This course covers normal and abnormal processes in the cardiovascular system and introduces clinical approaches to diagnosis and treatment of the most prevalent cardiovascular diseases.
This course covers basic pharmacology topics such as the nature of drugs, the different forms of drugs, the processes and the factors that influence their absorption, transportation, effectiveness, and elimination. Students will be able to relate the normal and abnormal processes of the autonomic nervous system and the pharmacological agents which forms the bases for the therapy for the autonomic system disorders.
This course is designed to teach graduate students the effects of drugs on different organ systems. The drugs acting on major organ systems will be reviewed (the autonomic nervous system and the cardio-vascular, respiratory, kidney, endocrine, gastrointestinal, neuromuscular transmision, antimicrobials and central nervous systems). The course will deal with understanding the molecular basis for the actions of drugs and the characteristics of interactions between drug molecules and those of the substrates of drug action in the cell. This course will be in a seminar format as well as computer based practical programs.
This course is designed to teach graduate students general principles of drug actions in the biological systems. The topics are designed to cover most of the major biological mechanisms involved in drug actions. There will also be opportunity to understand current approaches to the principles that dictate interactions of drugs with biological systems.
This course is devoted to exploring the biosynthesis, inactivation, receptors, and signaling mechanisms of neurotransmitters and chemical mediators including GABA, glutamate, acetylcholine, catecholamines, purines, peptides, prostaglandins, and histamines. In brief, the molecular and cellular aspects of receptor mechanisms as well as signaling pathways, and effector systems will be discussed. The teaching format includes Seminars and discussions.
This course is designed to teach graduate students the mechanisms involved in the actions of drugs and toxins on the target organs. The course will focus on molecular mechanism of chemically-induced toxicity to specific organs in the mammalian species. It describes the principles of cellular and molecular mechanisms of organ system toxicology with emphasis on developmental toxicology, carcinogenesis, immune toxicity, renal toxicity, hepatic toxicity and neurotoxicity.The effects of toxins on respiratory, blood, cardiac, skin and eyes at the cellular level will also be addressed in this course. Various factors affecting toxicity to each particular organ will be studied.
Advanced Pharmacotherapy courses are designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in clinical therapeutics. Students will gain the necessary skills and knowledge required to optimize patients’ treatment and design an evidence-based individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan. The course will discuss treatment of choices, adding and adjusting medications and doses. Goals of treatment and monitoring strategies, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions will be also discussed for each disease and medications. Pharmacotherapy 1 will focus on cardiovascular diseases (Hypertension, dyslipidaemia, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, venous thromboembolism, Peripheral artery disease, acute coronary syndrome, atrial fibrillation and stroke).
Advanced Pharmacotherapy courses are designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in clinical therapeutics. Students will gain the necessary skills and knowledge required to optimize patients’ treatment and design an evidence-based individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan. The course will discuss treatment of choices, adding and adjusting medications and doses. Goals of treatment and monitoring strategies, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions will be also discussed for each disease and medications. Pharmacotherapy 2 will focus on Endocrine and Renal diseases (Diabetes Mellitus type I&II, Thyroid Disorders, Adrenal Gland Disorders, Acid-Base Disorders, Acute Kidney injury, Chronic Kidney Disease).
Advanced Pharmacotherapy courses are designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in clinical therapeutics. Students will gain the necessary skills and knowledge required to optimize patients’ treatment and design an evidence-based individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan. The course will discuss the treatment of choices, adding and adjusting medications and doses. The goals of treatment and monitoring strategies, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions will be also discussed for each disease and medication. Pharmacotherapy 3 will focus on Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Rheumatology, and Bone Diseases (Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease (GERD), Peptic Ulcer, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs), Portal Hypertension and Liver Cirrhosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Osteoporosis).
Advanced Pharmacotherapy courses are designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in clinical therapeutics. Students will gain the necessary skills and knowledge required to optimize patients’ treatment and design an evidence-based individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan. The course will discuss treatment of choices, adding and adjusting medications and doses. Goals of treatment and monitoring strategies, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions will be also discussed for each disease and medications. Pharmacotherapy 4 will focus on Infectious diseases and Critical Care Conditions (CNS infections, upper and lower Respiratory Infections, urinary tract infections, sepsis and septic shock, surgical prophylaxis, invasive fungal infections, skin and soft tissues infections, Clostridium difficile infection).
This course introduces the student to their professional and clinical responsibilities as a pharmacist. The course will also provide the students with a systematic approach to patient-centred pharmaceutical care that will be applied and practiced throughout the curriculum and clinical clerkship. Topics covered include pharmaceutical care, ethical principles, providing drug information, communication skills, evidence-based medicine, collecting patient history, designing pharmacotherapy care plan, monitoring and adjusting treatment, and communicating recommendations to physicians.
This 4 Weeks internship will prepare interns to understand various disease states and pharmacotherapy as they relate to the management of patients in the ambulatory care setting. Intern will develop the necessary skills in optimizing pharmaceutical care plan including obtaining medication histories, assessing the appropriateness of medication regimens and protocols, counseling patients, monitoring therapies, and providing appropriate drug information to both patients and health-care providers.
This 2*4 Weeks internship will prepare the interns to become familiar with the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment (drug and non-drug) of disease states commonly found in the adult internal medicine patients. Intern will be able to develop skills in evaluating patient data for providing pharmaceutical care and optimal drug therapy, identifying drug-therapy related problems, and developing rational drug therapy recommendations for adult internal medicine patients. In addition, they will be able develop a basic understanding of the various diagnostic and monitoring techniques utilized in internal medicine patients.
This 4 Weeks internship will prepare interns to become familiar with the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of disease states commonly found in oncology patients. Intern will be able to provide supportive care and to develop a pharmaceutical care plan and learn the process of identifying and solving drug related problems in oncology patients.
