What do you need to know in the PEBC Syllabus
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What do you need to know in the PEBC Syllabus?
PEBC Syllabus
The PEBC Syllabus is compiled from the essential knowledge that the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) deems a requirement for a licensed Canadian Pharmacist. These requirements often change as the profession progresses, however, some core factors have remained common throughout the years:
Biomedical Sciences
- Biochemistry: including nutrition, genomics, molecular biology, pharmacogenetics and biotechnology
- Molecular Biology and Genomics
- Physiology / functional anatomy including human physiology
- Immunology
- Medical microbiology
Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutics including drug delivery
- Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
- Medicinal chemistry
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology and Clinical Toxicology
- Biotechnology and Pharmacogenetics
Pharmacy Practice - Clinical Sciences
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Pharmacotherapeutics (including non-POMs) and professional practice skills.
- Health Promotion
- Patient Care Process
- Special Populations
- Nutrition
Pharmacy Practice - Professional Practice
- Prescription processing and product preparation
- Prescription calculations
- Communication and patient counselling
- Drug information
- Literature evaluation
- Medication and patient safety practices
- Law and jurisprudence
- Professionalism and ethics
Behavioural, Social and Administrative Pharmacy Services
- Pharmacy management
- The Canadian Healthcare system and pharmacy ethics
- Pharmacoeconomics
- Pharmacoepidemiology including biostatistics.