Pharmacists prescribing antibiotics for UTIs under a controversial Queensland trial must take an online training course but as yet, there are few details of what that involves — other than a demand that they score 100% in the course assessment.

The trial, announced last year, has angered GP groups, who say it’s a threat to patient safety.

But it will start once some 550 of the eligible pharmacies sign up with the Queensland branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

The final care protocols are still to be released by the state government, although Australian Doctor has previously reported that pharmacists will be allowed to prescribe a three-day course of trimethoprim to patients aged 18-65 with uncomplicated UTIs.