{"id":159217,"date":"2023-05-16T15:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T07:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/?page_id=159217"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:30:50","slug":"inherent-requirements-for-pharmacy-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/applying\/inherent-requirements\/inherent-requirements-for-pharmacy-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Inherent requirements for Pharmacy courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These inherent requirements apply to the <a href=\"https:\/\/curtin.edu.au\/study\/offering\/course-ug-bachelor-of-pharmacy-honours--bh-pharm\/\">Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"button\"\n        \n        data-align=\"left\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Button block\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n    \n<div class=\"block-heading hidden\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n  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data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"inherent-requirement-statements\">Inherent requirement statements<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Legal-compliance\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Legal-compliance\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Legal-compliance\">Legal compliance<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Legal-compliance\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ol>\n<li>Pharmacy practice is mandated by legislation and regulatory requirements\u00a0to enable the safe delivery of care.<\/li>\n<li>Students must comply with Australian law (both legislative and regulatory), Standards, professional competencies, and scope of practice.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahpra.gov.au\/registration\/student-registrations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requirements for student registration<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahpra.gov.au\/registration\/student-registrations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency &#8211; Student Registration (ahpra.gov.au)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Comply with child protection and safety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.wa.gov.au\/legislation\/statutes.nsf\/law_a147282.html\">Work Health and Safety Act 2020<\/a>, and anti-discrimination legislation and policies.<\/li>\n<li>Practise within contemporary Federal and State Pharmacy laws and regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Meet immunisation and health screening requirements for the course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Ethical-behaviour\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Ethical-behaviour\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Ethical-behaviour\">Ethical behaviour<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Ethical-behaviour\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ol>\n<li>The Pharmacy profession is governed by codes, policies, standards and guidelines ensuring pharmacists and student pharmacists are accountable and responsible for professional behaviour.<\/li>\n<li>Compliance with these codes, guidelines and policies facilitates safe, competent interactions and relationships for students and others with whom they engage, and ensures the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of the individual is not placed at risk.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Comply with academic and professional codes of conduct and professional standards, including those relating to informed consent, privacy, behaviour, pharmacy service quality and competency standards.<\/li>\n<li>Work with others effectively, co-operatively, and in a professional manner in diverse and changing academic and practical experience settings (classrooms, laboratories and professional settings).<\/li>\n<li>Practise within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psa.org.au\/practice-support-industry\/professional-practice-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professional Practice Standards<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psa.org.au\/practice-support-industry\/national-competency-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Cognition\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Cognition\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Cognition\">Cognition<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Cognition\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Knowledge and cognitive skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>An appropriate level of knowledge and cognitive skills demonstrated to provide safe and competent pharmacy care.<\/li>\n<li>Acquisition, recall and application of knowledge, consistent and effective processing of information, attention to detail, theoretical deliberation (problem solving, critical evaluation and professional decision making) and lifelong learning behaviours are required for safe and competent patient care.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Learn and recall doses of common medicines and instructions for their use.<\/li>\n<li>Gather, comprehend, integrate, and organise patient histories and medication plans.<\/li>\n<li>Make safe and appropriate patient-care decisions from retained knowledge and sourced credible evidence.<\/li>\n<li>Notice and respond effectively to small but critical changes in instructions, measurements or reported symptoms.<\/li>\n<li>Engage in scientific, clinical, and ethical reasoning.<\/li>\n<li>Complete professional practice tasks in a safe and reasonable time frame.<\/li>\n<li>Competently use information and communication technology, including search engines, common software and online forms, and professional practice systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Literacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Competence in reading and comprehension, and attention to detail (in English), are required for safe and effective development as a student pharmacist.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to acquire, read, decode, interpret, and comprehend information and accurately convey messages is fundamental to patient assessment, diagnosis, and management.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Read and comprehend handwriting, online and printed materials.<\/li>\n<li>Read and interpret charts, spreadsheets, and graphs.<\/li>\n<li>Understand hazard signs and warnings.<\/li>\n<li>Comprehend technical documents including risk assessments, standard operating procedures, and material safety data sheets.<\/li>\n<li>Integrate and summarise information accurately in a meaningful manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Numeracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pharmacists must accurately calculate doses and perform mathematical functions with precision.<\/li>\n<li>Accurate mathematical processing and reasoning are essential for safe and effective practice as a student pharmacist (ability to interpret and correctly apply numerical data, measurement, and numerical criteria).<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate competency in a range of pharmaceutical calculations, including stability and disposition of medicines.