graduated march'03

[pharm'03]

oh, wow! we get different answers then... have u tried talking to one of the FPGEE committee? coz honestly i called a few times and verified and they were saying the gap does matter still u r holding 2 different papers: one is a BS (4yrs) and d other is a POst BS. and they wont accept that...

i even let my husband ( he is a clinical pharmacist) call. and they said the same thing and for assurance just do a PharmD here in the US. either u get accepted to the international pharmD pograms or u start all over again...

otherwise just wait till the board change their minds again and let us sit for the FPGEE...

but u know what is all of us has different situations.... i only have a 4yr BSpharm degree no +1 or pre-U pharm course... but if i go back and do PharmD which they just offered in my country... the gap between my BS and postBS will be 6yrs... mayb if the gap isnt to far mayb u guys will get accepted... just try...

[foreignpharmacist]

Hi Pharm'03,

Will you get a single degree finally or two of them? Converting your degree to a single Pharm.D. degree is important ( they wont accept two). But as you said, they say different things to different people. Lets hope for the best.

[annelvis]

pharm'03 what country did you graduated from?

[pharm'03]

annelvis,

i talked to ur dean at CEU and yes u guys have a PharmD. can u tell me if somebody already applied to FPGEE after they r done with their pharmD? i was gonna go back and pursue pharmD in PI but i talked to FPGEE and they said that they will not recognize it...

and hey... if u r in PI... is there anyway u can get me the number of the board of pharmacy in the PI... thanks!

[pharm'03]

just needed some answers...

i graduated march 2003 with a 4yr degree, 2months after they passed the law... obviously im not allowed to take the FPGEE... is there any recommendations fr u guys with this situation so i can get licensed here in the US?

also i asked one of the representative fr FPGEE trying to see if i can go back to the country where i got my degree and do the PharmD (+2yrs). they said it should be a straight 5yr program.... i was just wondering maybe i was talking to the wrong person. if any of u can direct me to the right person it wud really mean a lot...

Hi Pharm'03,

Will you get a single degree finally or two of them? Converting your degree to a single Pharm.D. degree is important ( they wont accept two). But as you said, they say different things to different people. Lets hope for the best.

hi foreign pharmacist!

after u r done with ur BS, that is ur first degree and after that u do further studies let say PharmD or MS or PhD... that is considered ur 2nd degree.... and u r going to b called BS,PharmD, MS pharmacist. its kinda like nursing... so many degrees... i dont know...

here in the US they take 2yrs of prepharmacy coursework then 4yrs of pharmacy program that makes them PharmD. thats y they r not accepting BS anymore fr other country due to this program... + the program consists of electives that wasn't in the BS b4...

well, will see... hope they will just change the law again and just let everybody take the exam...

[Dunhill]

Thanks Pharm03! U gave all of us a great info!! Apreciate it!

[annelvis]

Hi pharm'03! Yes CEU offers PharmD but enrolling with the said degree will not enable those who graduated from 2003 onwards to take the fpgee. PharmD is considered to be a post grad degree. But I know a school here in the Philippines which offers the additional 1 year needed to complete the 5 years requirement. This school has been offering this for about 7 school years i thing to pharmacy students like us who are not eligible to take the fpgee. You can pm me for more details. Hope this helps!