Registering As A Pharmacist in Great Britain Internationally Qualified Pharmacists
Registering As A Pharmacist in Great Britain Internationally Qualified Pharmacists
Registering As A Pharmacist in Great Britain Internationally Qualified Pharmacists
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Registering as a pharmacist in Great Britain: internationally- qualified
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If we decide that your qualifications and experience, to decide about offering you a
experience meet the eligibility criteria, you will place. The information we send them shows
be able to apply for an OSPAP course. You must that you are eligible to apply, but it does not
start a course within the next two academic mean that they must offer you a place.
years of the date of the decision. For example, if
Make sure you apply in good time for
you receive confirmation of the decision before
your course and your training placement
September 2019, you must start your course in
2019, or in 2020. There is no deadline for you to submit your
application to us, but you should do it in good
If you do not meet the eligibility criteria, you
time before the start of the course that you plan
must complete one of the qualifications leading
to study. National training placement schemes
to registration (such as an MPharm) to be able
also open their applications up to 14 months
to practise as a pharmacist in Great Britain.
before placements are due to start.
As part of the Applying for eligibility to complete
The OSPAP course normally starts at the start of
an Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme
the UK academic year, in September or October.
(OSPAP) form, we will ask you to choose the
To make sure you can apply for courses, you
universities where you would like to complete
should send your application to us so that we
your OSPAP.
receive it before 31 July.
You can find a list of universities that offer
OSPAP courses on our website. We Providing evidence of English language
recommend that you find out about the competency
different courses on offer before you send us You will need to provide evidence of your
your form. English language competency as part of your
If your qualifications and experience meet the application. You can find out how to provide
eligibility criteria, we notify the universities you evidence, and what types we will accept in the
have chosen that you are eligible to apply. We Providing evidence of English language
will contact them to confirm that you are eligible competency guidance pack. You can find
to apply for the course, and we may send them more information about the legal requirements
some more of the information that you provide in our guidance on evidence of English
as part of your application. language skills.
The university may contact you once we have The OSPAP course structure and content
written to them to confirm that you are eligible The course includes:
to apply, but we recommend that you get in
touch with them yourself, once you know the • a structured academic assessment of your
outcome of your application. qualifications
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Registering as a pharmacist in Great Britain: internationally- qualified
pharmacists
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Registering as a pharmacist in Great Britain: internationally- qualified
pharmacists
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can find out more about the scheme and the pass the registration assessment. The
timeline for applications on their website. assessment is carried out simultaneously in
locations across Great Britain.
You can apply to the individual schemes
through the online application portal, Oriel. You must complete a certain amount of training
The Scotland scheme accepts applications in before you are eligible to apply to sit the
May each year and England and Wales accepts registration assessment. When you reach these
applications in June each year, for placements points in your training will affect whether you sit
starting the following year. This means that you the assessment in June or September.
may not have started your OSPAP course before
You can find out more about the registration
you apply for pre-registration training, if you
assessment in the pre-registration manual.
want to start training straight after your course.
For example, if you want to complete your Step 4: registration
OSPAP course in 2019/20 and start training in Once you have successfully completed an
2020, you will need to apply for your placement OSPAP course, 52 weeks of pre-registration
in May or June 2019, depending on which training, and the registration assessment, you
scheme you are applying to. are eligible to apply to register with us as a
You can find out more about the England and pharmacist. You will need to apply through the
Wales application process (including the myGPhC online system. You must apply to be
application timelines and the structure of the registered within four years of the date you
interviews) by visiting the ‘Resource Bank’ start your OSPAP course.
section on the Oriel website. You can find out more about applying to
register as a pharmacist on our website.
Step 3: the registration
assessment
The registration assessment is one of the ways
we test whether trainees can demonstrate that
they understand how to apply knowledge
appropriately and in a timely way, to make
professional judgements in pharmacy practice.
It also tests their number sense and that they
can perform the calculations needed to practise
as a pharmacist.
There are two registration assessments per
year, in June and September. The registration
assessment consists of two question papers.
Candidates must pass both papers at one
attempt but can have up to three attempts to
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