Clinical Pharmacy and Health Informatics Diploma

Overview

The Diploma is a credit hours-based postgraduate program that is offered by the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research and the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology at the German University in Cairo. The program is carefully designed to target the different fields of clinical pharmacy, including pharmacotherapy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacy practice, clinical nutrition, pharmacovigilance, and pharmacoeconomics, from the theory as well as practice perspectives. Moreover, the program has a continuous follow up and evaluation plan for the candidates through assignments, practice-based activities, journal club, final exams, and a graduation research project. Other remarks that make this program unique include: Placement test for candidate selection and prominent national and international instructors

Eligibility

The Diploma in “Clinical Pharmacy” is intended for those who have earned a “Bachelor in Pharmacy” degree, or equivalent.

Employability of the Diploma in “Clinical Pharmacy”

Employability

The Diploma in “Clinical Pharmacy” graduate can be employed in widely varied fields including:

• Healthcare settings, like hospitals, among others
• Pharmaceutical industry (Training and clinical research)
• Regulatory authorities
• Clinical research organizations
• Academia

Objectives of the Diploma in “Clinical Pharmacy”

At the completion of the Diploma in “Clinical Pharmacy” a graduate will be able to:

• retrieve and professionally communicate the optimum up-to-date management plans for different disease areas with the healthcare team members
• communicate with the patient for proper education and counseling related to the drug therapy
• conduct clinical research, and criticize and interpret the published literature
• represent the mandatory role of the pharmacy profession in the different areas of practice