mohamed halima

By: Mohamed Reda Halima Faculty of Pharmacy - Al azhar University Email mohamed-halima@hotmail.com

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
Step 1 Document Evaluation Step 2 Pharmacist Evaluation Exam

Expense per Exam

530 CAD 515 CAD

Step 3 MCQs and OSCE

Total

400+1520 CAD
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.

1.

FPGEC is Foreign Pharmacist Graduate Equivalence Examination Certificate required by International students by fulfilling two requirements. 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 Step 1 ECE Evaluation Step 2 FPGEE + Toefl IBT Step 3 NAPLEX Expense per Exam 80 USD 800 +200 USD 485 USD

Total

1365 USD

Australia

Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) gov erning the pharmacy Exam in Australia.
http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/index.html

Document Evaluation. 2. English Competency Examination. 3. KAPS (Knowledge Assessment of Pharmaceutical Exam) 4. Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) requirements for registration.
1.

1-Document Evaluation An initial assessment of a candidates 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

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.
1.
http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/examining_streamA.html

Expense
Exam
Document Evaluation +I ELTS Stream A Secondary assessment KAPS

Fee
500+ 200 AUD 1600 AUD

PBA Written Examination prepared 550 AUD and delivered by APC 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 Examinatio n.

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 preregistration 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/pharmacistpre-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-preregistration-trainee

3-The registration assessment Exam

There are two examination papers; an openbook 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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