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Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)

Board Notices

A Pharmacist who provides Pharmacist-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (PIMART) services in South Africa: Scope of Practice, Competency Standards and the Criteria for Accreditation of a Pharmacist Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (PIMART) Course

Part 3: Criteria for Accreditation/Approval by the South African Pharmacy Council of a curriculum leading to the awarding of a Pharmacist Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy course

C: Criteria for Accreditation/Approval of a curriculum leading to the awarding of a PIMART course

12. Criteria for compliance with facilities and equipment

 

12.1 Evidence must be provided by the prospective provider that—

 

12.1.1 If the course is presented in a mode that requires contact sessions with the students then the physical facilities are:
(a) adequate and include lecture rooms:
(b) The lecture rooms are sufficient in number and adequate in size to accommodate the number of students; and
(c) The lecture rooms are adequately equipped, well maintained and provide a reasonably attractive environment for teaching and learning.

 

12.1.2 If the course is presented as a distance learning course with only contact workshops then the institution must have a reliable electronic platform that makes provision for:
(a) sharing of study material and resources;
(b) submission of work assignments by the students; and
(c) the functionality that allows students to write online tests and/or exams.

 

12.1.3 there are offices for administrative staff and course presenters;

 

12.1.4 there are clinical simulation facilities (for presentation of compulsory contact sessions/workshops); and

 

12.1.5 the clinical simulation facilities are sufficient in number and adequate in size to accommodate the number of students, and must be adequately equipped, well maintained and provide a reasonably attractive environment for teaching and learning.