Following
completion of the requirements for the Bachelor of Pharmacy course, graduates
must complete a period of practical training and pass the registration
examination conducted by the Pharmacy Board of Victoria to be eligible for
registration as a pharmacist.
This period of practical training must be regarded as an integral part of a
five-year program leading to registration as a pharmacist. The period of
practical training provides for the graduate to obtain, under supervision,
practical experience of the many aspects of clinical pharmacy and applied
therapeutics.
Note that the Pharmacy Board of Victoria must approve both the pharmacy
premises in which the practical training is to take place and the tutor
responsible for the conduct of the training prior to the commencement of the
training. For further information, see Part 3, Division 1 of the Pharmacy
Board of Victoria Guidelines for Good Pharmaceutical Practice.
The
Pharmacy Board of Victoria is a statutory authority constituted by an Act of
Parliament and responsible to the Victorian State Parliament through the
Minister for Health and Aged Care. The board meets and has its administrative
offices at the Victorian College of Pharmacy.
The board's role is to act in the public interest. Among its many functions, it
approves the prescribed units to be studied by students undertaking the
pharmacy course, registers pharmacists, supervises the practical training of
students and pre-registrants including the registration of articles of
traineeship, approves tutors and premises for practical training, issues
students' training record books and conducts the registration examination.
Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents