all oz pharmacy schools are good, and of almost equal standards......

it is not difficult to get in, the cut off for eg curtin in perth is BBB at a-levels or stpm.......

the competition amongst international students for pharmacy is not as intense as for medicine/dentistry, and the entry requirement for some less popular unis (curtin, unisa, qut) is about ter 90, whereas for more popular ones like monash, it's 95......however their cut off for a-levels and stpm appears lower, as they accept 12 points (BBB).........(cut off for home students is consistently about 95 across the unis, ie foreign students paying full fees can get in with a lower result)........

and many pharmacist illegally prescribe AND dispense as well.......

in fact, in some small towns, the pharmacists work like doctors........they have a little consultation room at the back where they will see patients........

eh........no lah.......

cough and fever are the symptoms YOU as a patient tells the doctor.......

diagnosis is the the doctor's interpretation of your sign and symptoms to formulate the cause/basis of you symptoms........on which then is treatment decided......

'diagnosing' fever and cough and giving panadol is NOT diagnosis........

are you saying all pharmacy students are rejects who can't get into medicine?........

i am sure there are people who did well and choose to do courses they like rather than courses they qualify for.........

no..........

gov hospital..........no

private hospital.......possible, if you get into management........which is unlikely at 35 y o

with aussie year 12 qualification (sam/ausmat) or foundation, you will have considerable difficulty trying to get into critical courses like medicine/dentistry and possibly pharmacy in uk......and into any course in the true blue chip unis like oxbridge.....

ipts will accept almost anything.........as long as you meet the minimum and have the dough.......

conditional offer means exactly that........and offer conditional on you meeting their stated requirements......

it also means you have not got your final exams results..........

wait for your results......if you are doing sam/ausmat, the unis will receive your results directly, and will make a firm offer if you meet the cut off......if you failed to meet the cut off, you will near no more from them (although some will write to reject you).........

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.......

that is not true........foundations are university specific, and not all other unis will accept it, or accept it on par with a formal year 12 result with a TER rank.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Dec 24 2009, 10:49 PM

i can't quite understand that, but i presume it means 'which pathway is better leading to a pharmacy degree'..........which is of course a proper pre-u programme.........

you need serious work with english if you really want to pursue an english intensive course like pharmacy.........

sunderland pharmacy is twinned with segi uc...........

http://www.segi.edu.my/faculty/pharmacy/mpharm.htm

you do not need agents, just apply direct.........

otherwise try aused/unied..........

http://www.aused-unied.com/contacts.html

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jan 22 2010, 08:25 PM

or undergraduate entry as well.......but why bother do pharmacy first?

having a 1st degree does NOT improve you chance of getting into med school, in this part of the world........

normally, the cost of courses in ipta like usm or um is not an issue......it's very heavily subsidised and cheap........

the issue is, can you get in..........?

the current notts msia mpharm is a 2 phase programme, 2 years in msia, and 2 years at nottingham uk.......and you will formally graduate from the uk campus......so will be recognised.......

they have been thinking of a full 4 year local programme.........if they start that, it will not be recognised.........just as they will not recognise monash msia's bpharm and mbbs...........

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 28 2010, 11:19 AM

i don't think that is an issue......once you join the nottingham uk cohort at year 3, you become officially a student there, and when you graduate, you get a nottingham degree, which does NOT say which pathway you came from....

it's the same for the imu-pms medical transfers.....you 'disappear' into the cohort of students where you are matched to, and graduate just like everybody else.....and nobody will know you came through imu.....

the only way to know is if they ask for full transcript of your course......which they never do, once you graduate......

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 28 2010, 11:46 AM

recognition and registration is only necessary if you want to function as a pharmacist, in clinical practice.........if you work in industry (research, production, sales), it is irrelevant........

the same applies for medical graduates.......you do not need to register with the regulatory bodies if you do not practice medicine.....ie deal with patients....eg, lecturers in med school, medical advisor in pharma industry, taxi drivers........

that right to 'self accredit' is msian, and nothing to do with spore.....and spore will decide based on what they think is right for themselves, not what msia thinks.......

based on current spore guidelines, they are unlikely to recognise monash msia mbbs.......

they don't have to, they get enough doctors from their present list.....all fully trained and paid for by msia/parents.....