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The Foundation Program has now closed for new applications in Australia.
Access to the Foundation Program may be granted for Australian-registered pharmacists who can:
provide evidence in support of their Foundation Program application that is dated on or prior to 31 May 2024; OR
provide evidence that it was only reasonably possible to submit for the Foundation Program within the month of June 2024.
Complete this the ANZCAP Foundation program access request form to submit your request. (Note that this form is only available until 12pm Friday 28th June 2024)
The program remains open to pharmacists from New Zealand with access to the ANZCAP platform, until 31 August 2024.
What is the Foundation Program?
The Foundation Program provides the opportunity for practitioners to obtain 2023-24 ANZCAP recognition as a Pharmacist Resident, Pharmacist Registrar or Pharmacist Consultant Pharmacist using their prior professional experience.
This page outlines what you need to know to be recognised as an ANZCAP Resident, Registrar or Consultant Pharmacist for each level through the Foundation Program:
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If you would like to have a discussion with a member of the ANZCAP team to help translate your prior professional experience into ANZCAP recognition then please contact us at anzcap@shpa.org or book in a time to speak to a member of the ANZCAP support team here.
Pharmacist Resident
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Guiding criteria
Completion of a Foundation Residency | OR | 3 - 4 years experience as a generally registered pharmacist |
Examples of existing industry recognitions equivalent to an ANZCAP Pharmacist Resident
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Completion of a Society of Hospital Pharmacist of Australia (SHPA) Foundation Residency
Credentialed as Advancing Practice Pharmacist (Stage I) - AdvPP (I)
Evidence of professional experience at the Transition level of the advanced practice enabling competencies from the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia 2016.
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1 | Up to date CV |
2 | Letter of support from team leader or member of organisation/department leadership team |
Pharmacist Registrar
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Guiding criteria
Completion of a Foundation Residency program ≥ 2 years ago | OR | Completion of an Advanced Training Residency < 2 years ago | OR | 5 – 8 years’ experience as a generally registered pharmacist with ≥ 2 years of this in a specialty area (for recognition as a registrar in that specialty) |
Examples of existing industry recognitions equivalent to an ANZCAP Pharmacist Registrar
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Completion of a Society of Hospital Pharmacist of Australia (SHPA) Advanced Training Residency (ATR) Program
Credentialed as Advancing Practice Pharmacist (Stage 2) - AdvPP (II)
Evidence of professional experience at the Consolidation level of the advanced practice enabling competencies from the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia 2016.
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1 | Up to date CV |
2 | Letter of support from current Director of Pharmacy/Chief Pharmacist/Pharmacy Owner (or equivalent) |
3 | Personal statement |
Pharmacist Consultant
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Guiding criteria
Completion of an Advanced Training Residency ≥ 2 year ago | OR | > 8 years’ experience as a generally registered pharmacist with ≥ 3 years of this in a specialty area (for recognition as a consultant in that specialty) |
Examples of existing industry recognitions equivalent to an ANZCAP Pharmacist Consultant
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Credentialed as Advancing Practice Pharmacist (Stage 3) - AdvPP (III)
Evidence of professional experience at the Advanced level of the advanced practice enabling competencies from the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia 2016.
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Resources and further information on the requirements for ANZCAP Recognition through the Foundation Program can be found in the Resources for Foundation Program Recognition article.
Accessing ANZCAP
Sign up or login to ANZCAP at www.anzcap.org or if you are an existing SHPA member access ANZCAP for free from your SHPA member dashboard.
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