School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences

Vision

To be a nationally leading, globally recognized figure in modernizing and advancing the education of pharmaceutical, biomedical, and nutritional sciences.

Mission

To prepare distinguished clinical professionals in pharmacy, biomedical, and nutrition and dietetics for successful careers in healthcare through knowledge-based, practice-oriented, research-directing academic programs that are nationally valued and internationally accredited.

Objectives

• Generating professionals able to work collaboratively within the healthcare team with self-confidence and respect.
• Adopting and adapting state-of-the art advancements to the school's academic programs.
• Promoting development and growth of the faculty, its departments and staff, and its students and alumni.
• Supporting collaborations for multidisciplinary research, affiliations with various healthcare specialties, and initiatives for community-based health services.

Bachelor of Clinical Pharmacy Mission

Qualifying pharmacists scientifically and research ally capable to provide clinical services and community.

Bachelor of Clinical Pharmacy Objectives

• Teaching students the principles and bases of science and practice of clinical pharmacy.
• Qualifying and refining the skills necessary to practice clinical pharmacy and scientific research.
• Training students clinically and practically with community settings.
• Growing students' leadership capabilities and collaborative work.

Graduate Attributes

At the end of the program, the graduates will be able to:

• Practice pharmacy with responsibility, accountability, in a professional and ethical manner, and according to the legal rules and regulations.
• Work in a team with self-confidence, communication skills, and capabilities of time management, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making.
• Rationalize and individualize drug use in disease management through understanding disease pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, complications, and in relation to the patient-specific factors.
• Provide evidence-based, yet patient-centered pharmaceutical care through professional evaluation of patient's drug-related needs and patient's drug-related problems.
• Dispense drug prescriptions, and provide information and advice necessary for safe and effective use of drugs and disease management.
• Respond professionally to patient's self-care seeking in the various settings of community pharmacy services.
• Evaluate medical literature so as to provide information on appropriate drug use as well as to disseminate accurate and updated drug information.
• Participate in collaborative educational programs to promote disease prevention and rational drug use.
• Participate in collaborative research to improve healthcare system performance and decrease expenditure.
• Be a life-long learner for continuous improvement of professional knowledge and skills.

The Program's Intended Learning Outcomes

• A. Knowledge and Understanding
• A1. Reviewing the knowledge facts and principles of both basic and medical sciences.
• A2. Identifying the role of each pharmaceutical science in the development and use of pharmaceutical products.
• A3. Discussing disease pathophysiology and the patient's clinical presentation.
• A4. Relating the biologic effects of medicinal substances to their physicochemical properties and their interactions with the living systems.
• A5. Recalling the ethics and methods of scientific research.

• B. Intellectual Skills
• B1. Conceptualizeing pharmaceutical care as the standard framework of clinical pharmacy services in various healthcare settings.
• B2. Integrateing patient's demographic, social, and health data to discover drug-related problems.
• B3. Compareing alternative therapeutic plans for each drug-related problem based on evidence of effectiveness, safety, and cost.
• B4. Createing a patient-specific pharmaceutical care plan to achieve a definite outcome for each drug-related problem.
• B5. Proposeing research ideas based on practice gaps and improvement opportunities.

• C. Professional and Practical Skills
• C1. Provideing pharmaceutical care professionally in various pharmacy practice settings.
• C2. Communicating effectively with patients and other health care professionals.
• C3. Contributeing in developing, implementing, and monitoring pharmaceutical care plans.
• C4. Counseling patients on the purpose and expectations of drug therapy.
• C5. Documenting pharmaceutical care steps in a patient's medical record.
• C6. Responding to drug information requests in a systematic manner.

• D. General and Transferable Skills
• D1. Advocating leadership by initiating and advocating change to develop new opportunities in response to problems they identify.
• D2. Developing presentation, promotion, marketing, business administration, as well as numeric and computation skills.
• D3. Developing time management, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, and teamwork capabilities.
• D4. Communicating clearly by verbal and written means.

