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2) The requirements to become certified, including medical education, training, licensure, and passing the certification exam.
3) Specific policies for initial certification, maintaining certification, and the certification process which involves applying online and scheduling an exam with Pearson VUE.
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Pharmacy is also booming profession and a lucrative pathway to migrate to Australia. However, to become a pharmacist in Australia, you need to be well aware of certain prerequisites. First, you need to meet the Skills Assessment as carried out by the Australia Pharmacy Council (APC) and then register yourselves with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) to get the Skilled Visa to travel and work as a pharmacist in Australia.
Coming to the role of hospital Pharmacists, they prepare and dispense pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines in a hospital pharmacy. Pharmacist also ensure safe and quality use of medicines, and optimise health outcomes by contributing to selecting, prescribing, monitoring and evaluating medicine therapy.
Key roles and responsibilities of pharmacist:
✓ Receiving prescriptions, checking patients’ medicine histories, and ensuring optimal dosage and methods of administration and drug compatibility before dispensing.
✓ Preparing or supervising the preparation and labelling of liquid medicines, ointments, powders, tablets and other medications to fill prescriptions
✓ Advising prescribers on drug incompatibility and contra-indications
✓ Reviewing and monitoring the medicine therapy of individual patients, and assessing the effectiveness of the total medicine therapy
✓ Maintaining prescription files and recording issue of narcotics, poisons and habit-forming drugs
✓ Storing and preserving vaccines, serums and other drugs subject to deterioration
✓ Supplying non-prescription medicines, and diagnostic and therapeutic aids
✓ Supervising and coordinating the work of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns
How much does a Pharmacist make in Australia?
The average pharmacist salary in Australia is $92,793 per year or $47.59 per hour. Entry-level positions start at $81,953 per year, while most experienced workers make up to $120,045 per year.
Step 1: Initial Skills Assessment
Authorised body: Australian Pharmacy Country
Documents required:
a. B Pharm/ Pharm D degree/provisional degree
b. B Pharm/Pharm D transcripts/Consolidated Mark sheet
c. State pharmacy council registration (Must be register as pharmacist in home country)
d. Passport
Experience not required.
Time: 8 weeks
Fee: $1310 AUD
Step 2: KAPS EXAM (Knowledge Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
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1. Domain 1: Pharmaceutics
2. Domain 2: Therapeutics
3. Domain 3: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
4. Domain 4: Pharmacology and Physiology
There are two papers of each KAPS Exam:
• Paper 1: Pharmaceutical
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Pharmacy is also booming profession and a lucrative pathway to migrate to Australia. However, to become a pharmacist in Australia, you need to be well aware of certain prerequisites. First, you need to meet the Skills Assessment as carried out by the Australia Pharmacy Council (APC) and then register yourselves with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) to get the Skilled Visa to travel and work as a pharmacist in Australia.
Coming to the role of hospital Pharmacists, they prepare and dispense pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines in a hospital pharmacy. Pharmacist also ensure safe and quality use of medicines, and optimise health outcomes by contributing to selecting, prescribing, monitoring and evaluating medicine therapy.
Key roles and responsibilities of pharmacist:
✓ Receiving prescriptions, checking patients’ medicine histories, and ensuring optimal dosage and methods of administration and drug compatibility before dispensing.
✓ Preparing or supervising the preparation and labelling of liquid medicines, ointments, powders, tablets and other medications to fill prescriptions
✓ Advising prescribers on drug incompatibility and contra-indications
✓ Reviewing and monitoring the medicine therapy of individual patients, and assessing the effectiveness of the total medicine therapy
✓ Maintaining prescription files and recording issue of narcotics, poisons and habit-forming drugs
✓ Storing and preserving vaccines, serums and other drugs subject to deterioration
✓ Supplying non-prescription medicines, and diagnostic and therapeutic aids
✓ Supervising and coordinating the work of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns
How much does a Pharmacist make in Australia?
The average pharmacist salary in Australia is $92,793 per year or $47.59 per hour. Entry-level positions start at $81,953 per year, while most experienced workers make up to $120,045 per year.
Step 1: Initial Skills Assessment
Authorised body: Australian Pharmacy Country
Documents required:
a. B Pharm/ Pharm D degree/provisional degree
b. B Pharm/Pharm D transcripts/Consolidated Mark sheet
c. State pharmacy council registration (Must be register as pharmacist in home country)
d. Passport
Experience not required.
Time: 8 weeks
Fee: $1310 AUD
Step 2: KAPS EXAM (Knowledge Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
The KAPS Exam covers the following four domains from the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia 2010:
1. Domain 1: Pharmaceutics
2. Domain 2: Therapeutics
3. Domain 3: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
4. Domain 4: Pharmacology and Physiology
There are two papers of each KAPS Exam:
• Paper 1: Pharmaceutical
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1. CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIFE (CNM®) CERTIFIED MIDWIFE (CM®) CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIFE (CPM)®
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) and
National Association of Certified Professional
Midwives (NACPM)
CERTIFICATION
Certifying Organization American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB)** North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)**
Certification Requirements
(minimum degree and other
requirements prior to taking
national certifying exam)
Graduate degree required No degree required
1. Graduation from a nurse-midwifery education
program accredited by ACNM Accreditation
Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME);
AND
2. Verification by program director of completion
of education program; AND
3. Active registered nurse (RN) license
1. Graduation from a midwifery education
program accredited by ACNM Accreditation
Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME);
AND
2. Verification by program director of
completion of education program
1. Completion of NARM’s Portfolio Evaluation Process
(PEP) pathway; OR
2. Graduate of a midwifery education program
accredited by Midwifery Education Accreditation
Council (MEAC); OR
3. AMCB-certified CNM or CM; OR
4. Completion of state licensure program.
Recertification Requirement Every five years Every three years
EDUCATION
Minimum Education
Requirements for Admission to
Midwifery Education Program
Bachelor’s degree from accredited college/
university
1. Some programs require RN license. If the
applicant has a bachelor’s degree, but not
an RN license, some programs will require
attainment of an RN license prior to entry
into the midwifery program; others will allow
the student to attain an RN license prior to
graduate study; OR
2. If the applicant is an RN but does not have a
bachelor’s degree, some programs provide a
bridge program to a bachelor’s degree prior to
the midwifery portion of the program; other
programs require a bachelor’s degree before
entry into the midwifery program.
