Pharmacy Education in UAE: Are we moving in the right direction?

Pharmacy education in the modern world focuses on providing students with knowledge, skills and attitude that enable the graduates to perform the role of the pharmacist as a health care professional, working side by side with rest of the healthcare team. Since the pharmacy profession today is about patient care and putting patients first, any modern pharmacy curriculum around the world will provide a balance of courses and experiences that enables the pharmacy graduate to fulfill the noble role of the pharmacist in providing the best possible patient care, as it relates to the safe and effective use of medicine. A general belief is that pharmacist’s role beyond dispensing medication may be unnecessary and expensive and can be covered by physicians or nurses. Experience around the world has shown otherwise. The pharmacist role in patient care has been shown to reduce medication errors that often lead to serious health problems. It also leads to less patient suffering and a reduced social and economic burden where patients are expected to require less hospitalization, emergency room visits and hospital readmissions. At Gulf Medical University, we are trending with ever so changing requirements of healthcare industry and believe in equipping our graduates with the skills, knowledge and experience they need to be job ready from the very first day and hit the ground running upon their graduation. For more details, visit: https://theknowledgereview.com/pharmacy-education-uae-moving-right-direction/