NZ Intern Pharmacist AC study guide
NZ Intern Pharmacist AC · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The New Zealand Intern Pharmacist Assessment sits at the end of the intern year, when a pharmacy graduate moves from supervised practice to registration as a pharmacist. The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) delivers intern training through its Education and Training arm, and the assessment draws on that programme. Candidates are typically interns completing supervised practice in community, hospital or other settings who need to demonstrate they can practise safely and independently. The exam spans the two areas PSNZ groups its intern work under: intern training itself, covering the education and training programme, and practice resources, audit support and recertification, covering the professional tools and quality-assurance systems a practising pharmacist uses. The NZ Intern Pharmacist AC study guide has 3 sections and about 1,042 words.
01Intern Training (PSNZ Education and Training)
The Pharmacy Council of New Zealand (PCNZ) is the statutory regulator under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003: it authorises the internship, sets the competence standards, and issues the practising certificate you must hold. PSNZ is the professional body that delivers the Intern Training Programme (ITP) on the Council's behalf - induction, study days, online learning, and workplace-based assessment tools.
348 words, about 2 min02Practice Resources
Questions in this domain turn on the authority behind a resource, not on how familiar it feels. New Zealand Formulary (NZF) and NZF for Children - independent, NZ-specific prescribing and dosing information: indications, cautions, monitoring.
333 words, about 2 min03Audit Support and Recertification
Every pharmacist practising in New Zealand holds an annual practising certificate (APC) from the Pharmacy Council, renewed each year. Renewal is not a formality: you declare that you remain competent, that you have met the Council's continuing professional development (CPD) requirements, and that you have disclosed anything the Council needs to know - for example health matters affecting practice, criminal charges or complaints.
361 words, about 2 min