PSA talks National Intern
August 3, 2010
IN the wake of the National
Registration and Accreditation
Scheme the Pharmaceutical Society
of Australia is set to host a series of
talks across Australian universities
regarding its own National Intern
Training Program (NITP).
Designed to help early career
pharmacists in the transition
between student and practicing
pharmacist the NITP is made up of
interactive workshops and workplace
based activities, and
incorporates discussion of both
national and state-level pharmacy
issues to take into account the
national registration changes.
The program also facilitates
interaction between pharmacists
and interns nationwide, and
currently sees around 900 interns
graduate per annum.
According to a PSA statement
students need to be aware that the
course is “is not just an extension of
university, but a specifically
developed program with a focus on
the workplace with the utilisation of
pharmacists’ skills and knowledge
in practice.
“PSA’s National Intern Training
Program comes at a great time to
coincide with National Registration,
it’s great to know that if you do the
PSA’s course in Tasmania and then
practice in Queensland that you
can be working next to other
pharmacists who have done the
same intern course,” said Fourth
year University of Tasmania
pharmacy student Leah Hodgkinson.
Tailored to provide interested
students with details about the
course, how it works and how to
enroll, the NITP talks are set to
kick-off in Tasmania on 18 August
before travelling around universities
nationwide.
For details of presentations at
other universities and pharmacy
schools see www.psa.org.au/intern.
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