The two Doctor of Pharmacy students from UBC with QU professors.
Doha: As a part of students exchange programme between Qatar University College of Pharmacy (QU-CPH) and University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, Andrew Overend and John Anthony, UBC Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students, visited QU-CPH to complete a one month internship focused on academic pharmacy.
PharmD students were involved in a variety of activities during the four-week rotation. In the first two weeks of the rotation, they had meetings with the Deans of the College, Chairs of Departments, and faculty members with administrative portfolios to learn about their roles and activities.
In addition, they visited the Pharmacy and Drug Control at the Ministry of Public Health to learn about the licensing of new drugs in Qatar. For teaching related experience, they contributed to professional skills lab, integrated case based learning (ICBL), structured multi-skill assessment (SMSA), and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).
Furthermore, they contributed to other activities such as validation of the oral comprehensive examination for the PharmD programme and participation in an outreach event on COVID-19. Finally, to learn about patient care in Qatar, they visited four Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) hospitals/centres (Al Khor, Al Wakra, and Hamad General Hospital, Women’s Wellness and Research Centre), Sidra Hospital, and Wellcare Community Pharmacy to observe the activities of healthcare professionals. In addition to having the opportunities to interact with QU-CPH pharmacy students.
QU-CPH Acting Dean Dr. Feras Alali said: “CPH is keen to provide international students the opportunity to experience Qatar and its clinical and educational system. As an accredited programme and through our reciprocal agreement with leading universities, we are able to provide a rich insightful and life-changing experience to our hosted students.”
