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April 26, 2023
Muwanga Victor Mubezi, a fourth-year PharmD student at GMU and leader of the Public Health Committee in IVPN-Student Network, was selected as a moderator for an upcoming joint event between IVPN-Student Network and the Lebanese Pharmacy Student’s Association (LPSA). The focus of this collaborative event is to provide education to pharmacy...
April 26, 2023
Gulf Medical University’s Journal Club series featured a presentation by one of its own faculty from the College of Pharmacy on the use of corticosteroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia. Dr. Ahmad El Ouweini, Clinical Lecturer, GMU College of Pharmacy and Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist, Preceptor at Thumbay University...
April 25, 2023
Dr. Eman El-labbad, Assistant Dean of Assessment and Evaluation College of Pharmacy and Director of the Centre of Interprofessional Education Research and Practice at Gulf Medical University participated in the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) virtual town hall meeting to discuss the draft 2023 IPEC Core Competencies for...
April 15, 2023
As part of an international student exchange program, two pharmacy students from Virginia Commonwealth University, Victoria Vo and Tryphena Frimpong, recently participated in a Journal Club activity at Gulf Medical University in UAE. The students traveled to UAE to complete a month-long clinical training program at Thumbay University...
April 14, 2023
Gulf Medical University’s College of Pharmacy hosted a research seminar on April 14th by Dr. Noha N. Nassar, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cairo University Faculty of Pharmacy. Dr. Nassar’s studies are primarily focused on signaling mechanisms and mediators associated with neurodegenerative diseases, as well as those...
April 12, 2023
On April 12, 2023, GMU College of Pharmacy organized a session on Student Reflections in collaboration with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy. Preceptor Showcase is a series of pharmacy preceptor development sessions, the first session was on Rotation Orientation and the second was on Rotation...
April 10, 2023
In a recent community engagement activity held on April 10, GMU-IVPN Club pharmacy students took the lead in counseling patients on the proper use of medications during the month of Ramadan. During the holy month of Ramadan, the students recognized the importance of educating patients on how to manage their medications while fasting. ...
April 10, 2023
In an effort to promote the importance of pharmacists in the administration of drugs via feeding tubes, final year pharmacy students from Gulf Medical University organized an online webinar titled “The Role of Pharmacists in Drug Administration via Feeding Tubes” on April 10, 2023. The webinar, which was conducted via Zoom, was...
April 7, 2023
The College of Pharmacy at Gulf Medical University (GMU) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently hosted a heart-warming iftar gathering for faculty and staff to celebrate the spirit of Ramadan. The iftar gathering provided an opportunity for the GMU community to come together in a festive atmosphere, share in the blessings of Ramadan,...
April 5, 2023
During the Holy month of Ramadan, IVPN-Network and Lebanese Pharmacy Students Association (LPSA) co-organized a series of webinars related to Ramadan fasting and its health benefits, along with medications and nutrition management during the month of Ramadan. On April 5th, which marked the first session of this series, Dr. Ahmad El Ouweini,...