Punjab Pharmacy Council ,Lahore.

They will register you as a

pharmacist in Class A category and

send you the registration certificate to

practice as pharmacist in Pakistan.

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