Are there opportunities for us Filipino Pharmacists to work abroad?
Absolutely, The United States, Australia and Canada opened up the opportunities for Foreign-Trained Pharmacists to be employed as long as they met the required examinations. Severe shortage of pharmacists in the first world countries is becoming a problem. In the United States greater chances to work there as a pharmacists are expected to grow faster as compared to other average occupations. In January 2003, a survey was made by the National Association of Chain Drugstores. The survey reported that there were 5,499 vacancies for pharmacist position. With retail pharmacies expected to fill 4 billion prescription by 2006 up from 3 billion in 2001. Another survey was conducted by the Canadian Association of Chain Drugstores (CACDS) in February 2000. This association reported that the chain drug retailers are short by approximately 1000 pharmacists excluding vacancies among independent drugstore companies. In Australia opportunities for pharmacists to work there have increased. The easiest
