Singapore fast track
May 6, 2013
Changes to pharmacist
regulations in Singapore could
see the internship period for new
graduates reduced to six months,
according to Singapore Pharmacy
Council president Wu Tuck Seng.
“Fast-tracking” plans are being
drawn up by health authorities
to improve the current system,
but the proposals wouldn’t be
implemented until 2017, according
to The Straits Times.
Currently pharmacists in
Singapore undertake a four year
degree which includes a three
month job placement, and after
graduation they then take up a
nine month internship at a retail or
hospital pharmacy before they can
be registered.
Currently only 16 locations in
Singapore are certified to be able
to supervise the interns, and this is
not enough to handle an expected
rise in pharmacy graduates.
There are currently 2300
registered pharmacists in the
country, including 174 who
graduated this week.
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