After graduating and before applying for pharmacy general registration, you need to complete pharmacy supervised practice (an internship). By doing PSA’s intern training program, you will receive a Graduate Certificate in Applied Pharmacy Practice and can do PSA’s Immunisation course free of charge. Then you are required to pass the written and oral board exam before applying for registration.

In addition to the benefits and key selling messages above:

• PSA’s ‘Next Level intern Training’ is the proven pathway that sets you up for your pharmacist career in any setting.
• PSA has Australia’s largest CPD catalogue plus PSA’s Australian Pharmacist Journal CPD activities in one place.
• PSA is the trusted independent body with the internship program that enables you to bridge the gap between academic and real world on the job experience.
• The only internship delivered by your peak body representing pharmacists, with access to the resources you need to succeed in your career.
• Rigorous content and assessments to test Interns and help them reach their potential.
• Equips Interns with real world skills that pharmacists in all practice settings and the community seek out and trust.
• Extensive support to help Interns excel in their chosen roles / fields of pharmacy.
• On completion you will receive a Graduate Certificate in Applied Pharmacy Practice.

You are able to enrol at any time of the year. Your course access will be approved once you:

1. Organise payment method – Either in full ($1,950) or payment plan setup including the first payment ($325) processed.
2. Supply proof of Approved Supervised Practice (ASP) and provisional registration with AHPRA – documents emailed to training@psa.org.au

First you will receive a confirmation email once your enrolment is approved. This will be sent to you. You will not be able to access the course materials unless all requirements have been met and access has been processed. This usually takes 1 week from the date you provided all the required documentation (depending on level of enrolments).

1. Login in to my.psa.org.au
2. Click on My Courses & Training and select intern program under Not Started or In Progress.
3. This will open another page, scroll down and press the launch button to access your course.

The course can be completed in a minimum period of 9 months up to a maximum period of 24 months. Our trainers and assessors can work with you to accommodate submission dates if required.

Either in full ($1,950) or 6 monthly instalments (interest free) of $325

No.

• We offer training sessions as part of the training workshops.
  • 1 session on written exam
  • 5 sessions on the oral exam

• Interns also have access to 2 extra written exam modules (optional) and 6 mock exams for the oral exam to support developing their oral exam skills. They also have access to the learner support team and the trainer and assessors for any questions they might have about the exams.

• Several of the online modules as part of the ITP are also good support for Interns studying for the written exam.

Interns must attend a mix of face-to-face and digital workshops  (3 workshops – 4 days) in order to complete their ITP. May be possible to swap workshops, it would need to be approved by trainer assessors.

They are a variety of assessments within the course. A completion certificate is dependent on the successful completion of all assessments, workshop attendance, completed payments etc. For further questions email learnersupport@psa.org.au

If you change your email address, contact details or your preceptor details change you need to email learnersupport@psa.org.au