Ic.. so where are you working right now? isit true that most of the pharmacists will end up dispensing medicines after they graduate? or more to research?

so u just start ur pharmacy course?

This post has been edited by el8155: Sep 24 2009, 03:05 PM

for nottingham pharmacy course,can i apply for ptptn loan for the first two years and jpa overseas loan for the final two years in uk?

@minshuen

i would suggest you to just settle for local pharmacy course and try to apply for postgraduate scholarship.

what if something unexpected happened during third year and you need some extra money? what if they withdraw your loan? what if they dont offer you the loan in the first place?

there is unlikely anyone would just lend you the money so that you could finish the course.

living overseas with a tight budget is not an enjoyable experience and working while studying is not easy as well. you are likely to be underpaid as well.

o...thanks for your advice.so what u mean is if i apply for jpa overseas loan,i wont surely gt it right?

Government hospital. Pharmacy law stated that you have to undergo 1 year of Provisional Registered Pharmacist (PRP) in government hospital + a 3 years compulsory services after you graduated and wanted to work as pharmacist in Malaysia. So you don't have to worry hunting for job after graduated.
Not really. There are many other 4 major fields you can involved, hospitals, retail/community, industrial and education. On the hand, research is probably more important for pharmacist lecturers. You will need your research to boost your reputation and get your title status in the university. Before you can become a pharmacist lecturer, you have to be at least a Masters degree holder or better a phD holder.
You can try to google out the difference to have a clearer image.
Good luck on your study

students who study pharmacy in uk,are they really different with those who study pharmacy locally?

@minshuen

as i have no experience in applying jpa or ptptn loan, i am in no position to say anything. the possibility is always there, i have friends fail to get ptptn loan.

the main difference to me in completing a pharmacy degree oversea compare to locally is the option to TRY to stay there and dispense medications.

pharmacists in malaysia dont really get to dispense.

how come IMU is not listed in the list? anyway, will physics be useless when it comes to this field? physics wont be taken as requirement?

erm...what i know is pharmacy course is largely based on chemistry.biology and physics will both act as supportive subjects.eventhough it might not be that important,but physics isn't useless.physics can be taken as one of the require subject if u didnt take bio.

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Added on September 27, 2009, 2:36 pmso that means overseas pharmacy graduates and local pharmacy graduates do not have significant differences on knowledge or ability right?it is all depend on the students themselves right?furthermore,when undertaking pupilage,how much salary and allowance willl be paid to the pupils?

This post has been edited by minshuen: Sep 27 2009, 02:36 PM

@Panda12

what list you are talking about?

@minshuen

salary refer first post.

the thing is, i have no idea about the competency of the graduates and i dont think you could compare directly that way.

local pharmacy courses are tailored according to malaysia heathcare system. at least that is one advantage. the essential drug list of each country, the dominant chronic disease etc can differ between each country.

i can see that curtin's pharmacy degree emphasizes more on compounding.

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Added on September 27, 2009, 5:52 pm@@Panda12

Chemistry > Biology & Maths > physics

This post has been edited by jerk: Sep 27 2009, 05:52 PM

ya ..juz started dis month

hi all,

i need some help here.
my fren has just being assign to Terengganu for her 1-year PRP.
i heard that there will be an appeal option for those who fail to get the preferred locations.
so does any1 know what is the process to appeal??
or is there any other "lobang" such as swapping or finding out any hospitals with empty slot??

Thanks in advance.

no appeal or swapping is allowed actually
btw, may i know which uni ur fren from?
so he/she started his/her work yet?

May you list out the differences of student who take a master in pharmacology over those who are taking bachelor of pharmacy?

from what i know, those who take a speacialisation like master of pharmacology can only manufacture and investigate drugs to the body systems but pharmacist can go into either the former or the latter which is dispensing medicines ,am i right about that?

currently , i am taking biochemistry degree, and that is a pharmacology specialisation for master, and i am really wondering about the only available option of a pharmacology student, what else can they do besides embark in research areas?

for Monash, if we are taking B Pharm...then after semester 1(half a year), some ppl find that they can't cope, then they switch course to ie : B.Science or etc.

If this is possible, can we take B.Science for semester 1, and then switch to B.Pharm startin from sem 2 onwards.

Just curious and want to know if its possible.

@igmroey

i would suggest you give monash a call. they are the only one could answer you. or you could try pm baoz

AFAIK, Monash Sunway's BPharm doesn't accept credit transfer from other courses within the same uni. Because the units and scope of study is very different.

They don't accept credit trasnfer from other unis like IMU too. I've a few coursemates who were from IMU and MSU but they still had to start from scratch (Semester 1).

This is for us first batch. But I doubt the policy will change for next year, though.

Monash Sunway is quite rigid in terms of credit transfers since the course is new..

shifting out of a critical, single stream, seat restricted course into a less demanding and non-critical course is possible.......but not vice versa......

single stream courses are basically medicine/dentistry/pharmacy.........ie, everybody does one single syllabus, with little or no electives......

this is in contrast to other general courses like sciences, economics, even engineering and laws, where it's the total credit that is important, and core subjects only take 1/2 to 2/3 of the total credits needed to graduate.......the rest are electives.......

Okay how about this....Can we switch our courses ie from b.science to b.pharm but STARTOVER for b.pharm. Do they look at our results for semester 1 of b.science or do they look at our Pre-U results?
Afraid i can't make it ><