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The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada

The Pharmacist Evaluating Examination
Pharmacist Evaluating Examination Blueprint Subject Areas

On the Pharmacist Evaluating Examination, you will be examined in the following subject areas, shown below. The subject areas listed pertain to the Pharmacist Evaluating Examinations that will be administered in the Summer of 2009 and the Winter of 2010. These subject areas were revised in 2005. 

The approximate percentage of questions for each of the four major subject areas represented on an examination is shown in parentheses.

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (25%)

Biochemistry/Genomics and Molecular Biology/Nutrition/Clinical Biochemistry
Physiology/Functional Anatomy and Immunology
Pathophysiology and Pathology
Medical Microbiology

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (35%)

Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Systems
Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
Medicinal Chemistry
Pharmacology
Toxicology and Clinical Toxicology
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Biotechnology and Pharmacogenetics

PHARMACY PRACTICE (30%)

Therapeutics (Including Non-Prescription Medications)
Professional Practice Skills

BEHAVIOURAL, SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY SCIENCES (10%)

Pharmacy Administration: Management/Health Care Systems/Pharmacoeconomics
Biostatistics/Pharmacoepidemiology
Bioethics