Presented in Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association/Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug 1-5, 2007

1. An Analysis of Transnational Pharmacy Education in Asia-Pacific Region Dr. Benjamin Tak-Yuen Chan Division of Health and Applied Sciences, SPACE, University of Hong Kong

12. Global Pharmacist Supply Situation Source: FIP 2006

13. Pharmacist Supply Situation in the Three Countries/ Regions Source: P & P Board of HK, Pharmacy Board of Malaysia, Singapore Pharmacy Board 17 24 24 Yrs to take based on 2005 level of new pharmacists registered Local capacity 2,050 17% 21% (2005) 1,330 32:100,000 4.1 Singapore Local capacity and TNE in pharmacy 13,000 - 40% (2005) 3,965 15:100,000 26.0 Malaysia None 3,450 82% 60% (2005) 1,583 23:100,000 6.9 Hong Kong SAR Strategy pursued No. required to achieve 50:100,000 ratio % foreign trained to local educated (total & 2005) No. reg. pharmacists & pharmacists to population ratio (2005) Pop. (mil) Country/ Region

14. Global Pharmacists Employment Fields Source: FIP 2006

15. Western Pacific Pharmacists Employment Fields Source: FIP 2006

21. Edwards’ Typology of Curriculum Internationalisation Source: Edwards et al. (2003) Higher Educ Res Dev 22(2) 183-192

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