A student is granted a Master Degree in Clinical Pharmacy after the successful completion of the following requirements:
1. Finishing pre-requisite courses determined by the Department.
2. Completing at least a total 36 credit hours with grade point average of not less than 2.5 (75%).
1) Compulsory Courses : (28 Credit Hours) Course
Number
Course Name Credit
Hours 410313 Pharmaceutical Calculations 2 410315 Therapeutic 3 410317 Advanced Therapeutics 3 410421 Research Methodology 2 410423 Seminar* 0 410425 Drug Information 2
410427 Advanced Clinical Pharmacokinetics 3
410429 Applied Computer Skills 1
410450 Clinical Clerkship (1) 6
410452 Clinical Clerkship (2) 6
* A student should attend and participate in classes, and a pass or fail grade is given accordingly.
2) Elective Courses: Student must select 8 credit hours from the following list of courses:
Course Number
Course Name Credit
Hours
410314 Pharmaceutical Biostatistics 2
410318 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2
410422 Medicinal Palestinian Plants 2
410424 Selected Pharmacy Topics 2
410426 Infectious Diseases 2
410428 Cases in Clinical Biochemistry 2
410430 Pharmacoepidemiology & Research
Outcomes* 2
410431 Pharmaceutical Care* 2
410432 Advanced Toxicology 2
410433 Drug Stability 2
410434 Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2 *Prerequisite: (410315).
3) Comprehensive Examination (410999):
Course Description
Pharmaceutical calculations (410313):
This course deals with pharmaceutical calculations of drug dosage both in normal and special age groups like infants, patients with hepatic or renal diseases. The course also includes calculations and preparations of sterile and physiological solutions for in- patients.
Pharmaceutical Bio-statistics (410314):
Modern statistical methods used in drug research such as data analysis, hypothesis testing and various statistical methods.
Therapeutics (410315):
The Therapeutic courses are essential in this program. In this course, detailed study of drug – body interactions are encountered. Students will learn how to make a decision regarding the drug of choice for each diseased state. Body organs and systems are studied in detail including the various diseases that affect each system with full description of clinical symptoms. The first part covers Cardiovascular, GIT, Cancer and Endocrine pharmacotherapy.
Advanced Therapeutics (410317):
In this course students will study the CNS, Respiratory and Infectious diseases, drug interaction, drug compliance and clinical toxicology of some important drugs.
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (410318):
Deals with molecular and genetic biochemical technology with emphasis on medical uses of drugs manufactured by the biotechnological methods. This course will also deal with diseases treated with gene therapy.
Research Methodology (410421):
It is the application of the scientific and clinical information on the hospital work. For example, a survey of drug interactions and adverse drug reactions on drugs administered to patients and extraction and interpreting these data with statistical methods that will ultimately enhance the hospital quality control system. This should help the students to learn how to conduct and write scientific research papers.
Medicinal Palestinians Plants (410422):
Deals with medical and drug information that pertains to local medicinal plants. It deals with the efficacy of these medicinal plants in some disease cases.
Seminar (410423):
Selected topics in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy will be discussed through seminars presented by the students. Emphasis will be given to the most recent issues such as economic impacts of pharmaceutical care, future directions for pharmacy practice, drug use evaluation, pharmacoepidemiology and other related topics.
Selected Pharmacy Topics (410424):
This course deals with pharmaceutical cases related to hospital work. This course deals with interpretation of drug data analysis through the drug and disease history of the patient as well the various side reactions side reactions and complaints of the patients.
Drug Information (410425):
In this course the student will be rained how to look up drug data and information from different resources. Including internal also the student will learn how to keep updated regarding recent advances in the field of hospital pharmacy and how to evaluate modern hospital pharmacy literature. Student will do presentations that compare the efficacy of various drugs. Students will also be engaged in discussions with the medical team regarding latest medical and drug news as well as the ethical and professional conduct.
Infectious Diseases (410426):
This course is designed to explore the wide scope of clinical problems related to infectious diseases and management with emphasis on the most common conditions. Students will be taught the rational use of anti-microbial agents by discussing with them selected clinical case studies and reports.
Advanced Clinical Pharmacokinetics (410427):
Deals with drug distribution and disposition in the body as applied to their therapeutic use. This course teaches the effect of disease state on drug kinetics as well as therapeutic drug monitoring.
Cases in Clinical Biochemistry (410428):
The course includes a case-study approach to present the fundamentals of biochemistry and molecular biology in the context of human disease. Cases will be carefully selected to cover common diseases and important principles.These cases will be supplemented by clinical descriptions of each disease and a comprehensive discussion of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and associated enzymatic and chemical alterations in tissues and body fluids.
Applied Computer Skills (410429):
This course enables student to gain skills used in applications of computers & internet in the different fields of pharmacy.
Pharmacoepidemiology & Research Outcomes (410430):
An Introduction to Clinical Pharmacy literature evaluation and critique; particularly those focusing drug utilization, Pharmaco-economics of drug utilization studies will be emphasized.
Pharmaceutical Care (410431):
In this course, students will be taught clinical pharmacy skills with special focus on: patient communication, drug history of the patient, evaluation and interpretation of lab results and prescribed drugs.
Advanced Toxicology (410432):
Students will be taught how to handle a cute poisoning with medication on household chemicals. Furthermore, students will be taught how to interpret lab data of poisoned cases.
Drug Stability (410433):
In this course, drug stability liquid oral solutions and parenterals will be discussed. Chemical Kinetics of degradation as well as accelerated stability studies will be discussed. Techniques and analytical methods used to investigate chemical, physical and microbial degradation of pharmaceutical products will be studied.
Complementary & Alternative Medicine (410434):
Students will be taught various forms of alternative therapy; Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal traditional medicine and Arabic folk medicine.
Clinical Clerkship (I) (410450):
This program provides the means by which the students will extend their clinical knowledge and skills. The clinical attachment with the consultant in the ward and outpatient department will present numerous opportunities for learning. The student must take and fully use these opportunities to gain maximum benefit from the program and to progress satisfactorily in the course. The first week of the program must be spent in the hospital pharmacy to be familiar with its activities. This is followed by clinical attachments in the following specialties: Primary Care and Family Medicine: 3 weeks; Internal Medicine: 5 weeks; General Surgery: 2 weeks Intensive Care Unit: 2 weeks and Obstetrics and Gynecology: 2 weeks. Within each of the rotations the student will be required to produce a detailed evaluation of a wide range of patients; evaluate critically drug therapy and increase the effectiveness of the pharmacy input to the ward.
Clinical Clerkship (II) (410452):
This program is a continuation of 410450. The student must have clinical attachments with consultants in the following specialties; Pediatrics: 6 weeks; Oncology: 2 weeks; ENT: 1 week; Special Surgery: 1 week; Emergency Medicine: 1 week; Psychiatrics: 2 weeks and Nuclear Medicine: 1 week.