Full Pharmacist membership
Stay connected to your national hospital pharmacy community and be supported in your practice and professional growth through unparalleled education, networking, advocacy and leadership opportunities.
These benefits are also available to all Fellow members.
Full Pharmacist and Fellow membership fee: $594 (inc. GST)
Half-yearly: $309 (total $618); Quarterly: $158 (total $632); Monthly: $54 (total $648)
Eligibility: Full Pharmacist membership is for pharmacists who have general registration to practice pharmacy in Australia or a person who is qualified to practice pharmacy outside Australia. See SHPA's constitution for a full definition.
Please provide your AHPRA number on your application as registration status is checked prior to membership being granted.
Full Pharmacist membership benefits:
Free and discounted access to CPD
- $500 off registration to Medicines Management, SHPA's annual conference
- 20% saving on all national seminars
- Free registration for Branch webinars
- Discounted registration for Branch symposia
- 1,100+ CPD credits (including 660+ Group 2 credits) available each year
- Free access to self-paced education via Online CPD
- Access to Electronic Medicines Information Training (EMIT) Core Content modules
- Contribute to local learning and networking through SHPA Branch committees
CPD Planning + Recording
- Access to the CPD Planning + Recording tool
- Easily define your Scope of Practice
- Build your Learning Plan incl. easy export
- Record reflections and submit evidence
- Customise your CPD Record export
- Track your annual progress via your member dashboard
Leadership + Innovation
- Have your Accredited Pharmacist credential recognised through the AcSHP postnominal
- Discounted access to annual Accredited Pharmacist re-accreditation
- Discounted access to annual accredited pharmacists conference
- Discounted access to Executive Coaching
- Invitation to the bi-monthly Director of Pharmacy Forum
- Invitation to the annual launch of Pharmacy Forecast Australia
- Discounted access to 360° peer assessment via Mini-PATs
- Nominate for Branch Committee positions
Specialty Practice
- Self-enrol in Interest Groups
- Apply to join Practice Groups
- Nominate for election to Leadership Committees
- Contribute to clinical education across 30+ specialty areas
- Build networks of peers via online communities
- Consult and share information with members, key stakeholders and government
- Real-time answers to clinical questions via discussion forums
- Opportunities to peer review research in JPPR
- Shape SHPA Standards of Practice, informing national delivery of specialty hospital pharmacy services
Policy + Advocacy
- Participate in special advisory projects
- Contribute to policy submissions
- Effect local-level change through SHPA Branch committees
- Centralised access to policy and medicines submissions
- Centralised access to position statements, practice updates and fact sheets
- Weekly notification of medicines shortages
Resources + Publications
- Free access to thousands of full-text journal articles via EBSCOhost
- Free access to high quality, evidence-based information via DynaMed
- Free access to the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR) and GRIT
- $35 off the Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook
- $50 off Don't Rush to Crush
- Free access to SHPA Standards of Practice through JPPR
- Discounted access to the Introduction to Hospital Pharmacy Training Course
- Eligibility to undertake a Foundation Residency, SHPA's two-year practice-based, experiential development program
- Eligibility to undertake an Advanced Training Residency, SHPA's two-year program to advance skills in generalist or specialist practice areas
Recognition + Reward
- MSHP postnominal (FSHP for Fellows)
- SHPA Award eligibility
- SHPA Branch Award eligibility
- SHPA Members' Award eligibility
- Resident of the Year Award eligibility
- Award voting rights