Bachelor of Pharmacy-B Pharm

Program Description

This program offers several unique features among other pharmacy programs in Egypt: The program comprises 195 credit hours their assessment results graded from F up to A and 640 hours of summer training as experiential learning their assessment results graded as Satisfactory “S” or Fail “F” and their successful completion is required for graduation. These credits are distributed among courses that employ a variety of educational and assessment techniques including the traditional didactic lectures in addition to the nontraditional problem-based and team-based learning modules aiming to maximize student engagement and broaden the scope of learning. The course content is designed to offer the students a stepwise exposure to the different professional competencies with increasing depth as study levels progress. A single competency will be targeted by several courses in a spiral manner and integrated within a matrix of other relevant competencies to achieve the desired practice and knowledge educational outcomes. Some courses are grouped into knowledge clusters to link related scientific fields and highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the pharmacy profession. The contents of the courses in the same cluster delivered by different departments in the college and are fully integrated so that topics are interrelated to make the best use of time, eliminate redundancy, and enhance the achievement of educational outcomes and facilitate academic advising. Although courses in the same cluster are not co-requisite for each other, it is advisable that the student enroll in these courses in the same semester to facilitate the flow of knowledge. Nonetheless, if a student failed to enroll in any of the courses in a certain cluster, this will never jeopardize his progress and achievements in the program. Other courses that are taught in the same semester and not integrated in a cluster serve to develop diverse competencies needed in the field of pharmacy.

Learning Outcomes

• The College of Pharmacy at the AASTMT will offer a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm). The Bachelor of Pharmacy Program is carefully designed and will be continuously updated according to national and international needs and requirements in the healthcare sector. The main goals of the program are to produce well trained pharmacy graduates who can effectively handle healthcare challenges in the local and regional practice using the updated guidelines for care and to integrate recent advances in education, research and practice to enhance career path and development of the pharmacists. In the future, the College will indulge in the world-class research in both basic and applied pharmaceutical sciences, clinical pharmacy sciences, and health services. This will help the College to contribute to the professional education of practitioners and provide an intellectual and academic atmosphere in the community.