Pharmacy Qatar University

Overview

The Pharmacy program at Qatar University advances pharmaceutical and health outcomes by the conduct of internally and externally funded independent and collaborative research, and to disseminate the results of these efforts at well-recognized local, regional, and international conferences and in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals.

Key facts

Graduates of the major in Pharmacy will foster student achievement and mastery of the desired educational outcomes specific to the pharmacy degree, including:           

• Care Provider: Pharmacy graduates use their knowledge, skills and professional judgment to provide pharmaceutical care and to facilitate management of patient’s medication and overall health needs.

• Communicator: Pharmacy graduates communicate with diverse audiences, using a variety of strategies that take into account the situation, intended outcomes of the communication and the target audience.

• Collaborator: Pharmacy graduates work collaboratively with teams to provide effective, quality health care and to fulfill their professional obligations to the community and society at large.

• Leader/Manager: Pharmacy graduates use management skills in their daily practice to optimize the care of patients, to ensure the safe and effective distribution of medications, and to make efficient use of health resources.

• Health Advocate: Pharmacy graduates use their expertise and influence to advance the health and well-being of individual patients, communities, and populations, and to support pharmacist’s professional roles.

• Scholar: Pharmacy graduates have and can apply the core knowledge and skills required to be a medication therapy expert, and are able to master, generate, interpret and disseminate pharmaceutical and pharmacy practice knowledge.

• Professional: Pharmacy graduates honor their roles as self-regulated professionals through both individual patient care and fulfillment of their professional obligations to the profession, the community and society at large. Adopted for the purposes of CCAPP Accreditation from the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Educational Outcomes for a Baccalaureate Pharmacy Graduate in Canada.