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Have you thought about taking your skills overseas
and practising abroad? Here you will find out about
what it is like to practise in a particular country.
There are also tips and advice that could help make
your move easier

  

  

  

 

Pharmabridge makes dreams come true

Lin-Nam Wang reports on a programme that has been building bridges across the globe

Twas ever thus: health depends on a loo

Leila Taheri found out what a young Co-op pharmacist has been doing in Togo 

Where I looked after Mrs Lop-Eared Wolf

According to the Canadian Tourism Commission, Canada offers a world of extraordinary experiences. Pharmacist Craig Forster shares the ones he had during five years in Alberta

How to gain registration as a pharmacist in Canada

In our third and final article on pharmacy in Canada, Shane Goswami and Anne Noott tell you what you need to do in order to register as a pharmacist in Canada

An overview of pharmacy practice in Canada

In this article, Zaheer-Abbas Karim and Anne Noott take a look at pharmacy practice in Canada and make some comparisons with practice in the UK

Pharmacy practice in Hong Kong

Want to make a move to Asia? How about Hong Kong? In this article, Phoebe Chan provides information on how you can register as a pharmacist in Hong Kong and describes what pharmacy practice is like there

Sun, sun and more sun — how to register as a pharmacist in Australia

Wendy Thompson moved from the UK to Australia and is now a registered pharmacist there. In this article, she provides some advice on how to register and work as a pharmacist down under

Sun, surf, snow and pharmacy — pharmacy practice in New Zealand

Have you thought about moving down under to practise pharmacy in New Zealand? Natalie Gauld provides some useful information you need in order to gain registration in New Zealand, and presents comments from UK pharmacists who have already made the move

My student exchange experience in Estonia

The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association, through the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation, offers a student exchange programme. Patrick Moynagh discusses his exchange experience in Estonia

Volunteering in a developing country 

Have you ever thought of volunteering abroad in a developing country and putting your pharmacist skills to use? Mary Jobling writes about her experiences of working in Tanzania and provides tips and advice on how you could do the same.

Pharmacy practice — the American way!

Have you thought about living the American dream and experiencing pharmacy pharmacy practice in the US? Quinn Bott discusses about the US pharmacy system and provides advice on how UK students can get involved in study or work

Pharmacy practice in Australia

A placement at the University of Monash, Melbourne, has given Priyesh Rawal an insight on pharmacy practice in the land down under 

Experiencing community pharmacy in Germany

The student exchange programme, offered by the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association, gives pharmacy students an opportunity to experience the practice of pharmacy in a foreign country. David Lumsden writes about his experience of working in a community pharmacy in Osnabrück, Germany 

Saudi Arabia's supreme system

You may be interested in how pharmacy operates in other countries. Saudi Arabia is a wealthy country and its health system reflects this. Sultan Dajani attended the International Saudi Pharmaceutical Conference and in this article, he gives his impressions of Saudi pharmacy 

Singapore fling

Can you ever see yourself perhaps wanting to working in Asia? After four years of working as a clinical pharmacist at a teaching hospital in London, Victoria Coleman left the UK to work in Singapore. In this article she describes the Singaporean health system, the requirements for registering as a pharmacist and her experiences of working in the intensive care unit of the National Heart Centre in Singapore 

Brazil Dazzle

Ever wondered how pharmacy might operate in South America? Pamela Mason describes her visit to two pharmacies in Salvador, Brazil

From cupboard to clinic — developing a dispensary in rural Tanzania

Mary Jobling describes her overseas experience of helping to develop a dispensary in rural Tanzania, Africa 

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