The KAPS (Knowledge Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences) exam tests your knowledge and understandin
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Therapeutics
Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary – latest edition
Australian Medicines Handbook - latest edition
British National Formulary - latest edition
All three publications provide valuable and extended insights into the level of understanding and knowledge required in the area of therapeutics.
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Pharmaceutics
Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice, 2nd edn, 2023 Editors: Alekha Dash, Somnath Singh
Divided into three sections – Physical Principles and Properties of Pharmaceutics; Practical Aspects of Pharmaceutics; and Biological Applications of Pharmaceutics – this covers all aspects of pharmaceutics and provides a single source. Kindly contact us on
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Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Florence A.T., D.A. Atwood, 2015, Physiochemical Principles of Pharmacy, 6th edn, London: Chicago, IL : Pharmaceutical Press.
This text uses pharmaceutical examples to illustrate the underlying physical chemistry of drug delivery, characterisation, formulation, transport and absorption. Kindly contact us on
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Pharmacology
Shaunagh Darroch, Bronwen Bryant, Kathleen Knights, Andrew Rowland, 2018, Pharmacology for Health Professionals, 5th edn, Chatswood, New South Wales: Mosby Elsevier
This text gives a comprehensive introduction to important pharmacology principles and concepts. It has a strong focus on therapeutics and is written specifically for the Australasian region. Written for practitioners of the health sciences and underpinned by current evidence-based medicine, the edition continues to cover topics vital to a holistic understanding of pharmacology. These topics include historical, legal and ethical considerations, pharmacokinetics, and the therapeutic applications and adverse effects of current drugs. Kindly contact us on
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Recommended textbooks for preparation
When you make the decision to sit the KAPS exam, study will be important. To focus your efforts, assess your current knowledge of the pharmaceutical sciences.
We recommend you refer to the most recent editions of the recommended textbooks.
We have provided a list for you to consider. We do not endorse any particular reference source.
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KAPS exam paper samples
To help you sit the KAPS exam, we provide 4 official sample papers:
Download Paper 1 Sample 1 (35 pages PDF)
Download Paper 1 Sample 2 (40 pages PDF)
Download Paper 2 Sample 1 (34 pages PDF)
Download Paper 2 Sample 2 (39 pages PDF)
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Therapeutics
You'll need to show you understand and have suitable knowledge in the following content areas: Kindly contact us on
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Paper 2: Pharmaceutics and therapeutics
Pharmaceutics
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Pharmacology and physiology
You'll need to show you understand and have suitable knowledge in the following content areas:
Paper 1
Content assessed
Indicative elements
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Biochemical pharmacology
Principles of drug action
Drug interactions
Receptor pharmacology
Autonomic transmission
Endocrine pharmacology
Cardiovascular pharmacology
Anti-inflammatory agents and analgesics
Antibiotics
Diuretics
Local and general anaesthetics
Vitamins
Drugs affecting nutritional and metabolic function
Drugs affecting the central nervous system
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Medicinal chemistry
Structure-activity relationships
Drug presentation and delivery
Drug formulation and stability
Drug metabolism
Mechanism of drug action
Modern drug development
Absorption, distribution and elimination of drugs
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Drug metabolism
Breakdown and conversion of medicines through regularly occurring bodily process, leading to active ingredients and by-products of the original medicine
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Physical and inorganic chemistry
Kinetics
Acid-base reactions
Phase equilibria
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Analytical chemistry
Spectroscopy
Redox reactions
Assay techniques
Diagnostic agents
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Biochemistry
Nomenclature
Structures
Biochemical classes
Thermodynamics
Biochemical pathways
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Structure-activity relationships
Relationship between a chemical or 3D structure and its biological activity
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Paper 1: Pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology and physiology
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
You'll need to show you understand and have suitable knowledge in the following content areas:
Paper 1
Content assessed
Indicative elements
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Organic chemistry
Nomenclature
Drug class recognition
Reaction types
Functional group reactivity
Drug stability
Acid-base reactions
2
Stereochemistry
Nomenclature
Optical activity
Geometric isomerism
Conformation
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Content areas for the KAPS exam
The KAPS exam consists of 2 papers:
Paper 1: Pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology and physiology
Paper 2: Pharmaceutics and therapeutics
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Exam scoring
You must complete all questions in the paper or papers you sit.
To pass the exam, you need a mark of at least 50% in all subsections of the exam.
Paper 1
Pharmaceutical chemistry 50%
Pharmacology and physiology 50%
Paper 2
Pharmaceutics 50%
Therapeutics 50%
You need an overall mark of at least 50%.
You will receive a results certificate indicating your outcome. We'll email you or your agent when your results are available. Expect this to be around 2 weeks after you sit the exam. Kindly contact us on
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Distribution per content area
Content area
Approximate distribution per content area
Paper 1
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
30%
Physiology and Pharmacology
70%
Paper 2
Pharmaceutic
30%
Therapeutics
70%
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Style conventions
Medicine and ingredient names will be presented as per the TGA list of approved names.
Values will be presented will be in SI (metric) units.
Units for quantities of drugs and directions for medications follow the approved abbreviations from the Recommendations for terminology, abbreviations and symbols used in medicines documentation.
Determiners are bold and capitalised to draw your attention to the kind of response expected. e.g. CORRECT, MOST, LEAST, NOT. Kindly contact us on
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efore starting the exam, you are given 15 minutes to complete a tutorial designed to familiarise yourself with the exam software. You're given 5 minutes at the end of the exam to complete a survey.
All questions are multiple-choice questions with one correct answer out of four options.
KAPS is a closed-book exam. This means you cannot bring any printed or handwritten reference materials into the exam with you.
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