PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy) Program

Program Details

Program Description

Bachelor of Pharmacy-PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy) is a professional degree in Pharmacy Sciences and according to newly adopted educational advancements, it is the minimum requirement to be licensed as a pharmacist in Egypt, the curriculum and experiential practices consist of 6 years (5 years of pharmaceutical & clinical studies followed by 1 year of pharmacy internships).

The student is awarded an honorary degree if his final cumulative GPA is not less than 3.00 provided that his GPA has never been less than 3.00 in any semester of study. Moreover, he should have not failed in any course during his study.

Graduates Attributes

• Have a strong and distinctive scientific structure in the fields of basic and pharmaceutical sciences, and clinical pharmacy.

• Be capable of conducting experiments, performing the necessary pharmaceutical calculations, and preparing pharmaceutical recipes.
• Be able to create and manage private pharmaceutical projects that can be a private pharmacy or a drug store or construct pharmaceutical factories with international specifications.
• Be capable of analyzing raw materials and supervising quality control in public and private labs.
• Have extensive experience in the scientific, practical and research field enabling him to work in the pharmaceutical industries in various companies, factories and laboratories of drug design, detection, and analysis.
• Be able to provide medical care for patients, which includes the appropriate selection and guidance of the drug regarding the appropriate dosage for the patient according to the need and health condition in addition to advise on the use of the drug and its expected side effects taking into consideration the conditions and ethics of the pharmacy profession and other medical professions, which ensures the patient’s safety to achieve optimum benefit from the treatment and ensures constant and reliable communication between the patient and the pharmacist.
• Be able to understand and dispense the prescriptions described to the patient and explain the information related to them (pharmaceutical doses, pharmacological reactions, side effects), be able to detect errors in the prescriptions provided and be able to communicate and interact with patients specifically and the local and regional community generally in a manner befitting the level of the profession and distinguishing him from his pharmacist colleagues and graduates of other universities.
• Have sufficient scientific knowledge and practical experience in all disciplines of pharmacy and its subjects which enable him to complete his educational career in any high specialization he desires in prestigious international universities.
• Be able to work in the government sector in all areas of hospitals, health centers, drug control and medical inspection.
• Be able to use books, references, and electronic resources in addition to using technology to conduct research and draw conclusions related to pharmaceutical, medical and drug fields, whatever his specialization is.
• Be able to work in educational institutions which require a sufficient amount of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge in addition to the distinctive personality, which in turn enables the pharmacy graduate to prove himself and achieve what he is required to do in the fields of teaching and scientific research, and thus achieve the desired excellence that qualifies him to improve and excel.
• Be a strong and diligent leader who is able to integrate and produce under the pressure of work and life, which guarantees continued success, improvement, and self-expression.

Job Opportunities

• Clinical pharmacy units in governmental and private hospitals, National cancer institute and similar medical institutes.
• Community and hospital pharmacies.
• Administration and health care settings.
• Pharmaceutical companies and factories (Human and Veterinary).
• Cosmetics companies and factories.
• Dietary Supplements & Nutraceuticals Companies and Factories.
• Herbal products companies and factories.
• Drug distribution companies.
• Drug sales and marketing.
• Academia in pharmacy education and scientific research.
• Egyptian drug authority administrations and analyses laboratories.
• Drug control and monitoring organizations and centers (local and international).
• World Health Organization.
• Preventive medicine and drug supply chains.
• Forensic Medicine Institutions.
• Drug Information & Pharmacovigilance Centers.
• Pharmaceutical and clinical studies centers and bioequivalence centers.

