 Re: UK pharmacist wanting to relocate to the US
Please anyone interested read my situation here:
I am currently attending a very reputable pharmacy school in Victoria(Australia). I sent the NABP a letter at the end of last month regarding my situation to find out whether I would be eligible to take the FPGEE after I obtain my pharmacist license in Australia. I have taken more than a year of prepharmacy-related subjects at a US university before transferring to my current pharmacy school.
I received a response to my letter a couple days ago, and what they only said was that Australian pharmacy schools have a four year curriculum, and so the graduates do not meet up to their standards, and that the actual FPGEE eligibility can be determined by sending applications, BS, etc.
The UK high school grads take A-levels to get into pharm schools - the NABP counts this as a total of 5 year curriculum, although a 4 yr pharmacy degree.
In Victoria, students coming from Australian high schools(both international and domestic) must take the IB(international baccalaureate) or VCE(Victorian Certificate of Education). As far as I know, the NABP does not recognize VCE(not sure about IB) to be counted within the five year requirement, thus, they recognize Australian pharmacy curriculum as four years.
Here's my question:
It seems the way they set up as 5 year curriculum is actually defective. I am asking if there are any pharmacists/graduates from UK or Australian pharmacy schools who had their high school years taken at a different country, and of those people, if there's anyone who is eligible to sit for FPGEE.
For example, if there's a student coming from a high school in Australia has taken a VCE(or some other measure that might not be counted within the 5 yr by the NABP) to get into a UK pharmacy school and got accepted/rejected in taking the FPGEE, or a student from a UK high school has taken A-levels to get into an Australian pharmacy school to become eligible for the FPGEE, etc.
Lastly, the only way to be sure of my situation is to graduate and go for the license first!  |