Introduction

Registration as a pharmacist in Victoria requires that a period of practical training be undertaken. The period of practical training provides for the graduate to obtain practical experience of the many aspects of clinical pharmacy and applied therapeutics under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

Some of this training occurs while studying the Bachelor of Pharmacy, but an additional ‘traineeship’ period of approximately one year must follow completion of the requirements for the Bachelor of Pharmacy course. Graduates must also pass the registration examination conducted by the Pharmacy Board of Victoria to be eligible for registration as a pharmacist.

Note that the Pharmacy Board of Victoria must approve both the pharmacy premises in which the practical training is to take place and the preceptor responsible for 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 2004.

The Pharmacy Board of Victoria

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. The board meets and has its administrative offices at 381 Royal Parade, Parkville.

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 preceptors and premises for practical training, issues students’ training record books and conducts the registration examination.

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