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Registration as a Pharmacist - Victorian College of Pharmacy

To practice as a pharmacist in Victoria it is necessary to be registered with the Pharmacy Board of Victoria (PBV). PBV has several requirements for registration which are summarised below, and can also be found on their website at http://www.pharmacybd.vic.gov.au/pharmacists_prereg_prereq.php:

i. an approved undergraduate degree in pharmacy, such as that offered by the Victorian College of Pharmacy

ii. a period of supervised practice (1,824 hours) after successful completion of the above-mentioned degree. The supervised practice must be undertaken with a preceptor and at premises approved by the PBV, and under any conditions laid down by the PBV.

iii. a registration examination comprised of all of the following:

  • a written examination on pharmacy law and pharmaceutical calculations
  • the Australian Competency Assessment Tool (APCAT)
  • an oral examination on pharmacy law and pharmacy practice

iv. a Level 2 / Senior first aid course or equivalent

v. an approved management course

vi. a pharmacy pre-registration training program, such as the Pre-registration course offered by the Victorian College of Pharmacy

vii. an on-site assessment on the preparation of extemporaneously prepared products conducted under the direction of the preceptor.

Period of Supervised Practice

To undertake supervised practice for initial general registration, pre-registrants require `provisional registration' with the PBV, and are known as 'provisionally registered pharmacists'.

The PBV stipulates that provisionally registered pharmacists must undertake an approved pharmacy pre-registration training program during the course of their period of supervised practice (see requirement vii above), such as the Monash University Pre-registration course. This pre-registration course consists of two units, Applied pharmacy practice I and Applied pharmacy practice II, and it can be augmented to a postgraduate qualification, the Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice, by completing an additional 12 points of elective units.

Further information about this postgraduate qualification can be found on the faculty's website at http://www.vcp.monash.edu.au.