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Doctor of Pharmacy Degree

The candidate studies (13) compulsory courses during the first year as shown in the following table:

Semester Code No. Course Title Credit Hours Exam. Hours Exam. Marks
Written Oral* Written Oral
First 2902 Clinical Pharmacokinetics. [4] 3 1 160 40
1901 Pharmacy Practice (I). [3] 3 1 120 30
1902 Infectious Disease Therapeutics. [2] 2 1 80 20
1903 GIT Therapeutics. [2] 2 1 80 20
1904 Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Immunological Disorders. [2] 2 1 80 20
1905 Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Endocrine Disorders. [2] 2 1 80 20
1906 Oncology Therapeutics. [3] 3 1 120 30
Second 1907 Bases of Therapeutic Literature Evaluation and Biostatistics. [3] 3 1 120 30
1908 Pharmacy Practice (II). [3] 3 1 120 30
1909 Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Cardiovascular Disorders. [3] 3 1 120 30
1910 Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Structural or Neurological Disorders. [3] 3 1 120 30
1911 Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Renal Disorders. [3] 3 1 120 30
1912 Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Respiratory Disorders. [3] 3 1 120 30
Total credit hours required 36        

* Oral Setting


Course Content of Doctor of Pharmacy Degree

Code No.&Credit Hours Course Title and Content
2902
(4+0)
Clinical Pharmacokinetics:
Introduction to advanced concept in clinical pharmacokinetics with emphasis on special patient populations and specific drugs. Drug dosing to renal impaired patients and patients with liver problems will be of interest. Mechanisms and kinetics of drug clearance through liver enzymes and cytochrom P 450 system will be discussed.
1901
(3+0)
Pharmacy Practice (I):
Pharmacy practice I provides fundamental understanding of functions, responsibities, and outcomes of pharmacy practice in modern health care system. Introducing fundamental concepts of pharmaceutical care and patient counseling with emphasis on communication skills, patient interview and medical history documentation. The course will give special interst for special patient groups [geriatric, pediatric, etc….] The course also introduces the basic techniques of physical assessment. Student will apply their medical information on several patient eases and therapeutic plans through problem based learning technique.
1902
(2+0)
Infectious Disease Therapeutics:
Introduces different antibiotics, antifungal and antiviral therapy. Case discussion incorporated for various disease states, with emphasis on drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, dosing monitoring and patient counseling.
1903
(2+0)
GIT Therapeutics:
Provides fundamental understanding of gastrointestinal tract and pathophysiology of different diseases. Topics include conditions such as peptic ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal reflux disease and drug induce peptic ulcers will be discussed through the course with emphasis on therapeutic option and significant drug interaction and patient counseling.
1904
(2+0)
Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Immunological Disorders:
Pathysiology / pharmacotherapy of common immunological disorders. Topics include conditions such as autoimmune diseases such as rheumatic disease, diabetes mellitus, addison's disease, AIDS, hepatitis pernicious anaemia, mephitis, vitiligo, multiple sclerosis.
1905
(2+0)
Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Endocrine Disorders:
The concepts of pharmaceutical with care are applied in an integrated manner with clinical sciences for patients with endocrine disorders. Topics include conditions such as diabetes mellitus; hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism will be discussed in details with emphasis on therapeutic choices, drug interaction, therapeutic monitoring and patient counseling.
1906
(3+0)
Oncology Therapeutics:
Provides understanding of basic principles of oncology. Topics such as breast cancer, leukemia and liver cancer will be discussed with emphasis on therapeutic choices, side effects, therapeutic monitoring, drug interaction and patient counseling. Nutritional support and psychological state of the cancer patients will be also introduced in brief.
1907
(3+0)
Bases of Therapeutic Literature Evaluation and Biostatistics:
Provides the basic information about literature criticism and how to evaluate information through certain scientific criteria. Basic biostatistics with regard to clinical trials using case study analysis. Introducing experimental design for clinical studies and methods of analysis in each design.
1908
(3+0)
Pharmacy Practice (II):
Pharmacy practice II provides information about OTC drug and the most common OTC products in the market with regard to the different body system. The course will discuss the condition, the OTC product and the required or desired outcome for this condition and the monitoring parameters and follow up timing with special interest in the important points that should be mentioned during patient counseling for each product (if any).
1909
(3+0)
Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Cardiovascular Disorders:
Provides basic information about circulatory system and pathophysiology of circulatory disorders. Topics such as hypertension, lipid disorders, cerebral and peripheral vascular disorders as well as anticoagulation will be of main interest in the course regarding pharmacotherapeutic choices and rationale for each choice.
1910
(3+0)
Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Structural or Neurological Disorders:
Provides information about pathophysiology and pharmacotherapeutic choices to treat condition affecting structure such as osteoporosis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis and conditions affecting the nervous system such as pain, headache, migraine and Parkinsonism.
1911
(3+0)
Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Renal Disorders:
The concepts of pharmaceutical care are applied in an integrated manner with pharmaceutical and clinical sciences for patients with renal disorders. Topics include acute and chronic glomerulonephritis, urinary tract infections, drug induced renal disorders, acute and chronic renal failure and drug dosing in renally impaired patients.
1912
(3+0)
Pharmaceutical Care for Patients With Respiratory Disorders:
The concepts of pharmaceutical care are applied in an integrated manner with pharmaceutical and clinical sciences for patients with respiratory disorders. Topics including conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, and lung cancer will be discussed through the course regarding the pathophysiology and therapeutic choices.

Doctor of Pharmacy Degree

The candidate should accomplish (2) compulsory rotation and (4) elective clinical rotations during the second year as shown in the following table:

Code No. Clinical Rotation Title Credit Hours
1913 Ambulatory Care. Compulsory Rotation 6
1914 Hospital Pharmacy Practice. 6
1915 Drug Information. Elective Rotations 6
1916 Patient Care for Chronic Diseases. 6
1917 Nephrology. 6
1918 Cardiology. 6
1919 Infectious Disease. 6
1920 Oncology. 6
Total credit hours required 36
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