The Pharmacy Internship program is a training program designed to give a pharmacy graduate practical experience in different settings. This is done under the supervision of a qualified Pharmacist in one or more of these areas:

  • Hospital Pharmacy
  • Community Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Academic Institute
  • Regulatory Institute (Pharmacy Council or Food & Drugs Authority)

The pharmacy internship program is mandatory for anyone training to become a pharmacist in Ghana, including Foreign Practicing Pharmacists.

The Goal of the Internship Program

  • To provide a means of building up for the future a competent professional Pharmacist who provides quality pharmaceutical care.
  • To facilitate and offer for the information of the intern what is expected of him/her by the Council and the public.
  • To expose the foreign-trained Pharmacist to the practice of Pharmacy in Ghana

The Objectives of the Internship Program

  1. To train pharmacists for careers in pharmaceutical services.
  2. To train intern pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical care.
  3. To equip and improve the professional skills of the intern.
  4. To provide an understanding of the role of the pharmacists in the health care team.
  5. To foster widespread and thorough understanding of the mandate of the pharmacist to the public he/she serves.
  6. To understand the scope of pharmacy practice in Ghana through practical exposure.
  7. To provide practice-based educational programme for improving quality assurance methods that pharmacists apply to their work.
  8. To provide understanding of the ethical, legal and regulatory principles that affects the pharmacy profession.

The Structure of the Internship Program

GHANA-TRAINED PHARMACY GRADUATE APPLICANTS

Such applicants, if deemed eligible, will have to complete 2 phases of training:

  1. Clinical Phase, consisting of 1500 hours of training, to be completed in 9 months, in an accredited internship site under the supervision of an accredited internship preceptor.
  2. Community Phase, consisting 480 hours of training, to be completed in 3 months, in an accredited community pharmacy under the supervision of an accredited internship preceptor.

FOREIGN-TRAINED PHARMACY GRADUATE APPLICANTS

Such applicants, if deemed eligible, will have to complete 2 phases of training:

  1. Clinical Phase, consisting of 1500 hours of training, to be completed in 9 months, in an accredited internship site under the supervision of an accredited internship preceptor.
  2. Community Phase, consisting 480 hours of training, to be completed in 3 months, in an accredited community pharmacy under the supervision of an accredited internship preceptor.

You will usually be required to satisfactorily complete 12 months of approved internship training at an accredited institution if you have not practiced for more than 3 years as a pharmacist or 3 months approved internship training at an accredited institution if you have practiced for more than 3 years as a pharmacist.

How to apply for Internship

If your original documents are not in English, you must submit an English version of all documents duly certified. 

You must submit a full history of your qualifications and experience together with the internship processing fee before any application is considered. Your documents are then assessed by the ETD of the Council.

 

Variations in your name

Your name on all the documents you submit must be exactly the same.

If there are any variations in your name within or between documents you must provide a declaration sworn before the solicitor, of those variations and additional documentation that may be required.

 

Certified copies

A ‘Certified copy’ is a copy of the original that has been marked as a copy of the original’ and signed and dated by a solicitor or an equivalent legal witness from the country in which you trained or registered as a pharmacist.

 

Submission of documents

After you have arranged for a full copy of your academic record or confirmation of registration to be sent direct to the Council, please send all the remaining documents to the Pharmacy Council at the same time and ensure that your name appears on each document.

In general, all the documents listed in the ‘How to Apply’ section must be received by the Council before your application will be considered by the ETD.

 

Additional documentation

The Council reserves the right to request any additional documentation at any time.

 

Required Documents – Ghana-trained Pharmacy Graduates

  • A completed Pharmacy Internship application form
  • A certified true copy of your degree certificate
  • Proof of citizenship (i.e. Copy of passport page)
  • A copy of your work permit in your passport (for non-Ghanaian applicants)
  • A recent passport size photograph

Required Documents – Foreign-trained Pharmacy Graduates

  • An application letter for the internship program
  • A completed copy of the Pharmacy Council’s application form
  • A certified true copy of your degree certificate
  • A transcript from your training institution posted directly by the institution to the Registrar of the Council
  • Proof of citizenship (i.e. Copy of passport page)
  • A copy of your work permit in your passport (for non-Ghanaian applicants)

Required Documents – Foreign-Practicing Pharmacists

  • An application to the Registrar for the internship.
  • A completed, signed, and dated copy of the Council’s application form (enclosed in the information pack).
  • A certified true copy of your Pharmacy degree certificate or its equivalent.
  • A transcript from your training institution posted directly by the institution to the Registrar of the Council.
  • Reference letter from your current employer posted directly by the institution to the Registrar of the Council.
  • Confirmation of your licensure by the registration authority or body that grants you the license to practice as a Pharmacist in that country posted directly to the Registrar of the Council.
  • A copy of your current curriculum vitae with dates and evidence of:

Practical training you undertook before registration as a pharmacist

Your work experience since registration as a pharmacist.

  • Proof of citizenship (i.e. Certified copy of your passport)
  • A copy of your work permit in your passport. (Non-Ghanaian applicants only)
  • A recent passport size photograph bearing on the back:
    • Your usual signature
    • The statement ‘This is the true likeness and signature’
  • A non-refundable internship processing fee of $100.00 (US) or its cedi equivalent

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