Hey, thanks for the replies.

I heard that in Australia, people dont usually visit Doctors for fever, flu.
But they visit the Pharmacy for a prescription, is that true?

Thanks again.

I am not sure about Aus, but in UK, they dont have to go to doctor for minor illnesses, e.g. flu, fever, cough, cold, constipation, diarrhoea, general pain, hay fever, conjunctivitis, even some STI, morning after pill and a few more.

they dont get prescription from pharmacy, but they can buy it straight from the pharmacy or as services. the pharmacy has some right to diagnose and sell those medications for minor illness.

what is the point going to doctor for flu, fever and cough anyway. prescribing antibiotic for those minor illness is irrational, and going for just some cough syrup is wastage of doctor time and resources.

as far as i know, pharmacy can dispense but not give the patient a prescription but i suppose pharmacist can suggest some over the counter medicine/ pharmacist only medicine provided that the pharmacist did give them counseling on how to use the drug etc. bold part is written in the law.

if i am not mistaken, only doctors, dentist and veterinarian can prescribe in australia.

but whether they go through a doctor or not, they still end up in a pharmacy.

This post has been edited by jerk: May 13 2009, 04:34 PM

Is ITB (indonesia) pharmacy degree recognize by other countries such as UK or Aus beside Malaysia???

Must we take A-level or stpm before persuing pharmacy? Or can we study foundation in science? Any uni provide foundation in this course in malaysia? Thanx.

UCSI,mahsa college wil start frm foundation course...


i hope i can go 2 a better uni like IMU o better...so i thk i wil tk A level 1st,but its tk longer time jz like f6 lo...

@coogie

you will have to check with the "board of pharmacy" of respective country. most of the country doesnt call it board of pharmacy though.

@Rainbow_star

the only Uni/ college that provide their own foundation for pharmacy is AIMST. there might be others but i only know AIMST has that.

@ying hui

since when mahsa college offer pharmacy? they might have Diploma in Pharmacy but i dont think anyone would want to go for that.

UCSI offering foundation course for pharmacy? since when?
the only 3 qualification they accept for pharmacy STPM, A lev, and UEC. others all under case-by-case basis. they even accept government matriculation in my year (case-by-case basis).

i do know UCSI give priority to their A level students.

if you want a shorter time of duration, go for SAM. you will have to work harder in your first semester in order to catch up with others. so, it is either you spend longer time in pre-u or more effort in first semester.

** Ying Hui
I'm the of the last batch of old syllabus A-levels student in UCSI. For your information, UCSI doesn't offers foundation programme for pharmacy course. The Foundation in Science programme in UCSI only allows you to apply for Biotechnology and Food Science courses.

when the 3years of serving goverment,how they gonna pay ur salary? if i choose a hospital near to my town which is not so big compare to those big hospital in kl , will this affect my pay? or it is still the same for every or any hospital u work dont care is big or small ?

i dont think so. but you can come and work in UK, provided you are pharmacist registered in recognised countries with 3 years experience, come to uk, do the overseas pharmacist conversion course, do a year of pre-reg and sit for the exam, pass it and then you can practice as register as pharmacist in uk.

civil service takes a total of 4 years, 1 year of provisional pharmacist and 3 years of registered pharmacist.

the salary would be the same for the course of 4 years wherever you are placed in. but, you will get 1000 extra per month if you are west malaysian working in east malaysia, and you can get OT allowance, call-out allowances etc after your provisional first year.

Hi. I'm finishing my A-level. I can say that my biology is very strong, but not chemistry, though I still manage to get A for AS level. I've already applied to IMU MPharm 2+2 program. May I know normally what are the requirements of their conditional offer for MPharm? I'm not confident to get A for my chemistry, maybe math also. Do I still stand a chance to enter the course with result ABB?
Thank you =)

I applied with my final SAM results last time...basically just fulfill their Chemistry requirements.

I checked their WEBSITE and for A Levels you would need BBB. I doubt getting ABB will up your chance of getting into the course. Just fulfill the requirements and you're through.

Do note that you will need either MUET band 4 or IELTS band 6.5.

Based on personal experience, I applied last minute (just one week before course commencement) with my real SAM results (chemistry A, Physics B, no Biology), without IELTS and I got a conditional offer. They allowed me to do my IELTS anytime in the middle of the course.

This post has been edited by baoz: Jun 3 2009, 11:49 PM

you will do fine with ABB.

but my advise, if cost doesnt really differ much / never an issue for you, I would suggest you to consider Notts 2+2 too.

the salary plus allowance is close to 4k ... if u go for big hospital like kl.. slight difference in ur salary as in u get slightly higher allowance if work in big city... which it's about 100-150 difference.. however, u are not suppose to choose, as SPA wil decide where u will work. so u can't choose after all...

Hi! Thank you for your replies, guys!

If I'm not mistaken, students need both ielts and muet to enter the IMU MPharm course, right?

Well, as I personally don't think the cost between IMU and Nott differs much, so I guess the cost is not a matter to me. I'll most probably return to Msia after graduating and the reason for me to choose a twinning program is to gain studying experience in overseas. Besides, IMU is very near my house, just about 10 minutes driving distance away. On the other hand, Notts which is in Semenyih is more than half an hour away from my place, provided there's no traffic jam. But I heard Nott is way better than IMU, may I know how true is this?

By the way, I'll try to apply for Nott also to keep my options open.

@wyatt615

i think you will need both ielts and muet to get in the mpharm unless you get band 6 for must and they might consider exempt you from the ielts . i think the decision lies with the people in charge such as head of school

nott has a bigger campus and better facilities (i think) than IMU. IMU will be so crowded with so many new pharm prog going on along with the twinning one.

if you cant get in the 2+2, it is better for you to go for nott

Well, the problem is Nott needs A for chemistry. My friend got a conditional offer from nott and the condition is he has to get at least AAB for A-level and one of the A must be from chemistry. I don't really think I can get A for my chemistry as I kinda screwed up my Paper 4 yesterday And I didn't really do well in one of the papers for math. So, I don't think I can meet the requirement for Nott. Hehe... so, if I'm lucky enough to meet meet the requirement when the actual result comes out in this august, then I'll choose Nott instead. I'll apply for nott right after my exam is over.

dont worry just apply. though the conditional offer is AAB for your friend, it doesnt meant that if your friend doesnt get AAB, he will be rejected for sure.

if you get AAB, you are 100% admitted, that is the meaning of conditional offer.

the reason why I would recommend notts is because they have better experience in 2+2 MPharm program. They are fully accredited by the RPSGB. it is located in the england and more work/placement opportunities.

though, you are saying you are returning msia after graduation, but keep your option open, you would know what you might choose next. pharmacy profession is well reputable in uk if compare to msia, and also the money for working as community pharmacist in uk can be very tempting, also the responsibility as healthcare professional, which you wouldn't get in msia.

@jerk

I just want to ask that is it possible for me to work in UK as pharmacist because the course I'm taking's bpharm not mpharm and how to get the "fully accredited by the RPSGB"??

@seyuripa

i think you wrongly quote my nick instead of youngkies. i suppose you did their pharmacist conversion course and you are allowed to register as a pharmacist if you pass their exam?

@wyatt615

with my STPM results of most B+ i was asked by their counselor to give it a shot as long as i perform during the interview and the letter of recommendation. i was far from their minimum requirement but the counselor ask me to try as she said i might just get it.

they have to print it that way in the brochure.

well, it doesnt hurt to at least try to apply.

partly your friend get a conditional offers is because he apply using trial result.