About Clinical Pharmacy Department

The department is concerned with teaching clinical pharmacy courses that aim to provide the student with applied information that qualifies him to provide better services to patients, which contributes to raising the level of health care in general and the proper use of medicine in particular. Clinical pharmacy, in its broad concept, is based on the fact that the pharmacist has an essential role within the health care team.This includes meeting the patient, following up on drug treatment, providing health advice and guidance to the patient regarding the correct method and optimal use of the drug, and ensuring that there are no drug interactions. The clinical pharmacist also provides the doctor, the patient, and the nursing staff with basic drug information that will make the work of the treating medical team successful. Performing his mission.

The department teaches a number of theoretical and practical courses that aim to provide the student with primary information about diseases, their causes, symptoms, development, and methods of preventing and treating them, as well as identifying methods for treating diseases and discussing the therapeutic effect of various drugs through a correct understanding of drug kinetics and the meaning of clinical test results and the ability to recognize Side effects and toxicity of medications.

The department trains students in the field of clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, and drug and poison information centers through intensive practical programs in teaching hospitals and other sites where the pharmacist practices work in correct scientific ways.