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Figure 3
Current Needs and Supply of Pharmacist with projection
using ratio of 1: 2,000 to Populations

22,000
20,511
20,000 19,072
17,572
18,000 16,891 17,119 17,346
16,196 16,432 16,663 17,793 18,011
16,000 15,296 17,727
14,208 16,468
14,000 13,189
12,224
12,000 11,332
Needs Achievement
10,000
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Source: Department of Statistic Malaysia (DOSM) and Pharmaceutical Services Programme
Table 5
Intake by Type of Training, 2016 to 2017

No Type of Training 2016 2017
1. Pre Service Training in MoH Training Institution 5,568 4,013
2. Pre Service Training in Outsourcing Program 15 -
3. Advanced Diploma and Post Basic Training 3,901 4,244
4. Masters program (Medical Officer) 890 980
5. Sub Specialty Training (Medical Specialist) 154 150
6. Master Program (Other Discipline)/ Philosophy Doctors) 9 10
7. Short Period Courses in service training (overseas) 147 49

Note: Outsourcing refer to training in the Private Training Institution
Source:Training Management Division, MoH

PRE-SERVICE TRAINING
In the year 2017, 4,013 trainees have registered to undergo pre service training in the Ministry of
Health (MoH) Training Institutes while no trainees were sent for Outsourcing program in the private
training institution (ILS). The number of trainees in MoH Training Institutes in 2017 dropped by 28.0
per cent compared with 5,568 trainees in 2016. A breakdown for the number of trainees who have
registered for the Pre Services Training conducted by MoH’s Training Institutes for the year 2017 is
shown in Table 6.

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