Ireland | COVID-19 | Reduction to the training period of pharmacy students
The Minister for Health approves that in the exceptional circumstances arising from the Covid-19 emergency, to reduce the requirement that fifth year pharmacy students complete eight consecutive months of in-service practical training under the direct supervision of a tutor pharmacist, in a registered retail pharmacy business in the State or in the pharmacy department of a hospital in the State, to a requirement that they complete six months of such training.
Source:
S.I. No. 148 of 2020. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND (EDUCATION AND TRAINING) (INTEGRATED COURSE) (AMENDMENT) RULES 2020.