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 |
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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% |