<\/li>\n<li>Accurately and efficiently calculate doses and quantities of ingredients for the preparation of pharmaceutical products.<\/li>\n<li>Correctly apply data, measurements, and numerical criteria.<\/li>\n<li>Recognise when doses, strengths and quantities are potentially inaccurate or inappropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Communication\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Communication\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Communication\">Communication<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Communication\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Verbal Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sound verbal English communication with patients and university and clinical staff is required for effective learning and safe and effective practice.<\/li>\n<li>Communication is critical to developing respect, empathy, and trust. Some interactions may be limited to verbal communication because of physical limitations of the individual (e.g. injury, disease or congenital conditions). Demonstration of timely, accurate and effective delivery of instructions is critical to individual safety, treatment, and management.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Build conversational rapport with a patient to encourage their trust and cooperation in the healthcare consultation.<\/li>\n<li>Effectively communicate and confirm instructions in noisy environments.<\/li>\n<li>Question directions and decisions that are unclear.<\/li>\n<li>Provide timely and audible responses to classes and groups in classroom, laboratory, and workplace settings.<\/li>\n<li>Present information to an audience of health professionals.<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency in verbal English to allow for fluid, precise and comprehensible two-way discussions, at conversational speed, audible speaking volume, and appropriate tone of voice.<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity to individual and\/or cultural differences.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to understand and respond to verbal communication accurately, appropriately and in a timely manner.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to provide clear instructions in the context of the situation.<\/li>\n<li>Timely, clear feedback and reporting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Non-verbal communication<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ability to recognise, interpret and respond to non-verbal cues for effective communication, empathy and gaining trust and respect as a developing health professional.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>The ability to observe, understand and respond appropriately to non-verbal cues assists with building rapport and gaining trust and respect in academic and professional relationships whilst being sensitive to individual and\/or cultural differences demonstrates respect and empathy, and helps develop trusting relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Communicate effectively with people in distress and people with impaired communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate respectfully with people of different gender, sexuality, and age, and from diverse cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds.<\/li>\n<li>Use appropriate eye contact, gestures, facial expression, and an open body language to build rapport and demonstrate understanding and empathy.<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity to individual and\/or cultural differences.<\/li>\n<li>Consistent and appropriate facial expressions and eye contact, being mindful of space and time boundaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Sensory-ability\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Sensory-ability\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Sensory-ability\">Sensory ability<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Sensory-ability\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Auditory<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Auditory function is required to provide safe and effective patient care.<\/li>\n<li>Sufficient auditory function in the university and clinical learning environments to monitor, assess and manage an individual&#8217;s health needs consistently and accurately.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Observe auditory alarms, warnings and directions in university and workplace environments.<\/li>\n<li>Accurately record and interact with spoken instructions and information.<\/li>\n<li>Follow developing discussions with healthcare colleagues regarding patients.<\/li>\n<li>Observe nuances in patients\u2019 physiological sounds (e.g. wheezing).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Visual<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Adequate visual acuity is required to manage in the University and workplace learning environments to provide safe and effective pharmacy care.<\/li>\n<li>Tasks requiring visual accuracy, reading of clinical and scientific information in a variety of formats and visual observations are fundamental to safe and effective practice.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Independently set up and use laboratory or workplace equipment that requires safe operation (e.g. hotplates, sharps).<\/li>\n<li>Make observations and accurately take measurements using instruments such as balances, point-of-care devices, and blood pressure monitors.<\/li>\n<li>Observe and detect subtle differences and changes in clarity and colours in biological, chemical, and pharmaceutical preparations and diagnostic\/monitoring devices.<\/li>\n<li>Read small font sizes (minimum 1.5 mm height) on common medicine packages (e.g. ampoules, blister packs).<\/li>\n<li>Process visual information from medication labels and packaging, identifying markings on medications, electronic displays, typed and handwritten documents, and posters.<\/li>\n<li>Create and interpret graphs, figures and tables using physical and electronic media.<\/li>\n<li>Observe visual alarms, warnings and directions in university and workplace environments.<\/li>\n<li>Observe and assess physical symptoms (e.g. swelling, rashes, colour changes) and patient appearance, behaviour, posture, movement and speech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tactile<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sufficient tactile ability is required to perform competent and safe care.<\/li>\n<li>Adequate tactile function and observations are fundamental to undertake a range of skills and assessments and provide safe and effective practice.\u00a0 Functional touch sensation, ability to apply appropriate pressure, and appropriate use of touch are required to manage in the university and workplace environments.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Detect grittiness of powders when blending creams.<\/li>\n<li>Apply appropriate pressure when mixing, tapping, or squeezing to dispense drops.