The pharmacy program at Charles Sturt University (CSU) has been learning throughout June from the experiences of a visiting Professor from Denver in the USA. Professor Christopher Turner is Director of Experiential Programs at the School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado. Taking the opportunity of a change in the registration requirements for pharmacists in the USA, the University revised its pharmacy program so that students would gain experiences that would better position them to accept their professional responsibilities at graduation. This was based on progressively pushing students beyond their comfort zones through a range of experiential learning throughout their training. “This has had the effect of bringing students to greater competence and confidence at graduation,” said CSU Professor of Rural Pharmacy Patrick Ball, who has been accompanying the visiting US Professor. “Being competent in specific tasks before taking up a student placement has allowed the students to contribute actively to their workplace,” he added. More than 120 students started in CSU’s pharmacy program in 2006 including 45 in Orange and 79 in Wagga Wagga. This brings the total number of students in the first non-metropolitan pharmacy program in Australia in 2006 to about 340.