Guild Intern Training Program

Oral Exam Practice – Mock Exam THREE – 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
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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 – Practice Oral Exam – Part A: Primary Healthcare

Scenario A young woman approaches the counter requesting something for her red eye

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 – Practice Oral Exam – Part B: Legal and Ethical Practice

Scenario You are the pharmacist in a small regional town, you receive a phone request from a
patient who lives on a property approximately 45 minutes away (driving) from the town
centre; the patient would like a mailed delivery of 6 x Ventolin (salbutamol) inhalers. Are
you able to fulfil this request?
N.B: The patient does not have a prescription, you have dispensed Ventolin in the pharmacy
for him in the past

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 (Intern has the same copy)

Complex Case Scenario

RX:
Case Presentation Sarah Smith presents the following prescription to be filled. She
also requests some Gastro-stop® and Hydralyte® tablets.
Miss Sarah Smith

Doxycycline 50mg 1 each

morning

qty: 28 rpts: 0

Dr Steven Jones

Dispense History Medication Dispense History Medication

Temaze® 10mg 1 week ago Dr Steven Jones

1 daily

Influenza Vaccine 1 month ago Dr Steven Jones

1 stat

Vivaxim® 1 month ago Dr Steven Jones

1 stat

Lexapro® 10mg 1 month ago Dr Steven Jones

1 daily

Temaze® 10mg 1 month ago Dr Steven Jones

1 at night prn

Lexapro® 10mg 2 months ago Dr Steven Jones

1 daily

Additional Information You note she has not had doxycycline dispensed from you before.

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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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