ANZCAP is a landmark recognition program for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working across Australia and New Zealand, developed by Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) in partnership with the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA) and are mapped to relevant competency standards for Australia or New Zealand.

ANZCAP offers recognition as a Pharmacist Resident, Pharmacist Registrar or Pharmacist Consultant (Fellow). Read more about the descriptions of the different recognition levels, including related specialty areas of practice and post-nominals.

Any registered pharmacist in Australia or New Zealand can access ANZCAP through Direct ANZCAP Membership, register and login at anzcap.org.

If you have a currently active AdPha Membership, you can access ANZCAP at no cost via your Member Dashboard.

If you have a currently active NZHPA Membership, and have not received your free access information, contact NZHPA.

ANZCAP offers two core programs, the Independent Pathway and Training Programs.

The Independent Pathway is open to all Australian pharmacists – and to Pharmacy Technicians in late 2024 – providing the full functionality of ANZCAP.

If you have been recognised already e.g. as a Pharmacist Resident or Pharmacist Registrar through the Foundation Program, you can continue your journey by building a recognition portfolio toward the next recognition via the Independent Pathway.

The Independent Pathway is based on managing your Learning Experiences (LX) Library.

LXs are types of workplace-based assessment that can be planned, drafted and then completed through one of three forms of LX validation:

• Autonomous: independently documents the LX, self-evaluate and self-reflect on your professional learning experience.

• Collaborative: engage with professional peers to document evaluation, feedback and guided reflection on your professional experience.

• Endorsed: autonomously document and self-reflect on your professional learning experience that has an established peer review or peer recognition process as part of the activity.

In the Independent Pathway you allocate validated LXs to your currently active Recognition Portfolio.

Your portfolio is ready for submission when 40 LXs have been completed and allocated: a minimum of 10 Core LXs / maximum of 30 Elective LXs.

Core LXs and Elective LXs are required to ensure an appropriate spread of competency domains are covered in the composition of your recognition portfolio, enabling you to submit for recognition.

Don’t worry about keeping track of Core and Elective LXs; the ANZCAP platform does this for you, with progress dials showing how far you have to go!

Training Programs for Hospital Resident, Hospital Registrar and Community Pharmacy Resident are now available in ANZCAP, providing fast-track two-year recognition via structured, accredited workplace-based training programs, recorded and submitted via the ANZCAP platform.

All submissions for recognition are first reviewed by the ANZCAP team within 2-3 business days. If, after review, the team has questions about the information you have provided for recognition, you will be contacted to discuss or provide further information.