Preregistration trainee

Educational supervision, assessment and feedback for pharmacists

An outline of educational supervisor roles and the skills needed for effective supervision.…

Foundation trainees struggle to take registration exam after ‘technical issues’ cause delays

The General Pharmaceutical Council said it was “extremely sorry" for the severe delays experienced by candidates in Nottingham.…

Pharmacy regulator in talks over using registration exam as final assessment for apprentices

Exclusive: The Institute for Apprenticeships is holding discussions with the General Pharmaceutical Council over a proposal to use the registration assessment as the end point for the proposed pharmacy degree apprenticeship.…

Health Education England to offer ‘coaching sessions’ to trainee pharmacists

Health Education England will extend coaching from trainee doctors to include trainee pharmacists in the east of England.…

Trainees to use new online platform for pharmacy registration exam in 2022

The General Pharmaceutical Council plans to run the registration assessment online until at least 2024.…

Hundreds of provisional pharmacists could be removed from GPhC register

Provisional registrants who have not joined the main register by 31 January 2022 will no longer be able to practise as pharmacists.…

GPhC reports 82% pass rate for July 2021 registration exam

The overall pass rate is ten percentage points higher than that of the most recent summer registration assessment in 2019.…

Oriel numeracy test: what pharmacy students need to know

The Oriel numeracy test is designed to examine your ability to solve practice-based calculations. Here is what you need to consider before and during this assessment.…

Oriel situational judgement test: what pharmacy students need to know

The Oriel situational judgement test is designed to determine what action you would take when presented with certain scenarios while working as a preregistration pharmacist. Here is what you need to consider before and during this assessment.…

Trainees told to wait until November 2021 to retake registration exam after technical problems

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has written to the pharmacy regulator to ask for a "fairer solution" for affected candidates.…