Pharmacy Technician Learning Experiences (LXs)
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Summary
This article describes what a Learning Experience (LX) is and the 3 LX categories.
What is a Learning Experience (LX)?
A Learning Experience or LX is a type of Workplace Based Assessment (WBA) tool through which you record evidence of your professional practice at a chosen ANZCAP recognition level of General, Experienced or Advanced.
Technician Learning Experiences are tailored specifically for pharmacy technician practice. While they share similarities with Pharmacist LXs, they've been designed to capture the distinct professional activities and experiences that technicians undertake.
LXs are the building blocks used to build a recognition portfolio and achieve ANZCAP recognition.
LXs can also be used in a custom portfolio to share evidence of professional practice not included in a recognition portfolio.
Your LX Library contains all of your Learning Experiences.
How do Learning Experiences (LXs) relate to competency standards?
Each type of LX has been mapped to the relevant domains of the Australasian Competency Standards Framework for pharmacy technicians in hospitals and health services (2025)
Learning Experience (LX) categories
The three categories of LX are Autonomous, Collaborative and Endorsed.
The LX category indicates the workflow and sources used to guide feedback and reflection of the professional experience, i.e. how the LX is validated and completed.
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Collaborators
A collaborator is a professional colleague with the relevant expertise to provide meaningful feedback on the specific activity documented in your LX.
Collaborators are typically pharmacy colleagues—either pharmacists or experienced pharmacy technicians—but can also come from other health disciplines such as medicine, nursing, or allied health. The most appropriate collaborator depends on the type of LX: some require a supervising pharmacist, while others may be better suited to an experienced technician or multidisciplinary health professional.
Learning Experience (LX) types
Each LX category contains a number of different types of Learning Experiences. Each LX has its own template available on the ANZCAP platform.
Autonomous | Collaborative | Endorsed |
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Leadership Assessment Skills (LEADER) | Leadership Assessment Skills (LEADER) | Conference Activity |
Supervision Report | Supervision Report | Publication |
Education development and/or delivery (TEACH) | Education development and/or delivery (TEACH) | Professional Qualification |
Quality Improvement Project Assessment Tool (QiPAT) | Quality Improvement Project Assessment Tool (QiPAT) | Continuing Professional Development (CPD) |
Research Activity | Research Activity |
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Medicine Policies/Procedures/Guidelines (GUIDE) | Medicine Policies, Procedures & Guidelines (GUIDE) |
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Reflective report | Medicine Inventory & Supply |
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Consumer Survey | Medicine Dispensing |
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| Medicine Compounding |
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| Clinical Support |
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| Peer Assessment |
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| Committee Representation |
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Examples in practice
Quality Improvement Project (QiPAT): Implemented a new system for managing short-dated stock
Medicines Policies, procedures and guidelines (Guide): Revised and updated the procedure for responding to a cold chain breach
Medicine Inventory and Supply: Review and preparation of the Non imprest medication required for the local Aged Care Facility
Leadership Activity (Leader): Lead the dispensary team through a major medication recall
Learning Experience (LX) Library
The LX Library is your repository, within the ANZCAP digital platform, of all your LXs. This includes both in draft LXs and those which are complete, with search functions available for quick navigation.
LX are managed within the LX Library and can be allocated to a recognition portfolio or custom portfolios.
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