Pass rate 86.5pc in registration examination
The pass rate in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's summer registration examination this year is 86.5 per cent. The number of candidates was 1,539, of whom 1,332 were successful.
The pass rate this year is lower than in 2005, when 1,609 candidates
sat the examination and 1,479 (91.9 per cent) were successful. But in
the separate section of calculation questions, which candidates have
to pass in addition to passing the examination as a whole, the pass rate
increased slightly. This year 1,463 candidates (95.1 per cent) were successful.
In 2005 the pass rate for this section was 95.0 per cent.
The mean scores for the different components of the examination were
as follows: overall 79 per cent (range 40–96); closed book 80 per
cent (range 45–97); open book 78 per cent (range 34–100);
calculations 86 per cent (range 35–100).
The mean scores for the individual syllabus sections were as follows.
In Section 1 (professional and legal practice), the mean score was 73
per cent in both Part I (professional practice of a pharmacy) and Part
II (legal aspects of providing a pharmaceutical service). In Section
2 (clinical and pharmaceutical practice), the mean score was 80 per cent
in Part I (clinical practice) and 76 per cent in Part II (pharmaceutical
aspects of practice). In Section 3 (systems and procedures), the mean
score was 80 per cent.
Of this year’s 1,539 candidates, 1,437 were UK graduates or sandwich
course students, of whom 1,257 (87.5 per cent) passed and 180 (12.5 per
cent) failed. The remaining 102 candidates were pharmacists from overseas
seeking to register via through the adjudicating routes (now mostly by
taking the overseas pharmacists assessment programme). Of these, 75 (73.5
per cent) passed and 27 (26.5 per cent) failed.
For 196 of the candidates who failed, this examination was their first
attempt. For six of these candidates it was the second attempt, and for
five it was their third and final attempt.
Some problems were reported to the Society about the sitting this year. In
particular, there was a double booking of the room for the Newcastle
examination. The sitting was still able to proceed there. The university
has accepted responsibility and apologised, and a letter has been sent
to all the candidates affected.
The next sitting of the examination takes place on Friday 29 September
2006.
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