070115400 COMMUNITY PHARMACY AND FIELD TRAINING I A ( 2 Crd.Hrs )

This is an extended pharmacy students’ training course that is conducted in an actual pharmacy setting after finishing the third year of the program. In the field training I course, students are expected to complete a total of 600 hours of training in which they apply and incorporate technology in pharmacy practice, have a good command of the drugs’ brand names and different available pharmaceutical dosage forms, be able to properly handle prescriptions as well as acquire and develop the professional skills for proper interaction and communication with patients and other health care providers. The training will also be accompanied by weekly meetings with the faculty for continuous follow-up and a series of guiding topic-centered lectures covering a wide array of drug classes pharmacology, proper pharmacy practice and multiple other pharmaceutical-related topics in a manner that translates the acquired theoretical knowledge into real-life practice.