pharmacy..wanted to do medicine initially.

Pharmacy is a good choice, you know.. I've heard that one of my cousin is hired by GSK and his pay is VERY high... But I don't know the situation now... Looks like everyone is into life sciences nowadays...

By the way, is there a difference between pharmacy and pharmacology? Read wiki and:

Pharmacology (from Greek φάρμακον, pharmakon, "drug"; and -λογία, -logia) is the study of drug action.

Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug) is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs.

Not so much difference eh? Didn't they study just about the same thing?

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This post has been edited by Sabrin: May 20 2010, 07:39 AM

high pay i dunno la..but at least its a stable job....n very much less stressful if u open ur own shop..compared to a doctor..

pharmacology is a branch under pharmacy..where u study the drug action and their correlation...how one drug affects another if 2 taken at a same time..etc...

..same concept like when u study medic..u study..erm...the heart..then u only wan specialise in heart..then u become cardiologist...

if pharm..if u wan specialise in pharmacology(just study the drug action) then u become pharmacologist lor..

usually u need to be a pharmacy before u can specialise..

but now some uni offer short cuts and open a course just for that particular area of interest..

eg..Pharmaceutical science by some uni in malaysia

This post has been edited by zstan: May 20 2010, 09:11 AM

haha zstan i think you should go for medicine lar considering that is what u truly want to study.

haha..medicine dun suit my personality la..

and i don't think i am passionate enough to pursue medicine...

WOW got JOHNS HOPKINS UNI! respect!

Isnt maths just as important as chemistry , bio , and physics ? Although i dont think it is used at all(as in STPM maths) but many uni still wants this subject to enter.

My friend told me maths can assess students logic whether student is good enough to enter certain courses

I think the reason they want math as a requirement is that math can indirectly show your intelligence level... As my add math teacher always said, the reason they include add math in secondary school is to develop the analytical and thinking skills of a student... And from my experience, students who excel in math is able to understand scientific concepts better than the one who doesn't, some can even memorise better, though I cannot see the connection between memorising and math...

In most of the developed country,you may say yes. However in malaysia, the math is only about the fixed pattern of question even in STPM level. The more you practice the better you can score. There is no direct connection between intelligence with math in malaysia examination system since some slow student can score an A in STPM.

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: May 21 2010, 10:43 AM

Maths is just another subject that practise makes perfect rule apply... Once you do enough sample question. then whatever mixture of question comes out, you can handle it. I dont think everyone is born with natural analytical skill, where they can see clearly what type of concept the Qs have mixed up. All the A scorer i get to know practise a lot.

hi, from USM
nice to meet u all

Hi everyone, long time didnt post here. I am going to be a 3rd year medical student at UCSI Terengganu Campus. Starting my clinicals there. Any tips for me?

BTW during the year 2 finals, a lot of people failed, mostly ex-Indonesia students, not that I am saying anything but only 2 out of 13 passed if I remember correctly. Then after a resit, 8 more passed.

Hi,from USM too...
juz finished 1st year..
glad to meet u guys.. =)

This post has been edited by Jackcwl90: May 24 2010, 02:00 AM

there is no such thing as someone who is good or extrodinary good in maths are brilliant ppl,eg able to understand something BETTER
in SPM or STPM,the more exercise you do the better you get<normal student
understand the meaning of every chapter<smart student

some of my friends are very good in maths but scored average in science subject -.-



This post has been edited by epplegaara: May 26 2010, 07:08 PM

hmmmm...that bad eh?
malaysian students how?

Out of 40 Malaysian students only 3 failed and after resit, only 1 failed

if that is a true reflection on the ability and calibre of students, that is frightening.......

ucsi selection process is already very lax, so if these ex-indon med schools students can hardly pass ucsi assassment, what standards are they?.........

what do u mean by ucsi selection process very lax?

their interview session is quite gruelling as well.

the statistics is indeed really shocking...and our goverment stil sends students to study over there..X

I wonder how many medical graduates are actively involve in this forum and are interested in knowing the post graduate specialisation processes and pathways in Malaysia and overseas.

Maybe someone which such knowledge can create a topic in jobs and career section regarding this? Or even in educationessentials and I am pretty sure many prospective and current medical students will be very interested in knowing this.

This post has been edited by dunaskwhy: May 28 2010, 06:36 PM

Can anyone tell me about UNIKL-RCMP ?
How's the quality of education there ?