Vision

To achieve leadership and excellence in the field of education and qualification of medical laboratory science and research at the national and regional levels.

Mission

To provide advanced education and training to prepare highly competent medical laboratory scientists to serve patients and healthcare professionals while demonstrating high ethical standards.

Objectives

• To provide a superior and comprehensive educational program in medical laboratory sciences to students.
• To enhance critical thinking skills.
• To gain practical skills related to the laboratory field.
• To employ modern information technology related to the health and research fields.
• To collaborate with internal and external partners to achieve the research needs of the profession.

The Program's Intended Learning Outcomes

• A. Knowledge and Understanding
• A1. Demonstrating basic knowledge in both basic sciences (biology, chemistry, and statistics) and medical sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and microbiology)
• A2. Discussing the theoretical basis as well as the practical applications of biomedical sciences, such as immunology, parasitology, hematology, homeostasis, and blood bank.
• A3. Understanding pathophysiological changes in disease states to abnormalities in various medical lab test results.
• A4. Describing the principles and techniques of various laboratory procedures and principles of instruments' operation.
• A5. Explaining the role of medical labs to detect, diagnose, treat, and monitor diseases' treatment.
• A6. Relating the principles of communication, social, and administrative sciences to medical laboratory practice.
• A7. Understanding the concepts of safety and quality assurance management and their importance in medical laboratory practice.
• A8. Recognizing biological and analytical factors that affect the accuracy of laboratory tests results or interfere with them.

• B. Intellectual Skills
• B1. Integrating knowledge from basic biomedical sciences into laboratory data interpretation.
• B2. Differentiating disease-related abnormal lab test results from those caused by errors and interferences.
• B3. Combining patient information, clinical scenario, and technical skills to avoid misinterpretation of lab test results.
• B4. Merging evidence-based information and critical thinking for proper decision-making in medical laboratory practice.
• B5. Designing research proposals in various fields of medical laboratory practice.

• C. Professional and Practical Skills
• C1. Collecting, transporting, preserving, storing, and disposing of common clinical samples according to "Standard Operating Procedures".
• C2. Performing laboratory diagnostic tests commonly encountered in a hospital laboratory and research field.
• C3. Applying scientific knowledge and technical skills to operate and maintain laboratory equipment and tools.
• C4. Applying the principles of medical laboratory knowledge and technical skills in promoting accurate, precise, timely, and cost-effective medical laboratory services.
• C5. Applying computer technology in clinical laboratory data processing, data reporting, and information retrieval.
• C6. Conducting research projects in the field of biomedical science with a sense of social responsibility.
• C7. Preparing process and interpreting and presenting data using appropriate qualitative and quantitative techniques, statistical programs, and spreadsheets for presenting data.
• C8. Applying principles of finance, marketing, and human resources to manage difference medical laboratory practices and services.

• D. General and Transferable Skills
• D1. Demonstrating ethical behavior with patients, colleagues, and health care workers.
• D2. Applying the skills acquired in the program for effective leadership and advocating change to develop new opportunities for improvement.
• D3. Developing presentation, promotion, marketing, business administration, numeric, and computation skills in biomedical science.
• D4. Developing independence, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, and teamwork.
• D5. Communicating effectively with other healthcare professionals and patients and exhibiting professional ethics, attitudes, behaviors, and respect for others.
• D6. Engaging in continuous education and long-life learning.
• D7. Managing time efficiently to accomplish the tasks and technical work under pressure to reach a correct diagnosis of the patient's condition.

Vision

To achieve excellence in the field of nutrition and dietetics locally and regionally.

Mission

To contribute to health and well-being by providing highly qualified nutrition and dietetic professionals.

Objectives

• Creating a suitable environment for educational and practical purposes in the field of nutrition and dietetics.
• Supplying the medical professions with competent graduates.
• Contributing to community services.
• Increasing awareness about the role of nutrition.

