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International comparative assessment framework
March 2019 If your pharmacy qualification is assessed as less than equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, use this form to carry out an assessment of the syllabus of the degree that you studied. Submit this form and syllabus with your application for eligibility to complete an Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (OSPAP). We will check the information you provide and send it to the university/ies where you want to study your OSPAP course. The university will use this to decide to offer you a place. They may ask you to provide additional information directly to them, to support your application to join their course. In section 1 - 3, for each area, show if it is covered in your qualification syllabus by adding ‘Y’ if it is, or ‘N’ if not, in the ‘Covered’ column. If it is, fill in the details of the part of the syllabus that relates to that area. In section 4, please give details of the course(s) you have taken to learn about these UK competencies. Leave the last column blank in all sections. Applicant name Qualification title
Section 1: How medicines work
Syllabus area Covered Y/N Syllabus reference GPhC check a) Therapeutics Routes of administration New therapeutic advances Infection control Complimentary therapies Clinical therapeutic uses of drugs b) Applied physical, chemical biological sciences Bioanalytical principles and methods Drug design and discovery Cell and molecular biology
Syllabus area Covered Y/N Syllabus reference GPhC check Microbiology Immunology Pharmaceutical chemistry c) Pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics Contraindications, adverse reactions and drug interactions ADME Pharmacokinetic modelling Bioavailability and bioequivalence Prediction of drug properties Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics Drug and substance misuse Clinical toxicology and drug overexposure Molecular basis of drug action Metabolism d) Pharmaceutical technology Biotechnology Manufacturing methods Quality assurance processes Sterilisation and asepsis Environmental control in manufacturing e) Formulation and material science Materials used in formulations and devices Dosage forms Formulation principles
Syllabus area Covered Y/N Syllabus reference GPhC check Diagnostic tests e) Epidemiology Aetiology & epidemiology of (major) diseases
Section 3: How systems work
Syllabus area Covered Y/N Syllabus reference GPhC check a) Evidence based practice Health information systems and resources Health policy and pharmacoeconomics Health-related quality of life Pharmacovigilance
Section 4: UK competencies
Syllabus area Covered Y/N Certificate or qualification reference GPhC check a) Healthcare management Public health The NHS Government health departments for health and social services Other professionals Healthcare systems Veterinary pharmacy b) Professional regulation Legislation relating to pharmacy, medicines, confidentiality, health and safety, equality, the environment and consumer protection Fitness to practice
Syllabus area Covered Y/N Certificate or qualification reference GPhC check Sale and supply of medicines Continuing professional development (CPD) and revalidation Political and legal framework c) Medicines regulation Evaluation and regulation of new drugs and medicines Pharmcopoeial specifications and biological standards Medicines licencing Product quality, safety and efficacy The supply chain Packaging, labelling and patient information d) Clinical governance Standard operating procedures (SOP)s Research methodology and ethics Risk and quality management Good manufacturing and dispensing practice Good clinical practice Health policy, clinical and science research methods Clinical management Disease management Chronic medicines management Medicines use review Care Planning Therapeutic drug monitoring e) Workplace regulation Health and safety
