TRAINING OF PHARMACY SUPPORT PERSONNEL (SAPC)

Council has communicated previously that there will be no enrollment of new learners for the National Certificate, Pharmacist's Assistant, and the further Education and Training Certificate, Pharmacist's Assistant, on 30 June 2014 and 30 June 2015, respectively. The teach-out period (time to complete training) for pharmacist's assistants in the category "learner basic" will end on 30 June 2017, and the teach-out period for pharmacist's assistants...

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COVERING LETTER REQUESTING AN ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM THE FWMP

In this post you will find the format of covering letter that you will have to write to FWMP during the first step while beginning your process of applying for SAPC registration. The covering letter serves as an auxiliary to you as it is not possible for you to hand all the documents by yourself to FWMP. You are supposed to send this letter along with all your certificates, registration certificate, application, ID proof and all other documents requested by FWMP. This is just an example of a covering letter by an individual, and the points we...

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Syllabus for SAPC professional examinations

The professional practice of the pharmacist is focused on the medicines that he/she handles and the outcomes of treatment with such medicines. Pharmacists must thus have knowledge in the aspects of preventative and promotive health care, ill health prevention, emergency care and the general well-being of the community, the economic, legal and logistic aspects relating to the acquisition, storage and distribution of medicines and be able to advise the public in this regard. ln order for the pharmacist to provide or advise on the choice, initiation,...

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