Guild Intern Training Program

Oral Exam Practice – Mock Exam ONE – Intern Resource

Preamble
This resource has been developed to be delivered as a preceptor/mentor-led exercise, in a ‘mock’ Oral
Examination style. Please DO NOT review the materials below prior to conducting the ‘mock exam’ with
your preceptor (as it will negate the point of this resource).
For more information regarding the Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA) Oral Exam, please refer to the
candidate guide available here

Instructions
• Set aside with your preceptor a suitable length of time for this exercise (approximately 35 minutes)
• This ‘mock exam’ will be separated into three (3) sections, as per PBA Oral Exam:
1. Part A: Primary Healthcare (10 mins)
2. Part B: Legal and Ethical Practice (5 mins)
3. Part C: Problem Solving and Communication (20 minutes)
• Your preceptor/mentor will be required to role-play as the assessor/patient/doctor throughout the
exercise and only provide information to interns if/when correct patient history taking is
conducted
• The answer resource will have the complete set of details, including the answers for each case:
o Note that this resource is a guide and is not intended to supply all possible
answers/interpretations for the cases.
o Additionally, unless otherwise stated, the intern would not necessarily need to provide
ALL of the possible counselling points/answers for each case to be deemed competent.
o The preceptor/mentor is welcome to add their own professional/clinical or anecdotal
advice to the intern throughout the role-play to add to the intern’s experience.
• The intern resource will only include the case description, with limited details. It will be up to them
to provide the correct answers and elicit the required medical histories from you when required.

Disclaimer
The Guild Intern Training Program has made every effort to ensure that, at the date of publication, this
document is free from errors or omissions. Note that the Guild Intern Training Program and/or any person
associated with the preparation of this document accepts no liability for loss which a user of this document
may suffer as a result of reliance on this document for:
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Part A: Primary Healthcare

Closed Book, 10 minutes

Guild Intern Training Program – Oral Mock Exam – Part A: Primary Healthcare

Scenario A female working at the local café comes into the pharmacy with a burn on her leg

Patient history /
information
gathering

Identified
condition

Recommended
product(s) &
counselling

Product
justification (why
did you make this
recommendation)

Circumstances
where chosen
product would be
unsuitable

Lifestyle and non-

drug measures

Referral points

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Part B: Legal and Ethical Practice

Closed Book, 5 minutes

Guild Intern Training Program – Oral Mock Exam – Part B: Legal and Ethical Practice

Scenario Your pharmacist colleague discloses to you that he has recently developed an intimate
(sexual) relationship with Sheryl, a regular patient of the pharmacy who comes in daily for a
staged supply pick up in the consult room. Are you obligated to do anything, or can you turn
a ‘blind eye’?

Discuss legal
considerations

Discuss ethical
considerations

Possible options for

action (appropriate
and inappropriate)

What is the action you

would take to produce
a satisfactory outcome
and why?

Describe
consequences all
involved parties e.g.
patient, doctor,
colleague

How could this

situation be prevented
in the future

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Part C: Problem Solving and Communication

Open book (intern may use their resources), 20 minutes

Case Presentation

Complex Case Scenario

Case Presentation RX:

Mrs. Potter presents to your pharmacy with a prescription for
Estelle® which she would like to have filled.
Dr. Smith
Mrs. Potter

Estelle® (2mg/35mcg) 28 x 3
1 daily.

last rpt

Dispense History Medication Last dispense date Prescriber

Warfarin (Marevan®) 2 months ago Dr. Smith

mdu

Fluconazole 150mg Tab 3 months ago Dr. Smith

1 stat

Estelle® 5 months ago Dr. Smith

1 daily

Estelle® 8 months ago Dr. Smith

1 daily

Additional Information You note that this is the last repeat prescription available for Estelle®.

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Problem Solving Scenario

1. Questions to ask patient 2. Information gathered (from patient)

3. Potential, actual or suspected issues

4. Steps to resolve problem / action(s)

5. Patient counselling

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