Guild gets its intern program
October 21, 2010
THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia
has launched its own intern training
program, to rival those offered by
the Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia and the National Alliance
for Pharmacy Education.
Newly accredited by The
Australian Pharmacy Council, the
Guild’s program is based on the
program offered over the last
decade by the Pharmacy Board of
Tasmania.
“The very high success rate of the
Tasmanian program makes it an
excellent first step into intern
training for the Guild,” said the
National President of the Guild, Kos
Sclavos.
“We are delighted that our
members will have access first hand
to a Guild intern program and we
are looking forward to being able
to support them as preceptors, and
their interns as the community
pharmacists of tomorrow,” he
added.
The Guild training program will
provide access to workshops with
leading Australian pharmacists
covering a host of topics ranging
from wound car to diabetes,
asthma management and specialist
prescribing.
The program will also incorporate
online activities, eLearning
programs, workplace assessment
and written assignments.
As part of the course, interns and
preceptors will receive a visit twice a
year from clinical tutors to ensure
that all is going well, and
preceptors and interns will also
have access to a specially designed
website where they can access
information, network and discuss
relevant issues.
“The Guild has been most
successful in providing pharmacy
assistant training for many years,
and that same care and support
will be provided to interns and our
Members,” Sclavos said.
Initially the program will be
launched in Tasmania, Queensland
and NSW from 2011, and will be
rolled out nationally “over time”.
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