El FIR exam (Resident Pharmacist Intern) It is a national competition for pharmacists that allows them to access a position as a specialist in training in the National Health System in Spain. The FIR exam is one of the Specialized Health Training (FSE) testsIn this post we will provide you with all the information you need to know about this selection process.
El exam It is held annually and takes place between the months of January and February, normally the last week of January and the first week of February.
The FIR exam
The FIR is a pharmacy exam with 210 multiple-choice questions, in which 200 questions are taken into account for the evaluation and 10 are reserve questions. Each correct answer will be worth 3 points and each wrong answer will subtract one point. Blank questions do not add or subtract. The exam questions include images to give way to mini clinical cases.
A maximum of 4 hours and 30 minutes is allowed to complete the exam. There is no official syllabus, as it is considered that questions could be asked anything related to or pertaining to pharmacy. However, there is an 'unofficial' syllabus available to prepare for the exam, based on previous exams. The grade obtained in the exam (90% of the final grade) together with the assessment of the scale or academic record (10% of the same) allow all those taking the exam to be ranked from highest to lowest score.
After the exam, candidates who pass the tests will have the title of Specialist Pharmacist and will choose the hospital where they will do their residency. The exam assesses the pharmacy knowledge of more than 1.500 pharmacists per call.
FIR exam specialties
The position as a Specialist Pharmacist in the Spanish National Health System has 6 possible specialties:
- Clinical Analysis
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Hospital Pharmacy and Primary Care
- Immunology
- Clinical Microbiology
- radiopharmacy
All of them have a training period of 4 years.
Examples of FIR exams
Below we show you examples of FIR exams from the last 2 calls.
FIR 2024 exam (2023-2024 call)
FIR 2024 Exam Solutions – version 1
FIR 2023 exam (2022-2023 call)
FIR 2023 Exam Solutions – version 1
