Table 11.

Ways in which elements of the European Commission (EC) directive (left column) impact on Austrian pharmacy HEIs.

Item	Comments
“Evidence of formal qualifications as a pharmacist shall attest to training of at least five years’ duration…”	This is implemented.
“…four years of full-time theoretical and practical training at a university or at a higher institute of a level recognised as equivalent, or under the supervision of a university;”	This is implemented.
“…six-month traineeship in a pharmacy which is open to the public or in a hospital, under the supervision of that hospital’s pharmaceutical department.”	This is a 1-year period. The post-university training programme should rather be more structured than be shortened.