The Cook College of Pharmacists is the premier destination for exceptional pharmacy education, research, and patient care programs within the James Cook School of Medicine. 

Building on a 25-year legacy of innovation, the College prides itself in preparing the next generation of pharmacy leaders.

our specialist Trainee pharmacists & Clinical Fellows engage fully with a comprehensive curriculum delivered in state-of-the-art facilities. 

Each Trainee is a valued member of a close-knit, vibrant and inclusive community. Our Resident & Clinical Fellow organizations are both plentiful and prolific - consistently winning regional and national awards and elected offices.

At the Cook College of Pharmacists, our research program ranks First in the Country. Our D.Clin.Pharm., Pharm.D., M.S. and Ph.D. students learn from, and enjoy the benefit of mentorship by, nationally and internationally recognized faculty who consistently excel in high impact publications and intellectual property (patent) disclosures. 

The Cook College of Pharmacists is the backbone of the School of Pharmacy on the JCSM campus pioneering Pharmacy Residences, Clinical Fellowships and several Dual degree programs. Our PhD, MS, and Pharm.D./MS dual degree programs produce graduates who are highly prepared to begin successful and fulfilling careers as respected members of the next generation of leaders in biomedical, academic, pharmaceutical outcomes and policy innovations.

At the Cook College of Pharmacists we offer several Vocational/Specialist Trainee (Residency) and Clinical Fellowship Programs, across Rarotonga for all qualified Pharmacy Graduates. 

NOTABLE VOCATIONAL / SPECIALIST TRAINEE PROGRAMS

If you are interested in additional residency programs at the Cook College of Pharmacists of the James Cook School of Medicine will you find;

• Pharmacy Residency - V/STP (Post Graduate Year 1 -- PGY1)

• Critical Care Pharmacy Residency (Post Graduate Year 2 -- PGY2)

• Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (2-year program)

• Ambulatory Care Pharmacy (Post Graduate Year 2 -- PGY2)

• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy (Post Graduate Year 2 -- PGY2)

• Oncology Pharmacy (Post Graduate Year 2 -- PGY2)

• Pediatric Pharmacy (Post Graduate Year 2 -- PGY2)

For more information on our Vocational / Specialist Trainee offerings, visit our Vocational / Specialist Trainee and Clinical Fellowship.

Our Pharmacy Practice faculty are leaders in developing innovative models of patient care and new roles for pharmacists. 

The Cook College of Pharmacists has awarded more than 3,000 specialized pharmacy degrees to various fellows of the College both Nationally and Internationally and has served as the training ground for 66% of pharmacists practicing in the Oceania today. 

Our skilled, compassionate Fellows serve patients in urban and rural communities and are leaders in their communities as well as their profession.

To be eligible to sit for the Fellowship Examination of the Cook College of Pharmacists Part - I and II (in your chosen specialty)!

• You must hold a Pharmacy degree that is recognized and acceptable by the Ministry of Health / Pharmacy Council of New Zealand for full or provisional registration.

• First time applicants whose names are not among the Ministry of Health/PCNZ, GP/Specialist registers must submit their original certificate (or an authenticated copy) of a Pharmacy degree acceptable to the council.

• Intercollegiate Examinees are not required to register with the Cook Island Ministry of Health and/or Pharmacy Council of New Zealand, before taking the Fellowship Examination. However if they intend to practice Pharmacy in Cook Islands/New Zealand a registration with the Cook Island Ministry of Health and / or Pharmacy Council of New Zealand is required.

• The applicant must have been qualified for at least Three years post graduation for more information about our eligibility duration contact cpharmck@jcsmmed.org.

• Evidence of having reached clinical competence defined in the Pharmacy Curriculum.

• Three structured references in the format prescribed by Fellows of the Cook College of Pharmacists on Fellowship Examinations.

• A maximum of 7 years to complete the examination process

• A Two-year period from their 1st attempt with a maximum of 4 attempts with no re-entry.

• Candidates will have a maximum of 4 attempts with no re-entry.

• Evidence of published research work/papers in Pharmacy (shall be an added advantage).

Before taking the Fellowship Examination of the Cook College of Pharmacists Specialty Examination Part - I and II in any of the Specialities, you must have completed speciality training in Cook Island, New Zealand or abroad (for intercollegiate examination).

• You must have attained a Postgraduate Pharmacy Specialist Certificate / Certificate of Specialist Training (CST) In a given Pharmacy Speciality, this takes a minimum duration of 3 years for Clinical Pharmacists.

• The Fellowship Examination of the Cook College of Pharmacists Speciality is taken by a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist or Specialist trainees in the last year of Specialty training.

• Normally after Specialty Training, this examination is commonly known as the FCPharm (CK) exit examination.

FCPharm - (CK) "exit examination"

In the FCPharm - (CK) 'exit examination' the examinee will be expected to take and successfully pass two key exams: the Fellowship Exam of the Cook College of Pharmacist (in their Chosen Specialty) Part - I and II.

