The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7462 p110
28 July 2007

Society summary

Over 92 per cent pass Society's summer registration examination

The pass rate in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's summer registration examination this year is 92.7 per cent; 1,524 of 1,644 candidates were successful (PDF 170K).

In the separate section of calculation questions, which candidates have to pass in addition to passing the examination as a whole, 1,591 (96.8 per cent) of the candidates were successful.

The mean percentage scores for the different components of the examination were: overall 84 per cent (range 39–100); closed book 84 per cent (range 52–100); open book 83 per cent (range 0–100); calculations 89 per cent (range 0–100).

The mean percentage scores for the individual syllabus sections were: section 1 (professional and legal practice) — part I (professional practice of a pharmacy) 88 per cent, part II (legal aspects of providing a pharmaceutical service) 80 per cent; section 2 (clinical and pharmaceutical practice) — part I (clinical practice) 83 per cent, part II (pharmaceutical aspects of practice) 87 per cent; section 3 (systems and procedures) 84 per cent.

Of this year’s 1,644 candidates, 1,540 were UK graduates or sandwich course students, of whom 1,423 (92.4 per cent) passed and 117 (7.6 per cent) failed.

The remaining 104 candidates were pharmacists from overseas seeking to register via the adjudicating route. Of these, 101 (97.1 per cent) passed and three (2.9 per cent) failed.

For 110 of the failed candidates, this examination was their first attempt. For eight of them it was their second attempt, and for two it was their third and final attempt.