do you think this would be a great measure to ensure the good quality of Doc, Pharm and dentist a country produce? well, to me, it is more like you might not be mature enough to choose these tough professions to do simply after your Pre U , doing a grads degree first is better before u come to choose to be a doctor or pharm.

I found these two different programmes which are being offered at UKM:
Master of Science (Pharmaceutical Analysis)
Master in Clinical Pharmacy
would like to know what are actually the differences between these two Master courses? From what i know, the former is only designated for students with BPharm while the latter is open to all students with Pharmacy, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering according to the website? I guess a degree in biotech and biochem also eligible to apply for right?
well, Master of science pharmaceutical analysis would allows one to work in pharmaceutical companies since it is more or less dealing with QC and R&D works isn't it? correct me if i am wrong.

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Added on April 10, 2011, 6:32 pmI couldn't agree with the US system to allow a graduate from a related degree to choose to enter Pharmacy fields or otherwise. A lots of the same scenario do happen with my friends who later found that their interest is not lying within Pharmacy field, they think if they like chemistry, the same would goes into having an interest in pharmacy field. Misconception exists so frequently that even a few of my friends think of dropping out from pharmacy school, and some just maintain a slightly <3.0 CGPA while stressing themselves over to their finals and so on. that brings me to the questions of :What is the point of doing something which you don't like?!

Now am currently doing my Biochemistry degree, would be glad to if i were given a chance to enter US pharmacy school after grads, I heard John Hoopkins Uni gonna build its subbranch in Malaysia , may try to my luck and see how things going then.

This post has been edited by OMG!: Apr 10 2011, 06:34 PM

would be interested to know are the lecturers mostly from Pharmacy background or those holder of Phd? sometimes qualification matter too.

Well, again this same old question still baffled me . is a colour blind ( red Green Colour Deficiency) student allowed to study Pharmacy in IPTA/IPTS?

But from what i know, most of the pills nowadays are white in color, and most of the dispensing job does not involve much on differentiating pills' color.

What is your say on that?

That is the current situation faced by many other students who did their Pharmacy degree . some even asked me whether they are allowed to do Pharmacy if they are colour blind seeing the facts that there are NO rules stating that colour blind person MUST NOT apply for Pharmacy course.

Don't get me wrong. Red green colour blindness can still distinguish traffic light colour, it is not a major issue to be bother about when it comes to driving. My friends who are diagnosed this common colour blindness still can pass their driving test. Do google out for more info. there are various types of colour blindness for that being said.

any idea if one were to venture into regulatory affairs executives after graduate with a BPharm?

I heard that the regulatory affairs require a grads with either a BSc or Bpharm, how is the life of working as a regulatory affairs in a pharm company if anyone of you doing BPharm knows?

It is not restricted to only those with BPharm, but also BSc in any life science as long as you could read and understand scientific papers. For the companies that require a Master or Phd or a few years of working experiences, the position is a bit higher maybe , a RA Manager/ assistant manager. I see for every chemical, pharm, food , cosmetics industry, they need RA for ensuring their newly developed products are on the commercial market

thus, i can see the important roles up there. however, i saw a few companies do accept fresh grads with BSc or BPharm for a position of RA executives.

Also, note that both RA and QA/QC are different, but i think they are somewhat related to quality checking etc. the skills for both are transferable, IMO.

yes, valuable as in the sense of the licence. some expertise is needed in pharmaceutical industries are just a licence from Pharmacist which involve having the right of obtaining, dispensing and approving medical drugs etc.

This post has been edited by OMG!: Aug 7 2012, 09:28 PM