The Fellowship of the Cook College of Pharmacists, is a Specialist Pharmacy qualification, that enables Pharmacists practise as Specialist after obtaining necessary council registrations. 

Upon completion and a satisfactorily performance of the of the Part - 1 & 2 Fellowship Examination, Pharmacists become Fellows of the College and automatically qualify to use the FCPharm - CK acronym in conjunction with any of the acronyms of their specialties as listed below; e.g FCPharm - C.P.P. (CK) for a Clinical Pharmacy practitioner, FCPharm - Med. Chm. (CK) for a Medicinal Chemist e.t.c.

• Clinical Pharmacy Practice - C.P.P.
• Pharmacotherapy - Pharmcoth.
• Clinical Veterinary Pharmacy - C.V.P.
• Paediatric Pharmacy - Paed. Pharm
• Oncology Pharmacy - Onco. Pharm.
• Ambulatory Pharmacy - Amb. Pharm.
• Geriatric Pharmacy - Geriat. Pharm.
• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy - E.M.P.
• Infectious Disease Pharmacy - I.D.P.
• Transplant Pharmacy - Trans. Pharm.
• Cardiology Pharmacy - Card. Pharm.
• Psychiatric Pharmacy - Psych. Pharm.
• Compounded Sterile Preparation Pharmacy - C.S.P.P.
• Nuclear Pharmacy - Nucl. Pharm.
• Community Pharmacy - Commu. Pharm.
• Pharmacology - Pharmaco.
• Pharmaceutics - Pharmaceu.
• Pharmacognosy - Pharmacog.
• Medicinal Chemistry - Med. Chm.

Learn more about the various Fellowship examinations Parts in each specialties.

FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION PARTS - CLINICAL PHARMACY PRACTICE

PART - I FCPHARM - (CK)

Candidates will have a maximum duration of a two year period from their 1st attempt with a maximum of 4 attempts with no re-entry.

This section must be passed to gain eligibility to proceed to FCPharm (CK) Part - II e.t.c. 

EXAMINATION STRUCTURE

SECTION 1 & 2 (VIVAS).

• Paper - I 120 Single Best Answers [SBA] (2 hours, 15 minutes)
• Paper - II 120 Single Best Answers [SBA] (2 hours, 15 minutes)

The exams can be taken at dedicated centres around Rarotonga Cook Island, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany e.t.c. usually local driving test centres or abroad. 

To Learn more about our examination locations and time kindly contact cpharmck@jcsmmed.org

PART - II FCPharm - (CK)

Only taken following success of FCPharm (CK) Part - I e.t.c. This Examination Takes place over two days.

EXAMINATION STRUCTURE

• Clinical Vivas Pharmacy: 2 × 10 minutes cases & 1 × 20 minutes case.
• Special Interest Clinical ( Clinical Pharmacist Specialty): 2 × 10 minutes cases & 1 × 20 minutes case.
• Oral Vivas: 4 × 30 minutes oral examinations

• Clinical Pharmacy Practice (6x 5 minute cases).
• General Pharmacy / Pharmacotherapy / Emergency Medicine Pharmacy / Clinical Pharmacology Principles & Clinical Practice (6x 5 minute cases)
• Special Interest Pharmacy / Clinical Practice (6x 5 minute cases)
• Community Pharmacy
• Basic Principles and Academic station (3x Base questions with 15 minute review of paper).

Candidates have 30 minutes to read paper prior to starting this station.

The Special Interest paper will be replaced by a generic paper that will be relevant to the wider field of Clinical Pharmacy

Interpretation of prescriptions may be included in any of the orals.

To Learn more about our examination locations and time kindly contact cpharmck@jcsmmed.org

INTERCOLLEGIATE FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION OF THE COOK COLLEGE OF PHARMACISTS

Pharmacists applying to take the Intercollegiate Fellowship Examination of Cook College of Pharmacists, that have done their Vocational/Specialist Training outside of Cook Island / New Zealand, Australia, United States, United Kingdom and Canada will have to contact the Cook College of Pharmacists of the James Cook School of Medicine in order to ascertain whether or not they are eligible to take the College's Fellowship Examination.

• Their Specialist Trainee Certificates and course work / hospitals / Clinical Rotations within their various specialities will be evaluated by the College and perused through, to ensure it meets the required standard of the Cook College of Pharmacists as a minimum requirement to qualify for the Fellowship Examination.

• Only Pharmacists with Ph.D. Degrees trained in India are eligible to apply for our Fellowship Examination from India.

• To qualify to seat for our Intercollegiate Fellowship Examination, Examinees (Pharmacists) MUST be a graduate of an accredited Pharmacy school recognized by the Cook College of Pharmacy.

• Pharmacy Examinees are ONLY eligible to take the Fellowship Examination THREE years Post Pharmacy school graduation.

To learn more about the Intercollegiate Fellowship Examination of the Cook College of Pharmacists, and our various departments open for the Intercollegiate Examination contact us via cpharmck@jcsmmed.org

Honorary fellowship of the college is by direct nomination using a Cook College of Pharmacists (CPharm - CK) Honorary Fellowship Nomination form by current Fellows of the College, a short resume of no more than Five pages for the nominated candidate.

