College of Pharmacy is proud to announce that Dr. Shabaz Mohiuddin Gulam and Dr. Fithawit Bahran Gebreigziabher from the Department of Pharmacy Practice have successfully passed the UAE Ministry of Health’s Clinical Pharmacist evaluation and interview on 3rd February 2021. Dr. Fithawit Bahran is a College of pharmacy GMU alumni and currently our clinical preceptor, who took the path of two years clinical practice experience following her PharmD towards achieving this licensure. Earlier in October of 2020, Dr. Jumana Al Salloum was the first GMU graduate to be granted this licensure. [News Link]

COP encourages all its alumni with two years of clinical practice experience to pursue clinical pharmacist licensure to advance the pharmacy profession in UAE and the region.
Vice Chancellor for Quality & Global Engagement and Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Prof. Sherief Khalifa commented: We are very proud of our preceptors as they continue to be role models for their students providing exemplary attitude towards life long learning.