Talk:Pharmacy residency

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Lethaniol in topic UK Residency

UK Residency

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I have removed the UK section here as completely inaccurate. Currently there is no standard residency used for hospital pharmacists. Although a Clinical Certificate and Diploma would be seen as an essential for applying for band 7-8a + jobs in NHS it is not a strict requirement, and often pharmacists can be willing to or have just started a Diploma and be allowed to complete it within these new posts.

Also note that a pharmacist doing a residency (out of hours work) is completely separate from doing a residency as in a structured course/education in the UK. Also it is not always standard that an entry level pharmacist will be enrolled on a Certificate/Diploma, and there is certainly no legal requirement for them to be so.

I think I will add back in the section soon something along the lines of:

There is no legal definition or requirement for a pharmacy residency in the UK, but that it is generally expected to have to be successfully promoted within hospital pharmacy to have a post-graduate qualification in the field being either a Certificate, Diploma or MSc in Pharmaceutical Care/Practice. Entry level and junior pharmacists within UK hospital pharmacy are not automatically enrolled onto these courses, but it is increasingly expected.

Within the UK, a residency/resident pharmacist is widely used to describe a pharmacist who will work a shift system that includes working out of hours on site (distinct from an on-call system whereby an out of hours service will be offered by phone, with the pharmacists only attending the hospital if absolutely necessary).— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lethaniol (talkcontribs) 21:44, 12 January 2011 (UTC)Reply