PSA to develop education standards for CPD

2 July 2025

 

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is set to publish education standards for Continued Professional Development (CPD) for pharmacists following the retirement of the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) accreditation standards for CPD activities on 31 December 2025.

 

As the trusted education partner of Australian pharmacists, PSA will develop and maintain industry leading standards, giving pharmacists confidence that the education they access maintains the highest quality, upholds pharmacy practice standards, guidelines and ethics, and is free from commercial bias.

 

All education published and delivered by PSA will meet these standards. External education providers will also be able to submit their pharmacist education for assessment against the PSA education standards.

 

PSA National President Associate Professor Fei Sim FPS reassured pharmacists that education endorsed by PSA would always be high quality.

 

“PSA has a very long history of accrediting education across many decades,” Associate Professor Sim said.

 

“As the national peak body for pharmacists in Australia and custodians of pharmacy practice standards, guidelines and ethics, PSA is developing education standards for CPD that give our profession – and our stakeholders – confidence in the quality of pharmacist education.

 

“Our members tell us that PSA’s education is of high quality, a quality they can trust, and this scheme will mean that when they see third party education that is approved as meeting the PSA education standards, they can have a similar level of trust in it.

 

“PSA’s CPD planning tool takes the stress out of planning and recording CPD education, just as these standards will give pharmacists confidence that the CPD they access is ‘up-to-scratch’.

 

“We recognise the important role APC have played in setting the standard for pharmacist CPD over the last decade, as we look forward to building on APC’s legacy and driving the standards of pharmacist CPD into the future.”

 

 

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Media contact:   Georgia Clarke   M: 0480 099 798  E: georgia.clarke@psa.org.au