ooo...Thanks!!

I aspire to study Pharmacy at NUS.

*sigh*

why NUS, why sigh?

I suppose it's due to the difficulty getting into NUS.

I've friends with 4 A's at A Levels and a TER of 97.9 for SAM who couldn't get into NUS Pharmacy.

NUS - one of the top unis in this region.

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.

although it is hard,i hope tat i can enter 2NUS 2continue my degree thr...

@ying hui

i guess you did not get youngkies point.

the key is separation of dispensing and prescribing.

malaysia and singapore pharmacy degree doesnt really make any difference unless you are going to take up postgraduate. at least that is how i look at it.

unless singapore is willing to offer you scholarship or a loan then it is different.

anyway, the main thing for you is doing well in pre-U. scholarship for undergraduate level are hard to come by

May I know (roughly), how much is the pay for fresh Pharmacy graduates in Government hospitals?

If I'm not mistaken,someone did mentioned before in this thread that the pharmacy fresh grads salary's roughly around RM3000

when u grad u'll become Provisionally Registered Pharmacists (PRP) for a year.
its around RM 3500+ dat time

1000 extra per month if are west malaysian doing your service in east malaysia.

it is about 3800 gross atm.

I went to the government polyclinic and a private hospital few days ago, and I found out that there is a Pharmacy section in both places.

So, I was wondering if the separation of prescribing and dispensing rights is practised, or it's just another way to ensure efficiency in delivering services. Any clue?

@holycreeper
one way to know for sure is just look at private clinic. the one where your parents bring you there when you have flu and fever.

do you still get the medicine from the doctor's clinic? if the answer is yes, doctors are still prescribing and dispensing.

another way is to look at the community pharmacy. look around and see if anyone is waiting for their medicine with a prescription. if the answer is no, doctors are still prescribing and dispensing.

heyyy im bak...haha..thanks to those hu answered my questionssss

gonna start uni nx month..excitedd..still hoping i made the rite decision goin 4 bpharm instead of mpharm becoz........i hate long journeys.LOL (yes i no i am the weirdest person ever. )

any1 else goin 4 pharmacy @ IMU?

it is common to have pharmacy in hospital. and yes in hospital, dispensing and prescribing is usually clearly separated. doctor to prescribe and pharmacy to dispense it.

but in community, dispensing separation doesnt apply. and what you can see in those clinics is not pharmacy, instead is a dispensary. a pharmacy is where a pharmacist is present, but not in dispensary, where your medication can be dispense by a form 5 leaver, according to a doctor prescription.

is it good to do pharmacy in Institut Teknologi Bandung?

@fykk64

you should ask the one who suggested Institut Teknologi Bandung but I think as long as you can come back and work in malaysia it would be enough.

there are people telling that it is the best in SEA or smth close to that.

Not so sure about that though....there're many other options besides study in Indonesia,you might want to reconsider.
The reason you're asking about it??From what I know,the date of application for ITB has alrdy over and one of my friends who're going there told me that the offer letter will be offered soon.

oh cos i went to edu fair and ITB is one of them and i cant seem to find the application closing date, so im just asking around.since its cheap and i heard it good also. it would be good if someone can give me some info.

hey!!! im going for bpharm too this july... was searching everywhere in the forum for some souls who's going to bpharm in imu with me! Hehehe.