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It depends, it's an undergraduate degree in most places, but there's a definite shift towards requiring PharmD in the future. As long as you can become a licensed pharmacist in your province with just the BPharm, it would be considered a professional degree (same as BSN, etc).

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BScPhm/BPharm (Pharmacy) is a professional degree. It is at the undergraduate level, much like MD or JD. Only accredited schools can grant these degrees; there are currently 10 in Canada. You take a licensing exam administered by the Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada.

 

Unfortunately, you cannot apply to the PharmD program without a BScPhm/BPharm. This is because the traditional postgraduate PharmD which still exists in Canada requires the professional degree and pharmacy clincal experience to apply. Without the degree you cannot take the licensing exam, without the licensing exam you cannot practice, without practicing pharmacy you cannot enter the PharmD program.

 

Canadian pharmacy schools are looking to convert the Bachelors programs into an entry-level PharmD, meaning students would receive PharmD as their first degree (and not the BScPhm/BPharm). This is much like the conversion from LLB to JD for law, except the pharmacy schools will actually undergo a major curriculum change to reflect this change. More information will be available in the future.

 

Hope this helps. :)

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Entry level PharmD exists at Université de Montréal. I'm in !

BScPhm/BPharm (Pharmacy) is a professional degree. It is at the undergraduate level, much like MD or JD. Only accredited schools can grant these degrees; there are currently 10 in Canada. You take a licensing exam administered by the Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada.

 

Unfortunately, you cannot apply to the PharmD program without a BScPhm/BPharm. This is because the traditional postgraduate PharmD which still exists in Canada requires the professional degree and pharmacy clincal experience to apply. Without the degree you cannot take the licensing exam, without the licensing exam you cannot practice, without practicing pharmacy you cannot enter the PharmD program.

 

Canadian pharmacy schools are looking to convert the Bachelors programs into an entry-level PharmD, meaning students would receive PharmD as their first degree (and not the BScPhm/BPharm). This is much like the conversion from LLB to JD for law, except the pharmacy schools will actually undergo a major curriculum change to reflect this change. More information will be available in the future.

 

Hope this helps. :)

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Canadian pharmacy schools are looking to convert the Bachelors programs into an entry-level PharmD, meaning students would receive PharmD as their first degree (and not the BScPhm/BPharm).

 

That sounds just like the USA. They no longer have the BSc in Phmaracy, just PharmD. Any idea when Canada is going to do the switch? If so, wouldn't that mean people applying for PharmD need a Bachelor's degree first before applying (like M.D.)? I thought Canada was going to stay with the BSc.

 

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edit: UofT has PharmD coming up to replace the "previously" known BSc Pharmacy.

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