1st PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE (PRC) for PHARMACY STUDENTS & YOUNG GRADUATES
Dear YPC members, In line with the Malaysian Government’s plan to create a ‘knowledge-based’ society, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS) is committed to make a quantum leap into research and student development activities. We will be holding our first ever Pharmaceutical Research Conference (PRC) for Pharmacy students and Young graduates on 18-19th February 2012 at our main campus in Cyberjaya. The theme of the Conference is “Nurturing inquisitive minds through pharmaceutical research”. Presentation of research topics are in the following...
Read MoreTRACOMEX 2011
The 1st ever Traditional & Complementary Medicine Exhibition (TRACOMEX 2011) organized by the Ministry of Health Malaysia. Enjoy free health check-ups using traditional methods of diagnosis, live demonstrations of treatments under traditional & complementary medicine as well as exercise demonstrations such as Senaman Tua Melayu, Qi Gong and Yoga. Follow the health talk sessions by renowned speakers as they discuss about T&CM practices and family health. Do visit the TRACOMEX 2011 to discover new knowledge on T&CM practices, find great bargains and enjoy irresistible...
Read MoreCongratulations for winning the Most Promising Young Pharmacist Award!
The Committee members of MPS-Young Pharmacist Chapter would like to take the opportunity to congratulate our Chairperson, Mr Jack Shen Lim for winning the “Most Promising Young Pharmacist of the Year” Award during the recent MPS Pharmacy Night. Keep up the good work and see you in our next meeting!
Read MoreYPC Pharmacy Career Talk @ UM
On 14th October 2011, the UM Pharmacy Students Society organised the Annual Career Talk for its first to third year students. It was an honour for the Young Pharmacist Chapter to be invited by the Organising Committee to share our work experience in the Friday afternoon session. It was great meeting a bunch of energetic young pharmacy students in a Friday afternoon, a unique way to kickstart our weekend!! To all UM Pharmacy students, good luck for your undergraduate studies and hope our sharings were useful. Thank you for the precious afternoon and for all...
Read MoreMPS 1st Public Health Fair Highlights
In conjunction with World Pharmacists Day (25/09/2011), MPS organised the 1st Public Health Fair at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre. World Pharmacists Day was first mooted in year 2009 during the FIP Congress in Turkey and was accepted in Year 2010. This year is only the second Pharmacists Day! It was great to see pharmacists from different background coming together for a good cause on such a meaningful day. Indeed, we pharmacists are more than meet the eyes of the public as we have a lot more to offer than people thought we could! Although public turnout...
Read MoreMPS-Terengganu CPD Day 2011
The following report is prepared by Ms Nadia Al-Zawawi, the Head of Young Pharmacist Chapter Terengganu Branch, who is also one of the Committee Members of the CPD Day. On the 17th of September 2011, MPS Terengganu, in collaboration with Jabatan Kesihatan (Farmasi) and Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) organized the first ever CPD Day in Terengganu with the theme “We Care, Therefore We Share”. Our utmost gratitute to all our sponsors especially Astra Zeneca for their relentless support, as well as support from Abbott Nutrition, MSD, Janssen Cilag, Cambert, and Nova Nutrition....
Read MoreMPS Pharmacy Night 2011 Highlights
MPS Pharmacy Night Building Fund Dinner was held on 24th September 2011 in Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre. It was a fabulous dinner enjoyed by about 300 pharmacists from different sectors. Thanks to everyone for their support! At a personal level, it was indeed a bliss to be an audience
Read MoreYPC Pharmacy Career Talk @ SEGi
How much did you know about pharmacy on the first week of your degree? The current batch of SEGi MPharm students would tell you that they know quite a bit, thanks to the career talk organised by the University as part of their orientation week programme. On 21st September 2011, four speakers from community, hospital, industry and research respectively were brought in to give the students some ideas about how their future career would be like. The MPS and the Young Pharmacist Chapter would like to express our gratitute to SEGi Pharmacy School for the invitation to...
Read MoreYPC Pharmacy Career Talk @ UCSI
First of all, a specials thanks to UCSI Pharmacy School for their kind arrangement for the Career talk which was held on 10th September 2011. On the beautiful Saturday morning, four young pharmacists working in hospital, government clinic, retail and pharmaceutical industry were invited to share their working experiences in respective fields. The work experience sharing session was well attended by 3rd and 4th year pharmacy students who were earger to find out what to expect from the real working life. Besides different areas of job available within the government sector, the students were...
Read MoreTerengganu CPD Day 2011
Good news to all Terengganu pharmacists! MPS Young Pharmacist Chapter (MPS-YPC) Terengganu and MPS Terengganu Area Committee will be organising Terengganu CPD Day 2011 this coming weekend! Date: 17th September 2011 (Saturday) Time: 8.30am – 5.30pm Venue: Permai Hotel, Kuala Terengganu Programme Tentative: - Opening Ceremony of MPS Pharmacist Day: We Care, Therefore We Share - Evidence Based Contraception in the Modern World (Speaker: MSD) - Managing & Leading 101: Lessons for Pharmacists (Speaker: Colonel Dr A. Halim Hj Basari, Pharmacist from Ministry of Defence) - NuvaFine...
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