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May 6, 2018
On May 5, 2018, the College of Pharmacy organized a Symposium on “Evidence Based Clinical Practice” at Dusit Thani hotel in Dubai. The speakers were from the Gulf Medical University’s College of Pharmacy and from Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi. There were over 100 participants including Pharmacy practitioners, academic staffs and...
April 8, 2018
On the eve of World Health Day, April 7, 2018, final year Doctor of Pharmacy students organized a patient education program at Kenz Hypermarket in Hamidiya, Ajman. This event was organized by the College of Pharmacy in collaboration with Thumbay Group Pharmacies and the Nursing Department at Gulf Medical University. Pharmacy students...
April 1, 2018
On March 26, 2018, the Public Health Policy and Licenses Sector of the Ministry of Health issued a letter to Gulf Medical University with the following message: “Based on the meeting of the Higher Committee for the standardization of Licenses, it was decided that the graduates of the clinical pharmacy program (PharmD) will be...
March 29, 2018
On 28 March, 2018, the College of Pharmacy convened its most recent Advisory Board meeting. Agenda items included strategic planning, curriculum enhancements to the current PharmD program and a proposal for MPharm in Clinical Pharmacy program. Among the external advisory participants were, Dr.Rania El-Lababidi from Cleveland Clinic,...
March 28, 2018
On March 27, 2018, Dr. Shabaz Mohiuddin, Lecturer and Preceptor at Gulf Medical University, College of Pharmacy presented on ‘Best practices in experiential education’ as a part of the faculty development seminar at the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Shabaz introduced the core components of experiential training, and discussed the...
March 22, 2018
On March 21, 2018, Dr. Rehab Elsayed, the Pharmacy Manager at Thumbay Hospital, Ajman delivered a lecture titled ‘Medication errors’ to the faculty members and Pharmacy students at College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University (GMU). The presentation began by introducing the concept of medication errors and understanding of the...
March 16, 2018
During the International Patient Safety Week celebrations held in Thumbay Hospital Ajman on March 15, 2018, three final year PharmD students Jesty Reji, Afreen Firdaus and Sonita Anwari won the “Best Poster Presentation” award. The students displayed a poster on safe use and storage of medication at home. As summer is...
March 9, 2018
On March 8, 2018, 21 PharmD students visited Ajman Museum as a part of their ‘UAE Society’ course. The visit was led and organized by Dr. Ahmed Sebihi, Associate Professor of Islamic Culture & Social Sciences, General Education Department of Gulf Medical University. Historically, Ajman museum first opened its doors in 1981. It...
March 8, 2018
As a part of the ongoing College of Pharmacy seminar series, Ms. Rubina Rafiq Ijaz, Senior Training Manager, Gulf Pharmaceuticals Industries lectured on ‘Understanding Sterile Production cGMP’ on March 7, 2018. The objective of the seminar was to familiarize the PharmD students on the recent trends in pharmaceutical quality control...
March 6, 2018
On the 6th of March 2018, six students of Semester VI PharmD participated in the ‘Ajman 5th International Environment Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability’. They were accompanied by Ms. Burcu Aydin, the Assistant Head of Student Affairs Department, Gulf Medical University. The conference focused on climate change...