The presentation highlights brief instructions and guidelines on how you can aspire and settle in Australia as Registered Pharmacist from Pakistan.

1. AUSTRALIA
PHARMACIST
GM Hamad

2. OVERVIEW
The slides contain brief instructions and guidelines on how you can aspire and
settle in Australia as Registered Pharmacist from Pakistan.

3. KAPS Applying
Procedure
KAPS Syllabus
Pharmacist Scope in
Australia
Recommended Books
CONTENTS

4. KAPS PROCEDURE
Get Eligibility Check with APC (Australian
pharmacy council) online.
Required Documents
PharmD Degree, Transcript, Category-A,
Passport.
Cost and Processing Time
Fees: 1310 AUS $
Processing Time: 8 Weeks

5. KAPSTEST
Prepare and apply for KAPS (Knowledge
Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences),
once you pass eligibility check.
Fee and Attempts
Fee: 2230 AUS $
Attempts: 3 attempts per year, center
located in Islamabad.

6. IELTS / PTE
On passing KAPS, prepare for PTE (Pearson Test
of English) or IELTS (International English
Language Testing System).
IELTS Requirement
7 bands in IELTS
PTE Requirement
66 scores in PTE

7. REGISTRATION &VISA
After passing KAPS, you can apply for
Registration and Visa.
Registration
Apply for Provisional Registration at AHPRA
(Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency).
Processing Time: 8 weeks for Registration
Visa
After Registration, you can apply for
Sponsorship Visa (407) or Direct Immigration
Visa from Pakistan (Visa Subclass 491, 190)

8. PAPER 1
Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
Pharmacology
100 MCQ; 120 minutes
50% in all subsections/subjects
of the Exam
An overall marks of at least 50%
PAPER 2
Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics
100 MCQ; 120 minutes
50% in all subsections/subjects
of the Exam
An overall marks of at least 50%
KAPS EXAM STRUCTURE

9. PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY,
PHARMACOLOGY
Organic Chemistry
Physical and inorganic Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Biochemical Pharmacology
Systemic Pharmacology
Chemotherapy
Toxicology
Pathophysiology
General Physiology
Physical Pharmacy
Biopharmaceutics
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Formulation
Dosage Form
Calculations
Posology and Dose Determination
Medicine of Choice
ADRs / DDI
Managing Minor Ailments
PHARMACEUTICS AND
THERAPEUTICS
KAPS EXAM SYLLABUS

10. INTERN PHARMACIST
Working Days: Mon – Friday
Salary: $30 / hour
Registration as Regular: 1575h
internship for general
registration as a pharmacist,
followed by an oral exam
REGULAR PHARMACIST
Working Days: Mon – Friday
Salary: $50 / hour
Locum Pharmacist: Optional job
to cover days of any regular
pharmacist who is absent due to
some reasons
PHARMACIST SCOPE

11. RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Therapeutics, Chemistry, Pharmaceutics
Comprehensive Pharmacy Review for NAPLEX
Pharmaceutical Calculations
Ansel’s Pharmaceutical Calculations
Pharmacology
Lippincott Pharmacology
Physiology
Tortora’s Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
Pathophysiology
Robbins Basic Pathology

12. THANKYOU!
Ghulam Murtaza Hamad
gmhamad4@gmail.com