<\/li>\n<li>Palpate or apply compression with appropriate pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Be comfortable touching people of any age or gender, and regardless of their sexual, cultural, religious, or socio-economic background, in a professionally appropriate manner, to observe signs and symptoms, deliver immunisation, apply wound dressings, take body measurements, measure blood pressure, and provide first aid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Reflective-skills\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Reflective-skills\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Reflective-skills\">Reflective skills<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Reflective-skills\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ol>\n<li>Pharmacy practice requires self-awareness and a capacity for reflection and reflexivity to consider the effect of one&#8217;s own issues, actions, values, and behaviours.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding and ongoing learning about oneself is required for safe and effective development as a student pharmacist.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Manage uncertainties in scientific and professional decision making.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to evaluate and adapt to challenges in learning and clinical practice environments.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of, and take responsibility for, own role in inter-personal and team interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Recognise when one\u2019s own thinking differs from another person\u2019s perspective and respond respectfully.<\/li>\n<li>Receive and respond appropriately to constructive feedback, including learning from academic and professional practice setbacks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Strength-and-mobility\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Strength-and-mobility\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Strength-and-mobility\">Strength and mobility<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Strength-and-mobility\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Gross motor skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pharmacy practice involves physical demands and requires gross motor function.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to perform gross motor skills to function within scope of practice, this includes sufficient strength, range of motion, coordination, and independent mobility (using mobility aids if necessary) to meet practice needs in a time-constrained environment.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain an upright position while using both upper limbs to perform a task.<\/li>\n<li>Manoeuvre around equipment and in confined spaces (e.g. workstations, laboratory benches, clinical areas, dispensary and store rooms).<\/li>\n<li>Safely retrieve small items from height, using a step or small ladder where appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>Safely traverse and navigate uneven surfaces, e.g. flooring joins, split-level flooring and ramps. Independently carry and manipulate equipment and materials (glassware, ingredients, paperwork) on varying surfaces and levels, to complete tasks within constrained timeframes.<\/li>\n<li>Have the physical capability to provide emergency life support.<\/li>\n<li>Have the physical dexterity to perform blood pressure monitoring and respiratory function tests.<\/li>\n<li>Travel to, and participate in, pharmacy placements and other fieldwork, and meet the physical demands of those sites.<\/li>\n<li>Practise safe handling techniques when handling pharmaceutical stock, including sterile fluids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Fine motor skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pharmacy is a profession that requires manual dexterity and fine motor skills to perform pharmaceutical and clinical procedures and deliver safe and effective treatments.<\/li>\n<li>Fine motor manual skills and dexterity are required to manage in the university and workplace learning environments, and for safe and effective practice.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Remove lids, measure very small amounts of liquids and solids, stir and use a spatula.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust levers, knobs, and dials.<\/li>\n<li>Use computer equipment (e.g. mouse, touchscreens, pointers, keyboards).<\/li>\n<li>Open pharmaceutical packaging (e.g. bottles, boxes, blister packs).<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate use of medication devices (e.g. eye drops) without shaking.<\/li>\n<li>Apply wound dressings.<\/li>\n<li>Safely handle needles and syringes.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare sterile products including chemotherapy, radiopharmaceuticals and biological agents using aseptic technique, reconstituting, drawing up and transferring small volumes accurately and with precision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Sustainable-performance\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Sustainable-performance\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Sustainable-performance\">Sustainable performance<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Sustainable-performance\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ol>\n<li>Pharmacists require functional and sustainable physical, cognitive, and psychosocial performance to complete complex and extended practice tasks safely and effectively in time-constrained environments.<\/li>\n<li>Sufficient physical and mental endurance is required to perform multiple tasks in an assigned period to provide safe and effective care.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain a level of concentration to focus on an activity to completion.<\/li>\n<li>Perform repetitive tasks (e.g. typing) for periods of 2-4 hours, with appropriate breaks.<\/li>\n<li>Sustain study practices and workplace performance to ensure effective learning and application of that learning.<\/li>\n<li>Work within own limits of personal and professional competence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Behavioural-stability\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Behavioural-stability\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Behavioural-stability\">Behavioural stability<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Behavioural-stability\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ol>\n<li>Behavioural stability is required to function and adapt effectively and sensitively in this role.<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacists require a stable temperament and ability to conduct themselves appropriately and safely in stressful situations. Behavioural stability is required to work individually and in teams in changing and unpredictable environments.<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>Control the expression of own emotions to maintain a professional, respectful environment when working with people of varied personal and professional backgrounds and in times of increased stressors or workloads.<\/li>\n<li>Manage multiple tasks and complex demands with composure and focus.<\/li>\n<li>Effectively prioritise competing demands to manage workload.<\/li>\n<li>Accept and fulfil responsibilities for patient care.<\/li>\n<li>Manage own physical and mental health effectively, ensuring appropriate others are aware of conditions that may fluctuate and impact performance.<\/li>\n<li>Be receptive and respond appropriately to constructive feedback.