Unfortunately for msian based Pharmacists, doctors are allowed to dispense medicines.................

I think you should worry more about whether can you master university level Japanese and able to graduate successfully before worrying about whether you can cope with the working environment back in Malaysia.

So what's your point?

Meaning less scope or opportunities for pharmacists since doctors are allowed to dispense.

Oh really? so what are the scopes of the pharmacist that you know of? Besides dispensing.

Isnt it Obvious that when one scope has been assumed by some other profession, your opportunities is lessen
by it?

YOU WROTE:

A doctor will diagnose(a disease) and prescribe medicine for patients. A pharmacist dispenses medicine to patients.




This post has been edited by prophetjul: Mar 26 2013, 03:14 PM

true. but there are so many other sectors that a pharmacist can venture into besides dispensing.

ermm.guys.i need some help here.i'm kind of interested in taking pharmacy.just a few questions to ask.hope you guys can answer oh and btw i'm 2012 SPM leaver
1. any idea of scholarships that i can apply?
2. if possible i want to attend foundation before pursuing the bachelor. is there any oversea university that offer pharmacy course to malaysians students? cause nowadays it's hard to find scholarship that send students with pharmacy course
thanks in advance

it is true a bpharm brings a lot of opportunities other than the conventional dispensing role eg. working for a pharmaceutical company, involve in creating government health policies, consultant pharmacist, but realistically, most graduates end up being in a hospital or community pharmacy. Thus, i dont see the point of arguing otherwise.

@prophetjul
are you thinking about doing a bpharm?

i'm curious abt the reason... salary is higher if u work in hospital /community pharm.? or it's because it wont be so boring ?

I'm having my SPM this year and I'm planning to take on Pharmacy or PHarmacology

I really love Chemistry! and Biology!

If it's possible, I would like to study Pharmacy at Kyoto, and live there.

This post has been edited by assymessy: Mar 28 2013, 07:53 PM

Good for you! Coming from a background of both pharmacy and pharmacology, I can tell you the Japanese are definitely very good at pharmacology. Keep up the good work and you can realise your dream

Waaaa...

I really hope I can further my studies in Pharmacy or Pharmacology in Kyoto Univ.

For now what should I do ?

1.only feasible scholarships would be JPA
2. most probably no. foundation courses are usually not recognised overseas

if you are working in a hospital, then dispensing rights will not be your concern anyway. no?

master your japanese? if that is really your intention

oh i see.thanks!

So, Japan is the right place to study pharmacology? How and why so? I always thought that western countries are better in medical science.

Requesting for more details...



what did you mean by "most probably no foundation courses are usually not recognised by overseas"? Speaking about local foundation college, as in KPM Matriculation, the programmes are recognized by a number of UK's universities (for instance, Bristol and Reading). You could apply via UCAS. For university-based foundation (UiTM Puncak Alam, Tamhidi USIM, Asasi UIA), I don't know. Sorry.

Planning for oversea?
= For a safe route, take A-level. To add the sense of being an extremist? Enter IB.

\^0^/

p/s: correct me if I'm wrong. I'm trying to be excellent with everyone

@VilaFrantez

The Japanese have a strong presence in high-impact journals in the field of medicine, biomedicine, pharmacology, biology, physiology etc. They are also one of the world leaders in stem cell research. This is not to say that they are better than the USA or Australia however. They're strong in research but I didn't say that Japan is necessarily a good place to study pharmacology at the undergraduate level. They do however have a university (University of Tokyo) very highly ranked in the field of pharmacy and pharmacology.

For a pharmacy degree I'm pretty sure it's not accepted. It's just not going to prepare you well enough for the actual degree. Correct me if i'm wrong too.

oh I see. it is good to know about that. based on what I've looked at Times 500 Universities Ranking, universities at the west coast US ranked the top for Life Science(California Institute of Tecnology, Stanford, UC). but, again, it is good to know that one of the Asian countries tops the list.

fyi, I'm undergoing my foundation year at INTEC and (hopefully) I'm a rising sophomore at the States in 2014 in biotechnology, specializing in pharmacology soon. pray for me, and I think I might contact you if I need certain specific information.

note: is Pharmacy considered as a branch of Life Science? I looked at Wikipedia, and there's no Pharmacy in the list. Pharmacology is.



yeah, nonetheless I feel the same too. secure a place in A-level first, ace the IELTS and get the good grades do sound better if someone is looking to study pharmacy at UK.

This post has been edited by VilaFrantez: Mar 31 2013, 09:34 PM

@ VilaFrantez

Although we should never read too much into higher education rankings by any organisation, I believe this can serve as a rough guide as to who are the major players in the field of pharmacy and pharmacology:

http://www.topuniversities.com/courses/pha...cy-pharmacology

Hi

I would like to know, will I be able to pursue a degree in pharmacy if I didn't take Biology for SPM and I'm also planning on taking matriculation or Asasi Sains Fizikal for the pre-u.

Just to be clear, I was one those kids who didn't really know what they're doing when applying for their SPM subjects :T

But now I know.... So help me