Bachelor’s degree from accredited college/
university and successful completion of specific
science courses
There are two primary pathways for CPM education,
with differing admission requirements:
1. Portfolio Evaluation Process (PEP) pathway: an
apprenticeship program; no degree or diploma
required. Student must find a midwife preceptor
who is nationally certified or state licensed, has
practiced for at least 3 years, and attended at least
50 out-of-hospital births; OR
2. Accredited formal education pathway: For
this pathway, a high school diploma from an
accredited state or private school is required for
admission.
Note: Currently, the majority of AMCB-certified midwives enter midwifery through nursing. Note: Currently, the majority of CPMs have completed the
apprenticeship-only (PEP) pathway to the CPM credential.
Comparison of Certified Nurse-Midwives, Certified Midwives, and Certified Professional Midwives
Clarifying the distinctions among professional midwifery credentials in the U.S.*
Continued…
2. CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIFE (CNM®) CERTIFIED MIDWIFE (CM®) CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIFE (CPM)®
EDUCATION (continued)
Clinical Experience Requirement Attainment of clinical skills must meet Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Education (ACNM
2008).
Clinical education must occur under the supervision of an AMCB-certified CNM/CM or Advanced
Practice RN (APRN) who holds a graduate degree and has clinical expertise and didactic knowledge
commensurate with the content taught.
Clinical skills include management of primary care for women throughout the lifespan, including
reproductive health care, pregnancy, and birth; care of the normal newborn; and management of
sexually transmitted infections in male partners.
Attainment of clinical skills must meet the Core
Competencies developed by the Midwives Alliance
of North America.
Clinical education must occur under the supervision
of a midwife who must be nationally certified, legally
recognized and who has practiced for at least three
years and attended 50 out-of-hospital births.
Clinical skills include management of prenatal, birth
and postpartum care for women and newborns.
Degree Granted Master's or doctoral degree; a master's degree
is the minimum requirement for the AMCB
certification exam
Master’s degree; a master's degree is the
minimum requirement for the AMCB
certification exam
No degree is granted through the PEP pathway.
MEAC-accredited programs vary and may grant a
certificate or an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, or
doctoral degree. Most graduates attain a certificate
or associate degree; there is no minimum degree
requirement for the CPM certification exam.
ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION
The Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) is authorized by the US
Department of Education to accredit midwifery education programs and institutions.
The PEP pathway is not eligible for accreditation.
The Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
(MEAC) is authorized by the US Department of
Education to accredit midwifery education programs
and institutions.
LICENSURE
Legal Status Licensed in all 50 states plus the District of
Columbia and US territories
Licensed in New Jersey, New York, and Rhode
Island. Authorized by permit to practice in
Delaware. Authorized to practice in Missouri.
Regulated in 26 states (variously by licensure,
certification, registration, voluntary licensure, or
permit)
Licensure Agency Boards of Nursing, Boards of Medicine, Boards
of Midwifery/Nurse-Midwifery, Departments of
Health
Board of Midwifery, Board of Medicine,
Department of Health
Departments of Health, Boards of Medicine, Boards
of Midwifery
Continued…
Comparison of Certified Nurse-Midwives, Certified Midwives, and Certified Professional Midwives
Clarifying the distinctions among professional midwifery credentials in the U.S.* (Continued)
3. CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIFE (CNM®) CERTIFIED MIDWIFE (CM®) CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIFE (CPM)®
SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Range of Care Provided Independent management of women’s health care throughout the lifespan, from adolescence
through menopause. Comprehensive scope of practice including primary care and gynecologic
care, family planning, annual exams (including breast and PAP screening), pregnancy, birth in all
settings, and postpartum care. Care of the normal newborn. Management of sexually transmitted
infections in male partners.
Independent management of care for women and
newborns during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Birth in homes and birth centers. Care of the normal
newborn.
Prescriptive Authority All US jurisdictions New York None. However, may obtain and administer certain
medications in some states.
Practice Settings All settings — hospitals, birth centers, homes, and offices. The majority of CNMs and CMs attend
births in hospitals.
Homes, birth centers, and offices. The majority of
CPMs attend out-of-hospital births.
THIRD-PARTY REIMBURSEMENT
Most private insurances; Medicaid coverage
mandated in all states; Medicare; Champus
New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island — most
private insurance; Medicaid
Private insurance in some states; Medicaid in 10
states for home birth, additional states if birth occurs
in birth center.
* This document does not address individuals who are not certified and who may practice midwifery with or without legal recognition.
** AMCB and NARM are accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, which “was created in 1987 ... to help ensure the health, welfare, and safety
of the public through the accreditation of a variety of certification programs/organizations...Certification organizations ... are evaluated based on the process
and products, not the content, and are therefore applicable to all professions and industries..“ (http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/ProgramsandEvents/
NCCAAccreditation/tabid/82/Default.aspx)
Reviewed ACNM-MANA Liaison Committee February, 2011
Approved by ACNM Board of Directors March, 2011
Last updated August, 2011
Comparison of Certified Nurse-Midwives, Certified Midwives, and Certified Professional Midwives
Clarifying the distinctions among professional midwifery credentials in the U.S.* (Continued)