Current Fellows of the College nominating others for a honorary fellowship should be aware that their nominee(s) should have made an outstanding contribution either to dental or general science or literature and/or should have given exceptional service in a non-pharmacy capacity to the college, science or practice of pharmacy.

The Council may nominate others as Fellows of the College, if the following persons meet these requirements

• Persons holding a Pharmacy qualification, but are not Members of the College, who have distinguished themselves in the practice of Pharmacy, or in the pursuit of Pharmacy or General Science or Literature and who have been previously nominated by the Council as specially eligible. No more than ten such persons shall be elected Fellows in any one year, unless in exceptional circumstances.
• Honorary Fellowships of the College may be bestowed on persons of eminence, who do not necessarily hold a Pharmacy qualification, but have rendered exceptional services to the Science or Practice of Pharmacy.
• Only current fellows of the College can make a nomination using the honorary Fellowship Nomination form and submitted to cpharmck@jcsmmed.org

To nominate for honorary fellowship please write the College cpharmck@jcsmmed.org to get started.

Resume's of greater than five pages will not be accepted and candidates may fail to progress to submission.

In any one annual cycle from 2024, no more than 10 honorary fellowships will be allocated.

All proposals for honorary fellowships need to be received by 1 June to be considered by the July Fellowship Council at which honorary fellowships will be elected.

Honorary fellowships will not be considered at any other point in the year.

VOCATIONAL/SPECIALIST TRAINEE & CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

• Clinical Pharmacy Practice - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Pharmacotherapy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Clinical Veterinary Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Paediatric Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Oncology Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Ambulatory Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Geriatric Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Infectious Disease Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Transplant Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Cardiology Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Psychiatric Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Compounded Sterile Preparation Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Nuclear Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Community Pharmacy - D.Clin.Pharm. & C.S.T.
• Transitional / Preliminary - C.S.T
• Clinical Pharmacy Practice - C.C.F.
• Community Pharmacy - C.C.F.
• Clinical Veterinary Pharmacy - C.C.F.
• Pharmacology & Therapeutics - C.C.F.
• Toxicology - C.C.F.
• Pharmacotherapy - C.C.F.

CLINICAL FELLOWS

• Mathew T. Jang, M.Pharm., Pharm.D., D.Clin.Pharm., FCPharm - C.P.P. (CK) - Chief Fellow, CFY - I
• Benedicta L. Rhodes, Pharm.D., M.Sc., D.Clin.Pharm., FCPharm - C.P.P. (CK) - Chief Fellow, CFY - I
• Jedidiah N. Abraham, MSPharm, Pharm.D., D.Clin.Pharm., FCPharm - Paed. Pharm. (CK) - Chief Fellow, CFY - I
• Jane X. Zurich, Pharm.D., D.Clin.Pharm., FCPharm - E.M.P. (CK) - Chief Fellow, CFY - I 

RESIDENTS

• Clifford K. Findlay, MS.Pharm., Pharm.D. - Chief Resident, PGY - II
• Ashley A. Harlan, MPharm, Pharm.D.
•  - Chief Resident, PGY - II
• Avery Q. Lexington, Pharm.D. - Resident, PGY - I
• Susan W. Johnson, Pharm.D. - Resident, PGY - I
• Dennis H. Butler, Pharm.D. - Resident, PGY - I

DURATION

• V/STP (D.Clin.Pharm.) - 3 - 5 Years
• Clinical Fellowship Program - 1 - 2 Years 
  

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DOCTORAL & POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• Medicinal Chemistry - Ph.D. & Post - Doctoral Fellowship Program. (offered under the Cook College of Pharmacists in Affiliation with the School of Postgraduate Studies & School of Pharmaceutical Science).

DURATION

• V/STP (Ph.D.) - 3 - 5 Years

• PostDoc. Fellowship Program - 1 - 2 Years 
  

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DOCTORAL & POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• Pharmaceutics - Ph.D. & Post - Doctoral Fellowship Program. (offered under the Cook College of Pharmacists in Affiliation with the School of Postgraduate Studies & School of Pharmaceutical Science).

DURATION

• V/STP (Ph.D.) - 3 - 5 Years

• PostDoc. Fellowship Program - 1 - 2 Years 
  

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DOCTORAL & POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• Pharmacology & Therapeutics - Ph.D. & Post - Doctoral Fellowship Program. (offered under the Cook College of Pharmacists in Affiliation with the School of Postgraduate Studies & School of Pharmaceutical Science).

DURATION

• V/STP (Ph.D.) - 3 - 5 Years

• PostDoc. Fellowship Program - 1 - 2 Years 
  

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DOCTORAL & POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• Pharmacognosy - Ph.D. & Post - Doctoral Fellowship Program. (offered under the Cook College of Pharmacists in Affiliation with the School of Postgraduate Studies & School of Pharmaceutical Science).

DURATION

• V/STP (Ph.D.) - 3 - 5 Years

• PostDoc. Fellowship Program - 1 - 2 Years 
  

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