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Originally Posted by lt17  Nope, all you need is the BSc Pharm. I think it is because all of the pharmacy programs in Canada require a minimum of one year in post-secondary to complete all of the prerequisites. If you get in after one year and then you do the 4 year program, it is equivalent to 5 years, so that may be why. I don't think pharmD would be necessary, because the canadian BScPharm is equivalent to the american PharmD. Because the states used to have a BSc & a PharmD and the difference between them was that the PharmD had more clinical/patient approach and the BSc (in the US) didnt. But the Canadian BSc already had that incorporated into it's program. OH I love how my class is actually useful. |
Sorry, it seems like my explanation wasn't detailed enough. Australia, the country itself offers a four year BPharm straight after high school without one year prepharmacy prerequisites, which is unlike Canada. However, in my PERSONAL circumstances, I had to take one year of uni before entering my BPharm in Australia. My qustions is, does US recognize personal circumstances like my case(took 1.5 yrs college in US and transferred to 4 yr BPharm), or does the country itself has to be five years?
I also have a friend who took 1 yr college courses in Canada and transferred to Australia.
Another example would be that the UK pharmacy students can be licensed in US cuz UK offers A-levels + 4 yr pharmacy.Although Australia itself doesn't offer 5 yrs, but say, what if you take A-levels in high school and have a BPharm from Australia? Australia itself would not require A-levels for Australian students but require A-levels from students graduating from UK high schools.