why pharmacy?

how long has you been in nursing course?

next is that you have to find out from the pharmacy schools of your choice if they wanna take you in based on your spm result or current nursing course result.

it is quite simple, once you have reach the limit/threshold for your position, move to another level then.

e.g., pharmacist>pharmacy manager/store manager/manager of some sort>area manager>regional manager>CEO of the company etc

pharmacist>pharmacist in charge of certain department/specialist pharmacist>head of department>regional pharmacist manager for hospitals of an area>head of hospitals pharmacist of an region/head of hospital maybe>minister of health

the sky is the limit. the money is where the managerial role is.

whatever the profession, there is no limit to it, should it be a cleaner or a pharmacist. just that a pharmacy degree gives you a better starting point if compare to a cleaner.

nah, dont bother to read. you have plenty time to read when you have started term time.

enjoy the holiday as much as possible.

This post has been edited by youngkies: May 8 2009, 07:42 AM

maths in pharmacy is not difficult. the difficult part is understanding and finding out what you have to get, esp. in formulation science, pharmacy does have their own unit (non-SI) such as % w/w, % v/w etc etc, use of calculator is prohibited, high passing mark, and a little silly mistake can get your patient killed/failed you the exam.

who seems to stress up?

i would say the difficult bit is not memorising the drug, but to understand from everything like, what disease, why it happened, how it happened, what is the treatment, how does the treatment works, and what is the care plan after that, to pharmacology of the drug in the body, to patient-care in primary and tertiary care, to pharmacy law, ethics and professional practice, to microbiology, from general chemsitry to complicated organic chemistry, drug desigh, drug formulation and delivery etc etc.

pharmacy is not just about memorising drugs, and is not all about drugs too. one other difficult bit is it also involves long hours every day, compare to some other course that require attendance of only 4-10 hours per week.

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Added on May 9, 2009, 8:10 pmand one final thing is, if you think the 4 years course is hard enough, wait until you get into real world and practice as pharmacist. the responsibilites and decision you have to make everyday is just enormous too.

This post has been edited by youngkies: May 9 2009, 08:10 PM

nope. though it might depends on school, but doubt there is in any other school.

well kinda. the knowledge learnt can be useful, but less applicable for a typical community pharmacist. but then it is different for hospital pharmacist.

oh ya now i remember the most difficult bit of calculation for the duration of the course would be either pharmaceutic or formulation science.

pharmaceutic would involve calculation of bioavailabilty, half-life, distribution of drug etc etc which also require you to interpret and analyse graph, statistic etc etc. and what usually happen is, one wrong answer leads to failing the whole sets of questions.

as for formulation science, the math itself wont be difficult, but its the question that can be very tricky.

you are allowed to practice as pre-reg in UK after the 2+2 program from nottingham.

oh yes, they are more appreciated overseas and well paid too.

well the difference between MPharm and BPharm has been discussed numerous times. look at first post and go through the links.

the main difference is what you have learned during the course, esp. the soft skills.

and yes if you are MPharm holder, you can go straight to PhD post.

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.

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.

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.

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.

3 years working experience as registered pharmacist in your country, then overseas conversion course @ sunderland uni, one year pre-reg + passing the exam = registration in uk.

no. conditional offer means that you will be 100% guaranteed a place when you have met their requirement/condition. but doesnt mean that you will 100% rejected if you have not met their condition.

many people has misunderstood the actual meaning of conditional offer, and thought, you will only be admitted if you met the requirement.

you should apply now, for sake of peace of mind, and notts 2+2 is really a good choice for pharmacy.

biology is not a requirement for pharmacy course. but i assure it is very useful, else you will have more difficulty catching up in your pharmacy course.

lets update the memberlist, see how many pharmacist, pharmacy student, prospective pharmacy student we have in here.

list your school too. i'll update the first page.

2. youngkies - Cardiff University - UK registered pharmacist.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Jun 11 2009, 07:40 AM

conditional offer means, if you have met the condition/their requirement, you will be accepted for sure. e.g. if the conditional offer is AAB, then if you get AAB, you are getting into admission for sure. if you did not get AAB, you might or might not be offered/confirmed a place.


unconditional offer, means whatever result you get, you have been reserved a place.

why NUS, why sigh?

well there are other options which are as good, as long as you dont mind paying.

for pharmacy course, experience full responsibilities of being a pharmacist, by doing it in a country where separation of dispensing is in placed.