How To Be A Registered Pharmacist In Usa From Britain

• #2

Hey and so I am Canadian and in my final twelvemonth of pharmacy schoolhouse in the Usa and wanted to know if anyone has experience trying to get licensed in Canada (i'm looking into Ontario or Alberta)
I simply want to know how the procedure is and if you get paid completing the internship hours.

Thank you

I know cipher about the procedure but googled this.
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• #six

Just retrieve, in Canada all the milligrams are in Celsius, then you have to convert. Other than that, should be polish sailing.

• #8

Regardless of whether or non y'all believe that the country is going downhill, saturation is a existent issue. That's not my question though, why would you move to a state that requires more schooling (fourth dimension/money) with the ultimate goal to relocate back to your original location which doesn't require a PharmD.

It's uncomplicated. Anyone who does but that will exist considered a highly desirable candidate. Most locals won't have anything to compete with. In the mean fourth dimension, the profession is also moving towards a PharmD. in Canada. Thus, information technology seems like OP may have merely struck golden, wouldn't you say so?

• #9

Hospital pharmacy in Canada pays nearly the same equally in the U.s.. Yous can spring right in without doing a residency. Also, healthcare if free. This is a big deal if y'all accept a bunch of kids.

• #11

Guys, does anyone know if an Irish gaelic Degree in Chemist's is accredited in Canada?

If information technology's a PharmD., sure. Canada but fabricated a full switch to PharmD only. The merely entry-level degree will be the PharmD. The first class will graduate in 2020 or 2022.

• #12

Hey and so I am Canadian and in my final year of pharmacy school in the US and wanted to know if anyone has feel trying to get licensed in Canada (i'thou looking into Ontario or Alberta)
I just want to know how the process is and if y'all get paid completing the internship hours.

Thanks

I think there'due south an opening in Barrow. There was child who worked at that place a few years back. Forget his handle. Last I heard he was fighting vampires.

• #13

During the PharmD conversion, I'm willing to bet they will accept a temporary shortage similar we had in the Usa in the early on 2000'due south. I'd imagine that pay will increase and working conditions will be much amend.

• #14

Information technology looks like there volition be 3 tests involved. You must laissez passer the equivalent of their NAPLEX... it's split into 2 parts. Plus a third exam for the province.

• #fifteen

During the PharmD conversion, I'm willing to bet they will accept a temporary shortage like nosotros had in the U.s.a. in the early 2000's. I'd imagine that pay will increase and working conditions will be much meliorate.

No, quite the opposite. Ontario pharmacist salary is facing strong downwards pressure from 1. flux of strange pharmacists ii. the provincial gov.

• #16

Hospital pharmacy in Canada pays about the same as in the Usa. You can jump right in without doing a residency. Also, healthcare if free. This is a big deal if you have a bunch of kids.

I don't know anywhere else, but in Ontario, residency is becoming the norm for anyone who wants to go hospital road. The starting pay of a infirmary pharmacist with residency now is ~$41/hr in GTA, much lower than US average, and with the possibility of going even lower. I got that number from a newly hired hospital chemist who just finished his residency, so you lot get that idea.

• #17

During the PharmD conversion, I'grand willing to bet they will accept a temporary shortage like nosotros had in the U.s. in the early 2000's. I'd imagine that pay will increment and working conditions will be much better.

They've offered both for a long time - the PharmD and BS. Only the BS was required. You show upward with a PharmD now and you get a clinical position at a hospital.
For a while some provinces were giving British pharmacists a bonus to relocate to an under-served area.

• #18

They've offered both for a long time - the PharmD and BS. Only the BS was required. You show upwardly with a PharmD at present and yous get a clinical position at a hospital.
For a while some provinces were giving British pharmacists a bonus to relocate to an under-served area.

I know that Canada used to be part of Bang-up Britain, but my understanding is that they are very unlike in regards to chemist's shop laws and training.

• #19

I know that Canada used to be part of Great United kingdom, just my understanding is that they are very unlike in regards to chemist's laws and training.

Google is your best friend. I read an article about British pharmacists being offered relocation perks to settle in certain areas. Don't know where the link is.
The process to move to Canada is lengthy. I looked through forums and it seems similar in that location are a lot of folks with BS Pharm. There are so many that anyone with a PharmD just waits forever. There is a perk for beingness a US graduate. I believe a pre-examination is waived or something like that.
The whole thing is too new to know where it's going. There are people in this forum who take asked the "what nigh Canada?" question in the past, and have gone quiet shortly after. Maybe they moved?

• #22

I am a Canadian chemist currently living in the US and just got licensed in Nevada . I have a B pharm in Canada but now the program is PharmD since 2011 i recollect . I accept my licence in Quebec and I think that any strange grad needs to do 17 months of internship and some examination , maybe similar NAPLEX and definitively a law test . But every province is unlike , Cheque their corresponding boards . Best of luck !
FYI , retail pays betwixt $55 to $70 an 60 minutes depending if you are willing to travel and do relief work .

I did see several span programs for strange graduates. From what I understood, Usa graduates authorize to take the licensing exam without having to pre-qualify. Strange grads have to pre-qualify; or something along those lines. Information technology most does non make sense to ask U.s.a. grad with a PharmD to practise a 17 month internship. Maybe the website has non been updated yet. It does seem complicated to become licensed there.

• #23

Hey and then I am Canadian and in my final yr of pharmacy school in the U.s.a. and wanted to know if anyone has experience trying to get licensed in Canada (i'm looking into Ontario or Alberta)
I simply want to know how the procedure is and if you get paid completing the internship hours.

Cheers

Did yous e'er go this figured out? I am in a similar situation

• #28

It's simple. Anyone who does just that volition exist considered a highly desirable candidate. Most locals won't have annihilation to compete with. In the mean time, the profession is too moving towards a PharmD. in Canada. Thus, it seems similar OP may have only struck gilded, wouldn't you say then?

Seriously, The PharmD vs B.Pharm isn't that much more desirable. Having graduated when people were getting both Pharm D's and B.South., and for many years later that, nobody cared what specific caste y'all had. Perchance if you were applying for a residency. Places cared that 1) you were licensed and and so two) what experience did you lot accept? I don't call back even today that whatsoever place really cares that much about a PharmD vs a B.S., it'south simply the B.S. dates someone equally an older employee, and then it makes it piece of cake for an employer to legally historic period discriminate if they want to.

• #29

Seriously, The PharmD vs B.Pharm isn't that much more desirable. Having graduated when people were getting both Pharm D's and B.Southward., and for many years later on that, nobody cared what specific caste you had. Peradventure if you were applying for a residency. Places cared that 1) you lot were licensed so 2) what experience did you lot have? I don't think fifty-fifty today that any place really cares that much about a PharmD vs a B.S., it's merely the B.S. dates someone equally an older employee, so it makes it piece of cake for an employer to legally age discriminate if they want to.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on that. I was just more often than not pointing out that the PharmD is a new evolution in Canada. I would remember that would put you in high need? Just really, I am just a retail pharmacist. LOL all I know is that saturation is here. It's crammed.

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