Author Archives: Advanced Atlantic Consortium

Both formal education and practice experience prepare you for the Pharmacist Evaluating Examination and licensure as a pharmacist. In order to determine what additional learning needs you have, prior to taking the examination, you should assess the knowledge and skills that … Continue reading →

Application Procedure Examination Fee Examination Centres Changing Examination Centres Bilingual Examination Booklet Special Needs Testing Arrangements Withdrawal/Refund Policies Withdrawal/Absence for Special Circumstances Application Procedure You may apply for Document Evaluation and the Pharmacist Evaluating Examination online.  However, you cannot apply online … Continue reading →

Office Hours The PEBC office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, for receiving telephone calls and written correspondence by regular mail, email and fax. PEBC is not available for in-person candidate visits. Application forms may not be … Continue reading →

As regulated health care professionals, pharmacists are responsible and accountable to patients through legislation and the standards and bylaws of the professional regulatory authority in the province in which they practise. Provincial legislation and standards set out the requirements for licensure … Continue reading →

Most of the style conventions of the Qualifying Examination will become evident as you work through the sample questions and stations provided in this booklet. Questions about drugs are based on issues that are relevant to practice, and generally concern those … Continue reading →

General Reference Information The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada does not endorse any preparatory course material of any kind, and any pretence by an individual or group in making such a claim is liable to legal prosecution. It is the candidate’s … Continue reading →

The sample questions that follow are NOT intended or designed to be a sample examination and do NOT represent an exact model of the Pharmacist Qualifying Examination-Part I, in terms of difficulty and proportion of topics. However, individually, these examples are intended to be representative in … Continue reading →

Part II – References in Stations The most current edition of the following hard copy references, or excerpts thereof, may be provided in some of the stations: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), Canadian Pharmacists Association (most current or second most … Continue reading →

Sample Station #1 – Cancer Pain Control Sample Station #2 – Travellers’ Diarrhea Sample Station #3 – Screening New Prescriptions Sample Station #4 – Checking Dispensed Prescriptions Sample Station #5 – Warfarin/Carbamazepine Interaction Format of Examination Stations – Part II … Continue reading →

Beginning with the Summer, 2004 Evaluating Examination, the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada has introduced a change regarding the use of calculators for all written examinations. As a result, PEBC will provide each candidate for the Fall, 2004 Qualifying Examination-Part … Continue reading →