Overview

The Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree program of Gulf Medical University, College of Pharmacy, has been granted International-Accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and national accreditation by the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR), UAE. The aim of the program is to prepare and graduate professional pharmacists who are drug therapy experts. Starting with a solid foundational knowledge base in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences in the initial phase, students quickly and smoothly move into the pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacy phase of the program. Professional skills labs offer an opportunity for clinical simulations and roleplay preparing our students for early exposure into the “real practice” environment. The Bachelor of Pharmacy program offers GMU students pharmacy practice experiences in GMU affiliated hospitals, clinics and community pharmacies. Despite the large number of healthcare facilities that are affiliated with GMU, the College of Pharmacy has developed key partnership with other hospitals including Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Hospital Ajman. These diverse experiences in such advanced healthcare practice environments provide our graduates with the needed pharmacy practice skills required to succeed as they move on to be professional pharmacy practitioners anywhere in the world. Pharmacy Practice Experiences (PPE) amount to a total of 2560 contact hours in affiliated and partner healthcare facilities in UAE and abroad. These experiences are modeled after North American programs in a well-structured manner with specific activities aiming at attaining specific skills and competencies that relate to the overall program learning outcomes. Select students have the opportunity to do one of their PPE rotations in one of our partner institutions in the United States e.g. Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Saint Joseph in Connecticut and others. Our BPharm students engage in undergraduate research with their faculty supervisors and present their research at national and international scientific conferences. Their work is published in peer-reviewed reputable international scientific journals. Select students are given the opportunity to undergo a summer research internship at one of our partner institutions in the United States e.g. Virginia Commonwealth University.