The Program's Intended Learning Outcomes

• A. Knowledge and Understanding
• A1. Illustrating fundamental knowledge in the basic and medical sciences in relation to food and nutrition.
• A2. Reviewing the basics of diseases pathophysiology and explaining the role of nutrition, nutrients, and dietetics in disease prevention and treatment.
• A3. Identifying the principles of communication, social, and administrative sciences and relating them to clinical nutrition and dietetics practices.
• A4. Listing the properties and composition of different food products and explaining their values in both health and disease states.
• A5. Describing the basic principles for designing and conducting research related to production, use, and quality of nutritive products.

• B. Intellectual Skills
• B1. Merging knowledge from basic and medical sciences in the formulation and implementation of safe and effective nutritional therapy.
• B2. Integrating knowledge from nutritional and non-nutritional sciences to evaluate the nutritional needs in a patient-centered plan.
• B3. Appraising concepts, literature, and technologies critically.
• B4. Consolidating the principles of nutritional, medical, and nonmedical sciences for proper regimen selection among alternatives.
• B5. Proposing steps of calculating and modifying the required values of various macro and micro-nutrients and calories.
• B6. Appraising evidence-based information in the practice of nutritional sciences.

• C. Professional and Practical Skills
• C1. Applying principles of economics and sociology in food service management.
• C2. Developing educational services and disseminating information to community and patients about the importance of correct nutritional behaviors.
• C3. Communicating effectively with other healthcare professionals and patients with professional ethics, attitudes, and behaviors.
• C4. Developing public awareness of the importance of optimal nutrition.

• D. General and Transferable Skills
• D1. Advocating leadership by initiating changes in response to problems.
• D2. Developing presentation, promotion, marketing, business administration, numeric, and computation skills.
• D3. Developing time management skills, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, and teamwork.
• D4. Communicating clearly by verbal, non-verbal, and written means.

Mission

To shape the future of pharmacy practice through preparing competent, highly qualified, clinically-oriented, lifelong learner pharmacists with research skills and leadership capabilities directed to health and wellbeing of the community.

Master of Clinical Pharmacy Objectives

• Creating, evaluating, improving, and disseminating innovative and transformative pharmacy practice models that result in safe, cost-effective, and morally driven patient-centered care.
• Preparing graduates to become leaders capable of improving the health and wellness of individuals and communities and advancing pharmacy practice into the future.
• Stimulating a culture that promotes diversity of thought and lifelong learning within an exceptional community of students, faculty, and staff.
• Developing the skill of scientific research and innovation in all modern clinical aspects.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

Knowledge and Understanding (A)

Upon successful completion of the Master of Clinical Pharmacy Program, the graduate will be able to:

• A1 Comprehend, advance pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and discuses Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics for diseases state.
• A2 Explore patients' health-related data in disease states.
• A3 Recall the basic principles and ethics of clinical research.

Intellectual Skills (B)

Upon successful completion of the Master of Clinical Pharmacy Program, the graduate will be able to:

• B1 Integrating drug and disease knowledge with patient-specific characteristics.
• B2 Explore, classifying, prioritizing, and solving/preventing drug-related problems in each individual patient.
• B3 Consolidate evidence-based practices when making pharmacotherapy decisions.

Professional and Practical Skills (C)

Upon successful completion of the Master of Clinical Pharmacy Program, the graduate will be able to:

• C1 Prepare patient case and drug information response in an organized and logical fashion, with an assessment and plan appropriate for the clinical situation.
• C2 Implement patient-centered care as a drug expert and documenting and communicating such care with team members.
• C3 Communicate effectively during patient education and counselling, and in responding to drug information queries responsibly and professionally.
• C4 Conducting clinical research and implementing policies to improve drug use.

General and transferable Skills (D)

Upon successful completion of the Master of Clinical Pharmacy Program, the graduate will be able to:

• D1. Communicate effectively verbally and nonverbally when interacting with an individual, group, or organization.
• D2. Adopting, exercising, promoting, and appraising the culture of critical thinking.