Pharmacists
Pathway to Licensure
ISIS offers
- English for Healthcare Professionals – see course description below for more information
- Pathway to Licensure – download the Pharmacist Pathway PDF
- Access to learning resources
- Skills Lab Training
- Employment Counselling
- Professional Mentor Program
Resources
Pharmacy Education at Dalhousie University
Related Articles
- You can help an International Pharmacy Graduate to become licensed in Nova Scotia Mohja Alia, PANS – November 2011
- The International Pharmacy Graduates (IPG) Multi-stakeholder Work Group: A collaborative approach to welcoming and integrating new colleagues into the Pharmacy Profession Jan Sheppard Kutcher, PANS – February 2011
English for Healthcare Professionals
November 14, 2011 –
March 16, 2012
This program is an inter-disciplinary communication course for health-care professionals. This intensive course focuses on the language skills needed to practice effectively in a Canadian health-care work environment.
Mervat Kelada
Hi, my name is Mervat Kelada. I’m a pharmacist. I’m Egyptian, and I’ve been here in Canada since 2001.
I was a pharmacist back home; I was a hospital pharmacist. Basically the experience that I got was dealing with drugs, but that was not enough to practice pharmacy here. So, it’s very important that people wanting to practice their profession here to undergo the basic training and Canadian experience.
The steps I took to find my current job is I contacted the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada and found out what I have to do to reach my goal. I passed through the exams and then that was not enough; it is very important to gain Canadian experience. That’s when the ISIS came in, they arranged for work placement and that was very important for me to finish my exams and gain the Canadian experience. I began the exams 2002, I finished 2005.
The experience that I brought with me is something completely different and irrelevant to what the actual practice would be here in Canada. So, I had to start from the beginning. I am currently working at Shopper’s Drug Mart; staff pharmacist there.
I am happy with my decision to come here and work in Nova Scotia. Halifax is a beautiful city, people here are friendly and accepting to newcomers.
- Mervat Kelada
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