Pharmacy Pathfinder Program (PPP) 2022 (Monash Malaysia)

The transformative head start to your pharmacy degree.

By choosing to study pharmacy, you've chosen to dedicate yourself to a career of making a true difference to people's lives. Give your journey a memorable beginning.

This short course is an exciting opportunity for an advanced glimpse into what an education and career in pharmacy would be like before you commence the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) in February next year.

Over the course of two months, you'll engage with experienced Monash lecturers and practicing pharmacists to gain the basic knowledge and preparatory skills for a strong start to your pharmacy studies. You'll learn more about the profession and the doors a pharmacy degree will open for you.

• Early exposure: Get a taste of university life while building your knowledge and professional skills in preparation for your undergraduate pharmacy studies.
• Expert guidance: Engage in a series of activities under the guidance and mentorship of leading pharmacy educators and researchers at Monash.
• Weekly instructions: Kindly refer to the Program/Schedule below.
• Skills development: Develop a broad range of invaluable skills such as oral, written, reflection and analytical skills, and gain a unique head start in your academic and personal development.
• Tuition fee waiver1: Be one of the 50 students to register for this program, and receive a RM5,000 tuition fee waiver for your first semester of the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours).
• Certificate of completion: Receive a certificate when you successfully complete this course.

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Module 1: Introduction to the Pharmacy Profession Get to know more about the pharmacy profession, future career prospects, and the professional and social values, attitudes and behaviour necessary to succeed in the field.

Module 2: Research and Industrial Experience Learn the basic compounding skills and tools used in pharmaceutical or cosmeceutical dosage form preparations.

Module 3: Life of Clinical and Community Pharmacists Understand the role of community and clinical pharmacists. There’s much more to pharmacy than you might first think.

At a Glance

Program/Schedule

Entry Requirements

Terms & Conditions

Testimonial

Fees RM2,500 (See Tuition fee waiver1)

Fees Payment Methods Refer to Finance2

Intake One intake / 17 October 2022 - 16 December 2022 (2 months)

Venue Hybrid (online and on-campus activities)

Required Equipment Laptop (minimum device specifications)

Registration deadline Registration due date - 10 Oct 2022

Registration Form Click here to register.

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If the day coincides with a public holiday in Malaysia, classes will be replaced on another weekday within the same week. A detailed schedule will be shared with you a week before the program commences.

To enrol in this program, you must:

• be an undergraduate-level student with a Year 12 qualification (Monash University Foundation Year / A Level / CPU / SAM / IBDP / UEC or equivalent).
• demonstrate an interest in pharmacy as a career by submitting a statement of interest (an essay of approximately 500 words), stating briefly your academic and professional goals and how they align with the pharmacy program.

For more information, please get in touch with:

Dr. Juman Dujaili Deputy Head of School (Education) School of Pharmacy juman.dujaili@monash.edu

Ms. Linda Lim Education Manager School of Pharmacy linda.lim@monash.edu

• Students must have met the entry requirements for the Pharmacy Pathfinder Program.
• The RM5000 tuition fee waiver is limited to the 50 students to register for and complete the program.
• The one-time tuition fee waiver will be reflected in the Semester 2 fee statement of the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) and is non-transferable (students who discontinue or transfer to another program within Monash are not eligible for this fee waiver).
• Scholarship recipients will only be entitled to either their scholarship award or the tuition fee waiver for the semester, whichever amount is the highest.

2For more information on fee and payment, please get in touch with:

Finance Department Tel: +603 5514 6000 Website: https://www.monash.edu.my/finance Finance Helpdesk: https://finhelpdesk.monash.edu.my/mobile