FIP-YPG: Focus on National YP Groups – Malaysia

Posted by on Jan 28, 2012 in Articles, News, Views from Afar | 0 comments

Dear all, The MPS-YPC was once again featured in the FIP-YPG Newsletter, this time in December 2011. Below is the article taken from the newsletter. FOCUS ON National YP Groups: Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society Young Pharmacist Chapter Malaysia: It’s all because your voice matters! One of the biggest questions that a young pharmacist instinctively ask is ‘Why should we join our professional organization?’ It cost money and takes up plenty of our time! The reason we concluded at the YPC here in Malaysia is simple and it boils down to this – that your voice matters! Here is why. YPC?...

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Pharmacy Practice in Taiwan and What We Can Learn From Them

Posted by on May 2, 2011 in Articles, Events, Past Events, Universal, Views from Afar, Your Day-to-day Practice | 5 comments

Pharmacy Practice in Taiwan and What We Can Learn From Them

The following article was written by Mr Ong Aik Liang, Ward Supply Pharmacist at Pusat Perubatan University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He was one of the recipients of the FAPA Travel Scholarships which enabled him to attend the FAPA2010 conference in Taiwan. Below is his description of the pharmacy practice in Taiwan I was one of the awardees who were given the opportunity to attend this congress. I was honored as I got the chance to meet many delegates from around the world that were there in Taiwan. I was keen to find out the latest developments in pharmacy management and also the pharmacy...

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Views from Afar: Blood Pressure

Posted by on Dec 11, 2010 in Articles, Universal, Views from Afar | 0 comments

Views from Afar: Blood Pressure

Views from Afar is a new series that the YPC will be releasing on our blog regularly about Pharmacy Practice that is being developed abroad/overseas. These articles are a regurgitation (after some digestion of course) of new and upcoming practices that are being done in other countries such as the UK, US, Australia, Taiwan etc etc. that is worth looking into by pharmacists in Malaysia.  Summary/Extracts from the article are written in black while inserts from YPC members are in blue. Our first article in this series is derived from the Targeted Intervention series published by the...

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