The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7272 p596
25 October 2003

Society summary

Pass rate of 80pc in autumn registration examination

The pass rate in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's 2003 autumn registration examination, held on 26 September, was 80.5 per cent, compared with 82.4 per cent in the main summer examination (PJ, 26 July, p133). In the calculations section, 89.0 per cent achieved a pass, compared with 91.9 per cent in July.

The number of candidates sitting the autumn examination was 353, compared with 1,537 in the main examination. Of the 353, 270 were United Kingdom graduates or sandwich course students, of whom 218 (80.7 per cent) passed. The remaining 83 were pharmacists from overseas seeking to register through the adjudication route. Of these, 66 (79.5 per cent) passed.

For 27 of the 69 candidates who failed, the autumn examination was their first attempt. For a further 40 it was the second attempt and for two it was the third attempt.

Pass list, p599