Getting started

• Semester 1
  
  8 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  MAT111	Mathematics I	2	0	2	0	4	3	150	6
  PMC101	Pharmaceutical Inorganic & Physical Chemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMC102	Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPC101	Botany & Medical Plants	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPH101	Pharmacy Orientation & Medical Terminology	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC0(1)	University Requirement (0)	2	0	0	0	2	0	90	4
  UC1	University Requirement (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC2	University Requirement (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 2
  
  8 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  BMS103	Anatomy & Histology (for Pharmacy)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMC103	Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMC104	Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPC102	Pharmacognosy	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPH102	Physical Pharmacy	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  UC0(2)	University Requirement (0)	2	0	0	0	2	0	90	4
  UC3	University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC4	University Requirement (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 3
  
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  BMS231	Physiology & Pathophysiology (1) (for Pharmacy)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PMC205	Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPH203	Pharmaceutics I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMB201	General Microbiology & Immunology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PBC201	Biochemistry I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  UC5	University Requirement (5)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC6	University Requirement (6)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 4
  
  8 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  BMS232	Physiology & Pathophysiology (2) (for Pharmacy)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPH204	Pharmaceutics II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMB202	Pharmaceutical Microbiology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PBC202	Biochemistry II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP201	Pharmacoeconomics	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPP202	Pharmacy Administration	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC7	University Requirement (7)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE1	Elective University (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 5
  
  7 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PMB303	Medical Microbiology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMC306	Medicinal Chemistry I	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPH305	Pharmaceutics III	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPT301	Pharmacology I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  BMS351	Pathology (for Pharmacy)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPC303	Phytochemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP303	Pharmacy Skills & Patient Counselling	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 6
  
  7 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PMB304	Parasitology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PMC307	Medicinal Chemistry II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPH306	Industrial Pharmacy	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPT302	Pharmacology II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP304	Pharmacotherapy I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP305	Integrated Case Based Learning I	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
  UE2	Elective University (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Summer
  
  1 Course
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPP306	Community Pharmacy Clerkship I	0	0	0	0.5	80	2	80	4

• Semester 7
  
  8 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPH407	Biopharmaceutics & Basics of Pharmacokinetics	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPT403	Pharmacology III & Biostatistics	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PMB405	Biotechnology	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PBC403	Clinical Biochemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP407	Pharmacotherapy II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP408	Integrated Case Based Learning II	1	0	0	0	1	1	45	2
  PPP409	Pharmaceutical Care	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE3	Elective University (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 8
  
  8 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPC404	Herbal & Alternative Medicine	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PMC408	Medicinal Chemistry III	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPT404	Basic & Clinical Toxicology	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPP410	Pharmacotherapy III	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP411	Integrated Case Based Learning III	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
  PPP412	Hospital Pharmacy	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP413	Principles of Drug Information	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  E1	Elective Course (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Summer
  
  1 Course
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPP414	Community Pharmacy Clerkship II	0	0	0	0.5	80	2	80	4

• Semester 9
  
  7 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PMB506	Public Health	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPP515	Pharmacotherapy IV	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP516	Integrated Case Based Learning IV	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
  PPP517	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP518	Community Pharmacy	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPP519	Pharmacy Seminars I	0	0	2	0	2	1	60	2
  E2	Elective Course (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 10
  
  8 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PMC511	Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
  PBC504	Clinical Nutrition	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP520	Pharmacotherapy V	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPP521	Integrated Case Based Learning V	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
  PPP522	Pharmacy Ethics & Legislation	1	0	0	0	1	1	45	2
  PPP523	Pharmacoepidemiology	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PPP524	Pharmacy Seminars II	0	0	2	0	2	1	60	2
  E3	Elective Course (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Summer
  
  1 Course
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPP532	Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice	0	0	0	1	160	4	160	7

• Semester 11
  
  3 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPP633	Advanced Institutional (hospital) Practice	0	0	0	2	320	8	320	14
  PPP634	Acute Medicine Experiences	0	0	0	2	320	8	320	14
  PPP637	Project (Part1)	0	2	0	0	2	1	60	2

• Semester 12
  
  3 Courses
  

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  PPP635	Outpatient Medicine Experiences (2 rotations)	0	0	0	2	320	8	320	14
  PPP636	Elective Experiences	0	0	0	2	320	8	320	14
  PPP638	Project (Part II)	0	2	0	0	2	1	60	2