Moreover, I was satisfied and excited throughout my two weeks community pharmacy placement at Alpro Pharmacy in Johor during my Semester 8, Year 4, as I was able to apply the knowledge learnt to practice in which, I had the opportunity to serve customers based on their complaints. This attachment was a bonus for me as I had a prior working experience during my three months elective placement at Alpro Pharmacy.
Apart from this, IMU has also offered us experience in the field of research whereby during Semester 6, students are required to create a team and choose a research project which either could be a lab-based or survey-based project and the research execution is conducted in Semester 7. Owing to this opportunity, we are also currently in the midst of publishing our findings as a contribution to the world of science.
On the other hand, during Semester 8, we were all elated to be part of the hospital attachment provided, as we were able to directly experience the role of clinical pharmacists whereby, I was attached to Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru for a month. I learned and obtained some basic crucial skills about the various role of a clinical pharmacist which included playing an important role in sectors such as in the ward, outpatient, total parenteral nutrition, cytotoxic drug reconstitution, and medication therapy adherence clinic.
Personally, I would say the journey of obtaining an honors pharmacy degree in IMU is both a fruitful and enjoyable experience. Stepping into IMU as a doubtful matriculation college graduate and leaving as a confident pharmacy graduate is how I have evolved throughout these four years.
Sometimes, when we are faced with demanding tasks it is important to know that it is okay to pause, to take some deep breaths and relax, recuperating to be the stronger version of yourself the next day or the next week. This had helped me to regain my determination in achieving the best I could. Hence, my advice to the newcomers would be to always keep your passion in pharmacy burning and to give out your full efforts in the journey of becoming a pharmacist who is both skillful and knowledgeable while serving the community. Do not hesitate to take up new challenges, exploring out of your comfort zones and remember that in IMU, help is always offered willingly to seekers.
