Pharmacy
Engaging with our students before they graduate offers all sorts of benefits.
It’s not just about securing the best talent – it also means you get to help shape the next generation of pharmacists.
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Engaging with our students before they graduate offers all sorts of benefits.
It’s not just about securing the best talent – it also means you get to help shape the next generation of pharmacists.
Authentic workplace experiences are a major pillar of our new degree, the BPharm(Hons)/MPharm. We believe they are an essential part of preparing our students for the future of healthcare, and within this new degree students have placements that are earlier, enhanced, and occur more often than ever before.
By the time they start their internship, our students will have spent a minimum of 90 days on placement. This means our industry partners in both community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy departments are integral to the development of our future pharmacists and we are building a deeper collaboration between the faculty and our placement sites to ensure great experiences for both our students and their preceptors.
With this increase in placement time for our students, we have placed a major focus on ensuring that students are able to support pharmacy functions, while also increasing their understanding of pharmacy in different practice settings. This video explains how we’ve structured placements to minimise the burden on you, and to ensure that students are as helpful to you as possible.
If you’re interested in taking a student, please contact our Student Experiential Placements (“StEPs”) Office by email at pharmacy.steps@monash.edu or the StEPs unit coordinator Simon Furletti at simon.furletti@monash.edu
Traditionally, the Careers Fair takes place on a single afternoon each year on our Parkville Campus. In 2020, however, it will take place entirely online.
It offers the opportunity for pharmacy employers to meet with students and present career opportunities. The Fair allows students to increase their awareness of the diversity of jobs open to them.
Pharmacy students take this opportunity to ask specific questions of employers, to gauge expectations and to investigate opportunities and employers they haven’t encountered on their Student Experiential Placements (StEPs).
Our pharmacy graduates have the opportunity to undertake both the intern training and intern foundation programs during their internship. Successful completion of an intern training program (ITP) is a requirement for registration as a pharmacist. The intern foundation program (IFP) complements the ITP, recognises workplace learning and provides additional structure and support for interns and preceptors.
We want our interns to be the best pharmacists they can be and we believe combining the ITP with the IFP is a great way to achieve this.
From 2021, when the first cohort of students in our new degree program reach their intern year, if they combine our ITP with the IFP they will fulfil the requirements of their Masters. We believe this will be highly attractive to our students and they will be keen to complete their internship in sites offering the IFP. This will make the IFP a powerful recruitment tool.
To find out more about being an IFP credentialed site, contact the IFP team at:
Pharmacy-IFP.Enquiries@monash.edu
Mentoring is a rewarding way to build your own skill set by sharing your experiences and expertise with our students. The program partners you with one (sometimes two) undergraduates based on their career interests. You'll help them become better networkers, how to achieve career goals and manage responsibilities as a student and employee.
Alumni mentors are encouraged to meet their mentees four times a year through both faculty-led activities and one-on-one meetings in person or online. To get involved, contact Alastair Thomas by email at alastair.k.thomas@monash.edu