Our Masters in Clinical Pharmacy is a program designed to support pharmacists to develop the knowledge, clinical skills and behaviors required to provide more patient-centered care as part of multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
To revolutionize clinical pharmacy practice and healthcare through interdisciplinary education, training and research.
Our mission is to educate and inspire a diverse group of professional clinical pharmacists to be leaders, advance patient care, and improve health for all.
We seek to create, disseminate, and apply new knowledge that endows our graduates with the skills, abilities, behaviors, and attitudes necessary to apply the clinical sciences to the provision of inter-professional patient-centered care, management of medication use systems, advocacy of population health and wellness, and collaborative discovery and implementation of solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s healthcare problems.
The following are the MSc. Clinical Pharmacy program’s educational objectives (PEOs):
On successful completion of this program, the graduate will be able to:
| # | Program Learning Outcome | Aligned with L9 QFE Descriptor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Demonstrate a comprehensive, up-to-date knowledge in delivering specialized clinical services required, building on the existing knowledge of disease states, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and therapeutics to be implemented in the clinical practice |
QFE 2, 3, 5 |
| 2 |
Design a complex personalized pharmaceutical care plans, considering comorbidities and socioeconomic factors to optimize patient health outcomes |
QFE 4, 7 |
| 3 |
Demonstrate effective inter-professional teamwork in complex clinical situations, ensuring accurate and reliable communication with specialist and non-specialist audiences (e.g.: healthcare providers and patients) |
QFE 5, 8 |
| 4 | Detect, predict, prevent, and report adverse drug reactions, medication errors, and other aspects of medication safety. Provide advanced and specialized recommendations for patient safety | QFE 1, 2, 8 |
| 5 | Critically evaluate the literature and undertake practice-based research to enhance problem-solving skills and employ it into the clinical practice. | QFE 7, 8 |
| 6 |
Utilize self and continuing professional learning skills at an advanced level to continuously enhance pharmacy professional practice. |
QFE 1, 5 |
| 7 |
Apply ethical and evidence-based pharmacy practices in complex decision-making processes. |
QFE 9 |
Leadership Positions
As a clinical pharmacist, your opportunities to be a leader are greatly expanding. All pharmacists are leaders in their everyday practices by successfully influencing the behavior of physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, interns, support staff, and others to enhance medication safety and optimize patient outcomes. Formal leadership positions are also available to those interested. Within these roles, practitioners may hold many different titles and responsibilities while working with other health care professionals in promoting superior patient care:
Academia and Clinical Pharmacy Careers
Clinical pharmacists interested in teaching can working in universities and teaching in colleges of pharmacy.
Research-Oriented Careers
The demand for clinical pharmacist scientists is becoming more widespread within the healthcare arena. Clinical scientists can oversee clinical development strategies, design studies, and analyze data for publication. Other areas include participation and leading preclinical studies on new technologies, and developing protocols for pharmacogenomics and biomarkers. Clinical research does not only involve a “lab-type” research setting. Clinical research also involves studies of human subjects, not limited to surveys, cross-sectional, case-series, case-control, cohort, and first-in-human studies, proof-of-principle projects, and all phases of clinical trials.
Hospital careers
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| EmSAT | TOEFL ITP | IELTS Academic |
|---|---|---|
| 1400 | 550 | 6 |
| * The exception to this requirement applies to students whose mother tongue is English and who finished a Bachelor’s degree from an institution where English is the language of instruction in an English-speaking country. | ||
If a holder of a bachelor's degree with a CGPA of (3.00 to 4) or equivalent, and does not meet the English language condition set above, he/she should:
If a holder of a bachelor's degree with a CGPA less than (3 out of 4) or equivalent, and meets the English language condition, he/she should:
If a holder of a bachelor's degree with a CGPA less than (3 out of 4) or equivalent, and does not meet the English language condition set above, he/she should:
To obtain a “Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy”, a student must successfully complete 36 credit hours, including 24 credit hours of didactic courses, 6 credit hours of the clinical and a dissertation of 6 credit hours. with minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3 out of 4.
| Course No | Course Title | CR.H. | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialization Courses (36) CR.H. | |||
| (1) Core Compulsory Courses (24) CR.H | |||
| 0202611 | Biostatistics and Research Design | 2 | |
| 0202612 | Pharmacotherapeutics- cardiovascular | 3 | |
| 0202613 | Pharmacotherapeutics - Infectious Diseases | 3 | |
| 0202614 | Pharmacotherapeutics-Respiratory and GIT | 3 | |
| 0202615 | Pharmacotherapeutics- Endocrinology and CNS | 3 | |
| 0202616 | Advanced Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 2 | |
| 0202617 | Advanced Pharmacy Practice | 3 | |
| 0202680 | Selected topics in Pharmacy Practice | 2 | |
| 0202619 | Evidence Based Practice | 3 | |
| (2) Internship (6) CR.H | |||
| 0202690 | Clinical Clerkship | 6 | |
| (3) Thesis (6) CR.H | |||
| 0202699 | Dissertation | 6 | (0202690) |
Clerkship duration is 24 weeks divided into 6 rotations (4 weeks each rotation). This clinical training will be conducted in Department of Health- Abu Dhabi approved clinical settings. The rotation should cover four weeks’ rotations in each of the following five mandatory clinical (core) rotations:
In addition to another 4 weeks of elective clinical rotations. Elective clinical rotations should fill reminder of the weeks dedicated for clinical clerkship training:
Students have to complete the first year successfully and pass the pre-clerkship exam before they can proceed for training. Students have to do a total of six rotations, each one will be four-weeks long. These hours will be arranged on individual bases based on hospital policies, availability of preceptors, and students’ timeframe.
| Clinical clerkships | Credit Hours | Duration (weeks) | Duration (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Medicine-1 | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Internal Medicine–2 | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Critical or Intensive Care | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Ambulatory Care | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Surgery | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Credit hours and contact duration | 5 | 20 | 800 |
| Infectious Diseases | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Psychiatry Care | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Pediatric Care | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Gynecology and Obstetrics | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Oncology Care | 1 | 4 | 160 |
| Total credit hours and contact duration | 6 | 24 | 960 |
College of Pharmacy
Al Ain University
P.O. Box. 64141 Al Ain - United Arab Emirates
Tel. : +971 3 7024888
Fax : +971 3 7024777
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