What makes us different:

• Our service orientation -- PharmAchieve is a Baha'i inspired organization founded upon the Baha'i ideals that "work is worship." Our founders deeply care about the course and their students. This philosophy of caring is reflected in our decision to become the first company in Canada to provide a one student per station policy (see below).


• Our course is designed to provide you with as much practice and feedback as possible. The OSCE is primarily a communication exam which requires practice to master. Accordingly, our course has been structured to provide significant practice with standardized patients. This is significantly more cases with standardized patients than available elsewhere -- even from courses lasting months in length. For instance, the UBC and University of Toronto IPG course lasts 4 months but only offers 16 cases with standardized patients whereas we complete more cases than that in a single day.


• Our 1-student/1-station policy -- During our 3 days of OSCE, we have arranged our course so that each student is given a private station at all times. Each case is held in a private room (so you won't overhear neighboring stations). And since there is less than 45 seconds seperating our cases, you continually practice cases all day and the licensed pharmacist and standardized patient at each station are solely focused on you.


• We closely simulate the OSCE -- We go to great lengths to simulate the OSCE environment so that the real exam will be a familiar and comfortable experience. Our course locations include real OSCE test facilities, real standardized patients, licensed pharmacist assessors, a private room for every interactive station, real medications, door signs, references, props, patient profiles, and a buzzer sounding at the correct time intervals.


• Our People -- Our lecturers include licensed, practicing pharmacists, and current and former faculty from the University of Toronto. Our faculty hold a PharmM or PharmD degrees, and accredited Canadian Hospital Residencies (ACPR) (see lead instructor bios). All our standardized patients are current or former members of the standardized patient programs of local medical schools or medical licensing councils. All our assessors are licensed pharmacists from leading hospitals and retail organizations in positions that require frequent patient counseling. More than 10 of our staff members have PharmDs. More than 5 completed accredited pharmaacy residencies in Canadian Hospitals. Our team has certifications in Anti-Coagulation, Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Geriatrics and Neonatology.


• Video feedback -- Every day, we videotape your performance in several OSCE stations which you review daily to reflect on your performance. Students who bring a USB key receive a free copy of their videos. In satisfaction surveys, students consistently state that their videos are a highly valuable source of feedback. There is often a remarkable improvement in a student's performance between their first video and their last.


• Our small class sizes and low student to faculty ratio -- Our class size is limited. Since we have a standardized patient and licensed pharmacist for every interactive station we have more than twice as many instructors as students in each class. This allows us to provide an exceptional amount of personalized instruction and 1-on-1 coaching.


• Our high pass rate and stellar satisfaction ratings -- Our pass rate which is greater than 90% is significantly higher than the published pass rate of 39% for first time IPG graduates. At the time of writing, 98.7% of our students have given us the highest possible overall satisfaction rating of "very satisfied."