Pharmacists Board Exam 2013

The  Pharmacists Board Exam, also known as the Pharmacists Licensure Examination, is a board exam facilitated by the Board of  under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of  BS Pharmacy graduates.

As per R.A. 1080, individuals who passed the board exam need not take the civil service exams to be eligible for the following positions:

• Pharmacist
• Food and Drug Regulation Officer
• Quality Control Analyst

Review Courses for Pharmacists Board Exam

There are review courses that you can take to prepare for the board exam. The content of these review courses may vary depending on the review centers, but they’re mostly based on the examination scope released by the Professional Regulatory Comission which includes:

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry (20%)
  • Inorganic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
  • Organic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
  • Qualitative Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Pharmacognosy (15%)
  • Plant Chemistry
  • Biochemistry

• Practice of Chemistry (17.5%)
  • Compounding-Dispensing
  • Clinical/Hospital Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Calculations

• Pharmacology – Pharmacokinetics (15%)
  • Toxicology
  • Incompatibilities adn Adverse Drug Reactions

• Pharmaceutics (17.5%)
  • Manufacturing Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
  • Physical Pharmacy
  • Jurisprudence and Ethics

• Quality Assurance / Quality Control (15%)
  • Drug Testing with Instrumentation
  • Microbiology and Public Health

TAKING THE EXAM

Licensure exams for BS Pharmacy graduates are usually held twice a year. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2013 Pharmacists Board Exam:

DATE	DAY/s  PLACE	DEADLINE OF FILING
January 12 & 13, 2013	Sat & Sun /  Manila, Baguio & Cebu	December 28, 2012
June 25 & 26, 2013	Tue & Wed / Manila, Baguio, Cebu & Davao	June 10, 2013

NATIONAL PASSING RATE

The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Pharmacists in the last 3 years:

EXAM	EXAM TAKERS	BOARD PASSERS	PASSING RATE
July 2012	1,770	1,117	63.10%
January 2012	1,109	576	51.93 %
June 2011	1,472	790	53.66%
January 2011	999	500	50.05%
June 2010	1,261	869	68.91%
January 2010	1, 091	481	44.08%