This 4 Weeks internship will prepare interns to become familiar with the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment (drug and non-drug) of various infectious disease states. Interns should be able to develop the skills to suggest the optimum pharmaceutical care plan and learn the process of identifying and solving drug related problems to patients with certain infectious diseases. Interns will also learn the principles and develop the skills necessary for the application of antimicrobial stewardship program.
This course will provide students the chance to rotate through the laboratory of a potential supervisor to learn about the various projects in progress in that laboratory with emphasis on acquainting themselves with the type of research work and techniques being used. Regular attendance (one hour per week) and active participation of the student in observing and learning about these projects is of great importance. The students should study the literature provided by their respective supervisors and familiarize themselves with the research activities being carried out in the laboratory chosen by them.
This 4 Weeks internship will prepare interns to develop a basic understanding of disease states and conditions commonly seen in the pediatric and neonatal patient. Emphasis will be placed on the therapeutic management of pediatric patients and the unique pharmacological/pharmaceutical requirements of these patients. The role of the clinical pharmacist in the selection and monitoring of drug use in pediatric patients will be emphasized to develop a pharmaceutical care plan and learn the process of identifying and solving drug related problems among neonatal and pediatric patients.
This 4 Weeks internship will prepare interns to become familiar with the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment (drug and non-drug) of disease states commonly found in critically ill patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) and critical care unit (CCU). Intern will be able to develop a pharmaceutical care plan and learn the process of identifying and solving drug related problems to patients in the ICU and CCU.
This course is intended to guide the student in the selection, preparation, and the ethical form submission of the research proposal. After the research proposal is prepared, submitted and approved by the ethical committee, the student will continue the project in the (Research project 2). The latter is the actual conduction of the designated research project where the student collects, analyses, and prepare the research report. The student has to conclude the proposal section successfully before moving to conducting the actual research. Research projects suggested by faculty members will be announced to the students at the beginning of each fall semester. Two students will be assigned to each project and supervised by a faculty member. Research project guideline and timeline are attached in the Appendix.
A broad variety of medicinal chemistry approaches can be used for the identification of hits, generation of leads, as well as to accelerate the development of high quality drug candidates. Structure-based drug design (SBDD) methods are becoming increasingly powerful, versatile and more widely used. This course demonstrates current developments in structure-based virtual screening and receptor-based pharmacophores, highlighting achievements as well as pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic challenges, along with the value of structure-based lead optimization, with emphasis on recent examples of successful applications for the identification of novel active compounds.
The Surgery rotation is a 4 Weeks, elective, experientially oriented rotation where the Pharm-D student will be exposed to medication management in the surgical care setting. This will include but will not be limited to peri-operative medication management, antimicrobial surgical prophylaxis, deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis and the ordering and monitoring of total parenteral nutrition hospital-wide.
This 2*4 Weeks internship will prepare interns to become familiar with the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment (drug and non-drug) of disease states commonly found in the adult internal medicine patients. Intern will be able to develop skills in evaluating patient data for providing pharmaceutical care and optimal drug therapy, identifying drug-therapy related problems, and developing rational drug therapy recommendations for adult internal medicine patients. In addition, they will be able develop a basic understanding of the various diagnostic and monitoring techniques utilized in internal medicine patients.
Advanced Pharmacotherapy courses are designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in clinical therapeutics. Students will gain the necessary skills and knowledge required to optimize patients’ treatment and design an evidence-based individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan. The course will discuss treatment of choices, adding and adjusting medications and doses. Goals of treatment and monitoring strategies, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions will be also discussed for each disease and medications. Pharmacotherapy 5 will focus on Neurological, Psychiatric, Hematological, and Oncology diseases (Anxiety, Depression, Alzheimer’s disease, Epilepsy, Attention deficit hyperactivity Disease, Parkinson disease, Schizophrenia, Haematological malignancies, Oncology Supportive Care, Breast, Colorectal, Lung Cancers).
This 4 weeks internship will prepare the interns to become familiar with variety of aspects of a hospital pharmacy in both outpatient and inpatient pharmacy settings including the prescription processing, unit dose, intravenous admixture and parenteral fluids preparation, purchasing and inventory control, quality assurance, medication reconciliation, medication use evaluation, medication safety, clinical pharmacy services, regulatory requirements of drug distribution, disposal, controlled substances, investigational medication distribution, medical literature, and others issues related to hospital pharmacy practice. In addition, this internship will allow the students to gain professional skills toward patients interviewing and counseling and develop advanced communication skills with hospital pharmacy staff and other health care professionals. Students will be given the opportunity to develop manager/leadership skills through active participations in discussions and meetings concerning ethical issues encountered in practice, health care policy, pharmacy’s quality improvement program, and participation in the design, development, and marketing of patient services.
This course will guide the student, through a step by step on how to conduct their research study that was approved at the end of Research project 1 course. The students are expected to collect their research data, enter data into SPSS, analyse data, write study results and discuss their research findings. At the end of this course, the students are expected to submit a final research report in the form of a manuscript. Two students will be assigned to each project and supervised by a faculty member. Research project timeline and other related documents are attached in the Appendix
This course aims to develop and integrate the advanced knowledge and skills required to apply Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) concepts to calculate and formulate proper dosing regimens. Students will learn how to apply the PK-PD values in selecting and monitoring drug therapy regimens that maximize the drug efficacy and minimize the toxicity. In addition, students will learn how to use the PK-PD models and formulas appropriately to determine and select the proper therapy and dose that account for various factors such as patient’s characteristics, liver and kidney, and other organs functions, disease state, drug-food, and drug-drug interactions.
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