Pharmacy education in Malta

Abstract

It is needless to say that my Council is aware of the significance that a sound and up-to-date Pharmacy degree course has on the future of the profession of pharmacy and its members and the community they serve. Throughout the years, the Councils of the Chamber of Pharmacists have always been concerned at the standard of Pharmacy Education at our University. Indeed, thirty years ago, the University appointed a committee to formulate proposals in regard to the reorganization of the course leading to the B.Pharm. degree. For the first time the Chamber was directly represented on such a committee and made suggestions designed to improve the course. In suggesting improvements the Chamber was then, as now, prompted by the need of producing better qualified pharmacists for the local exercise of the profession as well as the creation of the conditions that would enable the licensing authorities to enter into reciprocity negotiations with their counterparts in the U.K. and Commonwealth, thus producing a wider field of opportunity for pharmacists and for much needed postgraduate specialization abroad.