THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has taken on the role of publishing education standards for CPD, following the retirement of the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) accreditation standards for CPD activities at the end of this year (PD 01 Jul).

The PSA has committed to developing and maintaining industry-leading standards, providing high quality education that upholds pharmacy practice standards, guidelines and ethics, and is free from commercial bias.

“PSA has a very long history of accrediting education across many decades,” PSA National President Associate Professor Fei Sim said.

“As the national peak body for pharmacists in Australia and custodians of pharmacy practice standards, guidelines and ethics, PSA is developing education standards for CPD that give our profession – and our stakeholders – confidence in the quality of pharmacist education.”

External education providers will also be able to submit their pharmacist education for assessment against the PSA education standards.

“Our members tell us that PSA’s education is of high quality, a quality they can trust, and this scheme will mean that when they see third-party education that is approved as meeting the PSA education standards, they can have a similar level of trust in it,” Assoc Prof Sim said.

She also acknowledged the APC’s benchmark for CPD.

“We recognise the important role APC has played in setting the standard for pharmacist CPD over the last decade, as we look forward to building on APC’s legacy and driving the standards of pharmacist CPD into the future,” Assoc Prof Sim concluded.

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