How Foreign Pharmacy Graduates can get a us Pharmacist License
Coming from outside it could be very daunting to start afresh in a new country. You could definitely join any US college to help you thru. However, there are simple steps that you could follow to re-establish yourself as a Pharmacist in United States.
NABP or National Association of Boards of Pharmacy assists graduates of foreign pharmacy schools in more than 200 countries as they work toward becoming licensed pharmacists in the United States. The FPGEC certification program or FPGEE is accepted by boards of Pharmacy in United States as a means of documenting the educational equivalency of a candidate’s foreign Pharmacy Education.
This linkhttp://www.nabp.net/programs/examination/fpgec/application-bulletin/gives all the details of the process for getting the certification. The FPGEE covers all the major segments from basic biomedical sciences to pharmaceutical and clinical sciences. The NABP website provides all the necessary information. There are many books and websites that provide courses that help you prepare for the exam. Along with FPGEE exam you need to pass TOEFL iBT. Here is a linkhttp://www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/about. It tests you on your fluency in English language both verbal and written.
Once you pass your FPGEE exam and the TOEFL iBT you are provided with the FPGEC certification that enables you to get an intern license from your state’s board of pharmacy.
Depending on the score you get in your FPGEE test you will be assigned the number of hours of internship you need to finish at a Pharmacy to be further qualified to give NAPLEX and MPJE. You have a choice to either work in a retail pharmacy or in a hospital pharmacy. The internship helps you to get aware of US brand names to the generic drugs, available formulations, hands on experience on patient counseling, checking drug interactions, checking patient profiles and much more, along with getting aware of the Pharmacy system here.
A month or two before you end your internship you get eligible to appear for the NAPLEX and MPJE exams. A lot of books and websites again can help you prepare along with your internship experience. MPJE, or Multiple states Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination, combines federal and state specific questions to test your knowledge on law and other legal aspects of pharmacy practice. NAPLEX, or North American Pharmacy Licensure Examination, assesses a candidate’s competence as a Pharmacist. NABP website gives you details on the examshttp://www.nabp.net/programs/examination/naplex/registration-bulletin/All Pharmacy graduates have to pass the NAPLEX and MPJE to finally get a Pharmacist License.
