Australian Perspectives on the BPS Examinations

Specialist clinical pharmacy certification is available from the American Pharmaceutical Association through its Board of Pharmaceutical Specialities (BPS). Four Australian pharmacists who were supported by the Society through its Grants and Awards program describe the experience they gained in preparing for, and successfully sitting, the examinations in pharmacotherapy and psychiatry. The examinations are well conducted, clinically relevant and rigorous. As more Australian practitioners take the BPS exam, there will be a group able to work with the Society in making relevant specialist professional qualifications more accessible to Australian pharmacists.