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to work effectively in the face of uncertainty and adapt to changing environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n    <mimas-block \n        block-name=\"articles\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"articles content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\"\n        data-bg=\"gray\">\n\n        \n\n                    <div class=\"article\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2-150x150.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"Pharmacy student comparing leaflet with medication\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2-550x370.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2-550x500.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/bh-pharm-550x550-2.jpg 550w\"\n                     sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n                <article class=\"article__content\">\n                    \n                                            <h2 class=\"h3\">Why are inherent requirements essential for studying this course?<\/h2>\n                    \n                                            <p><p>The Pharmacy course at Â鶹ֱ²¥ is professionally accredited, and graduating students will need to meet the requirements of the professional body to register to work in this profession. Requirements for the profession are detailed in the following:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    \n                                \n                        <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"cards\"\n        data-segment=\"dom\">\n\n    \n\n        <div class=\"card-grid\"\n         data-card-size=\"standard\"         data-card-count=\"6\"\n         data-card-background=\"gray\">\n                    <div  id=\"australian-pharmacy-council\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"australian-pharmacy-council\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Australian Pharmacy Council<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is the national accreditation authority for pharmacy education and training.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacycouncil.org.au\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Visit the Australian Pharmacy Council website\">Visit the Australian Pharmacy Council website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"pharmacy-board-of-australia\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"pharmacy-board-of-australia\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Pharmacy Board of Australia <\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>The Pharmacy Board of Australia works to ensure that Australia\u2019s pharmacists are suitably trained, qualified and safe to practise.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacyboard.gov.au\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Visit the Pharmacy Board of Australia website\">Visit the Pharmacy Board of Australia website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"national-competency-standards-pharmaceutical-society-of-australia\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"national-competency-standards-pharmaceutical-society-of-australia\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>National Competency Standards | Pharmaceutical Society of Australia<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>PSA is an Australian Government-recognised peak national professional pharmacy organisation representing all of Australia\u2019s 36,000 pharmacists working in all sectors and across all locations.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.psa.org.au\/practice-support-industry\/national-competency-standards\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Visit the PSA website\">Visit the PSA website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"professional-practice-standards-pharmaceutical-society-of-australia\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"professional-practice-standards-pharmaceutical-society-of-australia\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Professional Practice Standards | Pharmaceutical Society of Australia<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>PSA\u2019s Professional Practice Standards (PPS) articulate the values of the pharmacy profession and expected standards of professional behaviour of pharmacists towards individuals, the community and society. The PPS underpins the professional practice of all pharmacists in Australia.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.psa.org.au\/practice-support-industry\/professional-practice-standards\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"Visit the PSA website\">Visit the PSA website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"code-of-ethics-pharmaceutical-society-of-australia\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"code-of-ethics-pharmaceutical-society-of-australia\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Code of Ethics | Pharmaceutical Society of Australia<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>PSA\u2019s Code of Ethics for Pharmacists (the \u2018Code\u2019) articulates the values of the pharmacy profession and expected standards of ethical behaviour of pharmacists towards individuals, the community and society. The Code underpins the professional practice of all pharmacists in Australia.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.psa.org.au\/practice-support-industry\/ethics\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Visit the PSA website\">Visit the PSA website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"australian-health-practitioner-regulation-agency-student-registration\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"australian-health-practitioner-regulation-agency-student-registration\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency &#8211; Student Registration<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency works in partnership with the National Boards to ensure that Australia\u2019s registered health practitioners are suitably trained, qualified and safe to practise. <\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.ahpra.gov.au\/registration\/student-registrations.aspx\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Visit the Ahpra website\">Visit the Ahpra website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attribution<\/strong><br><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-157389\" style=\"width: 100px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/by-nc-sa.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons logo\"> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernsydney.edu.au\/inherent-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Western Sydney University &#8211; Inherent Requirements<\/a><br>\u00a9 Western Sydney University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial<br>Share Alike 4.0 International licence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These inherent requirements apply to the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"parent":157003,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159217"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179038,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159217\/revisions\/179038"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}