Bachelor of Pharmacy (PharmD-Clinical Pharmacy

Program Overview

The program is structured into two semesters each year, each term made up of 15 weeks + One Internship year.

The internship year:

One year training (36 weeks, 6 rounds) The sixth year of study is devoted to an advanced field training, with six training courses for a total of 36 weeks (one academic year).

The advanced training should include at least four training courses within hospitals that implement clinical pharmacy practice and one training course in a non-clinical pharmacy practice area (pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug control…etc.). The advanced training program is designed in an integrated and systematic manner, in a rotating, periodic manner, recorded in hours and training assignments, under the strict supervision from the faculty of Pharmacy and the training facility. The internship program supervising committee designs the advanced training program annually based on the number of students and the availability of training places, provided that the program is approved by the faculty council prior to its implementation.

Number of Credit Hours: Theoretical: 122 Practical: 59 Total: 181

Program Aims towards graduate attributes:

1. Provide patient-centered care to optimize therapeutic outcomes and minimize the incidence of illness in individuals and populations. (NARS 1)
2. Design prevention, intervention and educational strategies for individuals & communities to manage infectious and chronic diseases. (NARS 1)
3. Counsel individuals and communities to participate in optimizing the therapeutic outcomes. (NARS 1)
4. Develop skills to carry out duties in accordance with ethical, legal, social and economic guidelines. (NARS 2)
5. Respect social determinants of patients and populations to achieve best quality care. (NARS 2)
6. Utilize evidence-based data to deliver contemporary pharmaceutical products and pharmacy services. (NARS 3)
7. Assure the quality of pharmaceutical materials and products. (NARS 4)
8. Apply integrated evidence-based pharmaceutical, biomedical and clinical information in assessing the appropriateness, effectiveness, and safety of medications. (NARS 5)
9. Manage medication-used system through enhancement of informational and technological resources. (NARS 5)
10. Plan, design and conduct research using appropriate methodologies individually or as a part of a team. (NARS 6)
11. Share therapeutic decision-making as a member of an inter-professional health care team. (NARS 7)
12. Actively participate and engage as a healthcare team member by demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and values. (NARS 7)
13. Demonstrate effective communication with patients, health care professionals and community. (NARS 8)
14. Be able to engage in innovative activities using entrepreneurial skills. (NARS8)
15. Demonstrate self-awareness, leadership and business administration skills. (NARS 8)
16. Be a life-long learner for continuous professional improvement. (NARS 9)
17. Demonstrate capabilities of performance appraisal and self-assessment. (NARS 9)

Program Outline

LIST OF COURSES:

PCE 001 - Applied Analytical Chemistry (2.00 Hours) 

PCE 002 - Instrumental Analysis (2.00 Hours) 

PCE 003 - Drug Design (2.00 Hours) 

PTE 004 - Skin Care and Cosmetology (2.00 Hours) 

PTE 005 - Radiopharmaceuticals ( 2.00 Hours)

PTE 006 - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (2.00 Hours) 

POE 007 - Biological Standardization (2.00 Hours) 

POE 008 - Substance Abuse (2.00 Hours) 

POE 009 - Veterinary Pharmacy (2.00 Hours) 

PBE 010 - Molecular Biology (2.00 Hours) 

PGE 011 - Marine Natural Products (2.00 Hours) 

PGE 012 - Forensic Pharmacognosy (2.00 Hours) 

PGE 013 - Industrialization of Medicinal Plants (2.00 Hours) 

PME 014 - Biotechnology (2.00 Hours) 

PME 015 - Infection and Immunity (2.00 Hours) 

PPE 016 - Medical Devices (2.00 Hours) 

PPE 017 - Evidence Based Medicine (2.00 Hours) 

PGP 018 - Graduation Project (2.00 Hours) 

PB 301 - Biochemistry I (3.00 Hours) 

PM 301 - General Microbiology and Immunology (3.00 Hours) 

PP 301 - Pharmaceutical Legislations and practice ethics (1.00 Hours) 

PG 303 - Pharmacognosy II (2.00 Hours) 

PT 303 - Pharmaceutical dosage forms I (3.00 Hours) 

PD 303 - Scientific writing and Communication skills (2.00 Hours) 

MD 304 - Physiology (2.00 Hours) 

PO 401 - Pharmacology –I (3.00 Hours) 

PB 402 - Biochemistry II (3.00 Hours) 

PM 402 - Parasitology & Virology (3.00 Hours) 

PG 404 - Phytochemistry I (2.00 Hours) 

PT 404 - Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms-II (3.00 Hours) 

MD 405 - Pathology and Pathophysiology (3.00 Hours) 

PO 502 - Pharmacology-II (3.00 Hours) 

PP 502 - Community Pharmacy Practice (3.00 Hours) 

PM 503 - Pharmaceutical Microbiology (3.00 Hours) 

PG 505 - Phytochemistry II (2.00 Hours) 

PC 505 - Medicinal Chemistry-I (3.00 Hours) 

PT 505 - Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms-III (3.00 Hours) 

MD 506 - First Aid and Basic Life Support (BLS) (2.00 Hours) 

PP 603 - Hospital Pharmacy Practice (3.00 Hours) 

PO 603 - Pharmacology-III (3.00 Hours) 

PP 604 - Clinical Pharmacy Practice (3.00 Hours) 

PP 605 - Pharmacotherapy: Infectious disease I (2.00 Hours) 

PC 606 - Medicinal Chemistry-II (3.00 Hours) 

PT 606 - Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms-IV (2.00 Hours) 

PT 607 - Pharmaceutical Technology (3.00 Hours) 

PM 704 - Medical Microbiology (3.00 Hours) 

PO 704 - Pharmacology-IV (3.00 Hours) 

PP 706 - Pharmacotherapy: Infectious disease II (2.00 Hours) 

PP 707 - Drug Information (2.00 Hours) 

PT 708 - Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (3.00 Hours) 

PT 709 - Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals (3.00 Hours) 

PB 803 - Clinical Biochemistry (3.00 Hours) 

PM 805 - Public Health & Preventive Medicine (2.00 Hours) 

PO 805 - Biostatistics (2.00 Hours) 

PP 808 - Pharmacotherapy: Endocrine and Renal Diseases (3.00 Hours) 

PP 809 - Pharmacotherapy: Oncological Diseases and Radiopharmacy (3.00 Hours) 

PP 810 - Clinical Pharmacokinetics (3.00 Hours) 

PP 013 - Family Planning and Women's Health (2.00 Hours) 

PP 014 - Pharmacotherapy: Critical Care Patients (2.00 Hours) 

PP 015 - Pharmacotherapy: Pediatric and Geriatric Diseases (3.00 Hours) 

PP 016 - Pharmacotherapy: Dermatological, Venereal and Musculoskeletal Diseases (3.00 Hours) 

PP 017 - Pharmacotherapy: Gastrointestinal Diseases (2.00 Hours) 

PP 018 - Pharmacotherapy: Respiratory Diseases (2.00 Hours) 

PP 019 - Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance & Pharmacoepidemiology (2.00 Hours)  

PD 904 - Drug Marketing & Pharmacoeconomics (2.00 Hours) 

PB 904 - Clinical Nutrition (2.00 Hours) 

PG 905 - Alternative and Complementary Medicine (2.00 Hours) 

PD 905 - Entrepreneurship (1.00 Hours) 

PO 906 - Fundamental & clinical Toxicology (3.00 Hours)  

PP 911 - Pharmacotherapy: Neuropsychiatric Diseases (3.00 Hours) 

PP 912 - Pharmacotherapy: Cardiovascular Diseases (3.00 Hours)