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Where is pharmacy taking you?
PSA - YOUR FUTURE
You're not just studying a degree, you're starting a career.
Your professional career starts here with Pharmaceutical Society of Australia membership!
Student Membership with PSA will benefit you by providing you with resources to support you through your study and ensure you’re on your way to a rewarding pharmacy career.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is the national professional organisation representing all pharmacists working in all areas of professional practice, including community pharmacy, hospitals, universities, industry, government, the military and as students.
As the leading professional society for pharmacists, PSA exists to help pharmacists to optimise their contribution to health care by influencing attitudes, opinions and policies through representation, networking, consultation, continuing education, practice support, standards, guidelines, a range of publications and health promotion programs and resources.
By becoming a Student Member of PSA you’ll receive the following benefits:
Publications and Discounted Pharmacy Books
Australian Pharmacist, Australia's leading pharmacy journal for news, education and best practice, will be mailed directly to you every month.
As a PSA Student Member you’ll receive further discounted prices on over 200 pharmacy-specific books, so you can purchase your text books directly from us, saving you time and money.
PSA’s publications include the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook (APF), PSA is also a partner in the Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) and has been involved in the comprehensive Australian drug reference AusDI.
PSA Branches send our Student Members regular newsletters and electronic updates, ensuring you know the latest in pharmacy news from your State.
Education Resources
You’ll have ‘member only’ access to PSA’s website, which incorporates an expanding range of news and reference material, including PriMeD Pharmacy.
As a Student Member you’re also encouraged to attend the lectures and seminars held regularly by PSA Branches in your State, providing you with valuable professional networking and mentoring opportunities.
PSA’s CPD&PI program will assist you to develop your professional personal learning plan.
PSA offers Pharmacy Self Care health information resources for use in your university pharmacy school.
NAPSA and Student Support
PSA’s Branches are extensively involved with their local university pharmacy schools and their students, and events and activities of particular interest to pharmacy students are regularly coordinated by PSA.
PSA provides sponsorship and in-kind support for NAPSA and the individual University Pharmacy Associations’ events, activities and professional programs.
Professional Networking
Student membership with PSA provides you with the chance to regularly engage with pharmacists and other young professionals through Young Pharmacist events, forums and our online community, allowing you to seek invaluable mentoring and professional support.
Society Honours
PSA presents a number of annual awards to honour professional achievement, including specific student awards like the celebrated PSA Alphapharm Pharmacy Student of the Year and the Graduate of the Year.
Advocacy
PSA strives to ensure your professional views are heard. Members have the opportunity to positively contribute to and influence pharmacy issues.
PSA is responsible for developing standards of practice, policies and guidelines on a broad spectrum of professional pharmacy issues, and represents the profession in a wide range of forums, to parliamentarians, government agencies, other professional bodies and consumer organisations.
Conferences
PSA facilitates a number of conferences throughout the year, allowing student members the opportunity to attend invaluable lectures, workshops, discussion groups, demonstrations, trade displays, and social and networking events.
The highlight of PSA’s annual conference program is the Pharmacy Australia Congress (PAC), Australian pharmacy's leading conference for professional pharmacy education and practice, which we actively encourage our Student Members and young pharmacists to get involved with through subsidised registration.
Member Benefit Services
PSA also offers an additional range of member benefits through our partner providers. These include an extensive range of discounted electronic goods, such as computers, iPods and digital cameras, and a special PSA/NAPSA student American Express credit card.
Know where pharmacy is taking you – join PSA!
PSA is delighted to be able to offer you as a Student Member all the benefits outlined above and more at a highly subsidised $85 rate.
For further information on PSA and the benefits of student membership contact your nearest PSA Branch on 1300 369 772 or email students@psa.org.au.
