Good news: I will be ending my unemployed life in less than 2 weeks! Well, I have been waiting for this for quite some time already, but you know being a human, we just get terribly anxious that we want something to happen fast. but when we get it, we get scared. coz reality just hits you. in the face.
As I have mentioned earlier, I had applied to both government and private hospitals. Not to mention, a job offer in Singapore that I had to turn down due to personal reasons. Also, I uploaded my CV on Jobstreet. Actually just for the thrill of it. And I actually did get one pharmaceutical company and a retail pharmacy that offered me job interviews. I turned them down since my main aim is to gain clinical experience in hospital first.
Alhamdulillah. Pharmacists are highly demanded in Malaysia. And pharmacy in Malaysia is definitely growing and heading the right direction - people are actually recognising the importance of pharmacists and our role in healthcare. Slowly, and hopefully in the near future, pharmacists will be given the same respect as given to the doctors, which is the case in developed coutries such as U.S.A and U.K.
So referring to the oh-so-dramatic title, I actually received two job offers at the same time, which are from Sime Darby Medical Centre in Subang Jaya and also from government. Now the "fun" part was when I found out that government (KKM) has decided to send me to Johor. And even more "fun" to find out that gov is paying me higher than SDMC. Excuse for me being so money-minded, but salary is one of the major factors I look at.
So for these past few days, I have been torn. Initially, I decided to go for SDMC because I want to be close to home. I'm not being a spoilt brat, but really I have been away from home since the tender age of 16 til just before I turned 23. But, govt hosp will be a valuable experience.
So I had to list out both pros and cons of both job offers. To be honest, both are offering a good start in my career. though, a start in gov hosp would give me a greater exposure to the world of clinical pharmacy. in terms of location, SDMC wins hands down. and in terms of saving, I would probably save more money living with family. there are factors such as rents,bills, and groceries etc which I have to consider if moving to Johor.
It was a tough choice indeed. but considering my 5-year career plan that I have planned, I decided to stick to SDMC. The training is just the same between gov and private hosps. We will be exposed to the same disciplines in hospital pharmacy. but of course, cases in govt hospitals would be more interesting. but guess what? when I work in SDMC, there will be times when I have to go to govt hospital to complete my rotations. you must be wondering what kinda rotations. well, once i start working, I will update this blog more on working as a pharmacist. afterall, the main goals for my first year of working are to pass my pharmacy board exam and complete the logbook and ensuring atleast 60% mark for each rotation.
Some of you may still be wondering, errr... what? Let's put it this way. In a nutshell, 1st year working as a pharmacist is not entirely working. It's like housemanship for doctors. As fresh grad pharmacists, we are known as provisionally registered pharmacists. and once we've passed all of the above after a year's training, we get to be fully registered pharmacists. Once we're fully registered pharmacists, career opportunities will be crazy, locally or even in the foreign countries. Crazy as in there are different types of disciplines that we can choose to pursue - be it hospital, industrial, retail, research/PHD, and even academic.
So that's it from me. Hope everyone is doing well. *Hugs*
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