To the Editor. In early January 2012, a shocking news for the pharmacists and a sad report for the nation struck Malaysia. Two pharmacists were found involved in transferring psychotropic medications out of hospitals and smuggling them into the black market. Subsequently, the ministry of health decided to table “The Pharmacy Bill 2012” in the parliament to empower the ministry to take stiffer p...

Curriculum InstitutionALE is an orientation framework for strengthening Institutions of Adult Learning and Education. It provides basic guidelines managing capacity organisational development suggests indicators means verification change development. offers the basics defining goals criteria development, collecting reliable baseline data, designing implementing processes assessing progress. Add...

Specialization into practice areas within occupational therapy has been a controversial issue for the last decade; in fact, it was the theme of the 1978 AOTA Annual Conference. Specialization may well serve as one ingredient in the "professionalization" of occupational therapy (I). However, if specialization will be a significant factor in the continued development of the profession, da ta are ...

This article examines the intent and outcomes of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) in light of research literature on the sociology of the professions. It indicates that professionalization is leading to an acquisition workforce that is expert and specialized, yet insular and careerist. Professionalism thus comes at a price, and a major question for those dealing with ac...