Clinical Pharmacy
Student must complete 36 credit hours
Speciality Requirements Student must complete 28 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 410313 | Pharmaceutical Calculations | 2 |
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| This course deals with pharmaceutical calculations of drug dosage both in normal and special age groups like infants, patients with hepatic or renal diseases. The course also includes calculations and preparations of sterile and physiological solutions for in- patients. | |||
| 410325 | Therapeutics1 | 3 |
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| 410335 | Therapeutics 2 | 3 |
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| 410345 | Therapeutics 3 | 2 |
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| 410419 | Pharmacokinetics | 2 |
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| 410421 | Research Methodology | 2 |
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| This course looks at the application of the scientific and clinical information on the hospital work. For example, a survey of drug interactions and adverse drug reactions on drugs administered to patients and extraction and interpreting these data with statistical methods that will ultimately enhance the hospital quality control system. This should help the students to learn how to conduct and write scientific research papers. | |||
| 410425 | Drug Information | 2 |
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| In this course the student will be trained how to look up drug data and information from different resources, including internal also the student will learn how to keep updated regarding recent advances in the field of hospital pharmacy and how to evaluate modern hospital pharmacy literature. Students will do presentations that compare the efficacy of various drugs. Students will also be engaged in discussions with the medical team regarding latest medical and drug news as well as the ethical and professional conduct | |||
| 410450 | Clinical Clerkship (1) | 6 |
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| This program provides the means by which the students will extend their clinical knowledge and skills. The clinical attachment with the consultant in the ward and outpatient department will present numerous opportunities for learning. The student must take and fully use these opportunities to gain maximum benefit from the program and to progress satisfactorily in the course. The first week of the program must be spent in the hospital pharmacy to be familiar with its activities. This is followed by clinical attachments in the following specialties: Primary Care and Family Medicine: 3 weeks; Internal Medicine: 5 weeks; General Surgery: 2 weeks Intensive Care Unit: 2 weeks and Obstetrics and Gynecology: 2 weeks. Within each of the rotations the student will be required to produce a detailed evaluation of a wide range of patients; evaluate critically drug therapy and increase the effectiveness of the pharmacy input to the ward. | |||
| 410452 | Clinical Clerkship (2) | 6 |
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| This program is a continuation of 410450. The student must have clinical attachments with consultants in the following specialities: - Paediatrics: 6 weeks - Oncology: 2 weeks - ENT: 1 week - Special Surgery: 1 week - Emergency Medicine: 1 week - Psychiatrics: 2 weeks - Nuclear Medicine: 1 week. | |||
| 410999 | Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
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| A graduate student must pass a qualifying examination (See Academic Rules and Regulations for Graduate Students). | |||
Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 8 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 410314 | Pharm. Biostatistics | 2 |
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| This course looks at modern statistical methods used in drug research such as data analysis, hypothesis testing and various statistical methods. | |||
| 410318 | Pharm. Biotecnology | 2 |
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| This course deals with molecular and genetic biochemical technology with emphasis on medical uses of drugs manufactured by the biotechnological methods. This course will also deal with diseases treated with gene therapy. | |||
| 410422 | Medical Palestinian Plants | 2 |
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| This course deals with medical and drug information that pertains to local medicinal plants. It deals with the efficacy of these medicinal plants in some disease cases. | |||
| 410424 | Special Topics in Pharmacy | 2 |
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| This course deals with pharmaceutical cases related to hospital work. This course deals with interpretation of drug data analysis through the drug and disease history of the patient as well the various side reactions side reactions and complaints of the patients. | |||
| 410426 | Infectious Diseases | 2 |
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| This course is designed to explore the wide scope of clinical problems related to infectious diseases and management with emphasis on the most common conditions. Students will be taught the rational use of anti-microbial agents by discussing with them selected clinical case studies and reports. | |||
| 410428 | Cases in Clinical Biochemistry | 2 |
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| The course includes a case-study approach to present the fundamentals of biochemistry and molecular biology in the context of human disease. Cases will be carefully selected to cover common diseases and important principles.These cases will be supplemented by clinical descriptions of each disease and a comprehensive discussion of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and associated enzymatic and chemical alterations in tissues and body fluids. | |||
| 410430 | Pharmacoepidemielegy & Research Outcomes | 2 |
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| This course consists of an introduction to Clinical Pharmacy literature evaluation and critique, focusing particularly on drug utilization. The pharmaco-economics of drug utilization studies will be emphasised. | |||
| 410431 | Pharmaceutical Care | 2 |
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| In this course, students will be taught clinical pharmacy skills with special focus on patient communication, drug history of the patient, evaluation and interpretation of lab results and prescribed drugs. | |||
| 410432 | Adavanced Toxicology | 2 |
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| Students will be taught how to handle a cute poisoning with medication on household chemicals. Furthermore, students will be taught how to interpret lab data of poisoned cases. | |||
| 410433 | Drug stability | 2 |
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| In this course, drug stability liquid oral solutions and parenterals will be discussed. Chemical Kinetics of degradation as well as accelerated stability studies will be discussed. Techniques and analytical methods used to investigate chemical, physical and microbial degradation of pharmaceutical products will be studied. | |||
| 410434 | Complementary & Alternative Medicine | 2 |
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| Students will be taught various forms of alternative therapy including Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal traditional medicine and Arabic folk medicine. | |||