The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada

Pharmacist Document Evaluation
The 2-Step Evaluation Procedure

Step 1: Document Evaluation

The PEBC must evaluate certain documents to ensure you have a degree in Pharmacy that is acceptable to the PEBC. If your documents are favourably evaluated, you must then write an Evaluating Examination.

To have your documents evaluated to determine if you are eligible for the Evaluating Examination, please see the section entitled Documents Required for Evaluation.

Step 2: The Evaluating Examination

This examination is to determine whether or not you have completed a program of study comparable to that taught in Canada.

If you wish to be considered for the next sitting of the Evaluating Examination, please send in your examination application form and fee together with the application form and fee and documents, etc. required for Document Evaluation by the deadline date indicated in the Documents Required for Evaluation section.

Do not wait to hear if your documents have been evaluated as you may miss the deadline for submission of your examination application.

Please note: Once your documents have been favourably evaluated, you have up to five years to pass the Evaluating Examination.

The Qualifying Examination, Part I (MCQ) and Part II (OSCE)

After your documents have been favourably evaluated and you have passed the Evaluating Examination, you can then take the Qualifying Examination, Part I (MCQ) and Part II (OSCE). You will receive information from the PEBC about the Qualifying Examination after you pass the Evaluating Examination.

The Qualifying Examination is designed to assess the competencies required for safe and effective practice. The examination is held twice a year and candidates may elect to take one or both parts of the Qualifying Examination.

The Qualifying Examination - Part I is a written examination in a multiple choice question (MCQ) format. It is divided into two sittings, taken on two consecutive half-days.

Part II of the Qualifying Examination is a practice-based examination designed in the format known as an “objective structured clinical examination” (OSCE), and is taken on a different part-day. The QE-II (OSCE) consists of a series of 7-minute tasks or simulations which are based on common and critical practical situations. For more information on this examination, see The Qualifying Examination.

The Board reserves the right to change, without notice, any information or requirements contained herein.