Pharmacy Practice

About the Department


Mission

The mission of the Department is to excel in education and research in clinical pharmacy through collaboration with other departments, programs and community, to prepare life- long learners having knowledge and skills required for evidenced based patient centered care for prevention and treatment of diseases. The department is also committed to improve the health of the community through provision of pharmaceutical care services to fill the gaps in patient care.

Goals & Objectives

  • Provide challenging and quality course work and experiential education to prepare life-long learners.
    1. Develop integrated course plan: ILO’, blue printing
    2. Apply students centered, service learning and Case based teaching
    3. Library assignments and projects
    4. Assessments: case based, assessing higher learning levels of students
  • Develop, implement and continuously improve Experiential learning programs of the Department
    1. Preceptors training
    2. Sites development
    3. Improvement of manuals
  • Recommend, recruit, develop and retain experienced faculty both for didactic teaching and perception
    1. Assist recruitment committee
    2. Support Faculty development program:
      • Departmental staff development program
      • Preceptors training program
      • COCP and University Level programs
      • National and International
  • Provide excellent Administrative and collegial environment
    1. Orientation of new faculty
    2. Meetings SOPs
    3. Facilities for students and staff
    4. Social gatherings
  • Collaborate with other Departments and programs for Inter Professional Education and Research
    1. Inter Professional Education
    2. Research
  • Contribute to COCP and KFU mission in teaching research and Community Engagement
    1. Research targets:
      • KFU research grant target
      • National (KACST)
      • International
      • Students research
    2. Community Engagement
      • Provision of Pharmaceutical Care/Clinical Pharmacy Services in various health care settings of the region
      • Service learning in different courses
      • Community/practice based research
      • Community Service: Educate/assist Community/Hospital pharmacists through Lectures

Faculty members


Haytham Abdulaziz Wali

Office IP: 6476

Fatmah Hassan Alsummani
Elwalid elshafi Elhassan
Amal Khaleel Abualhommos

Office IP: 9830

Afzal Haq Asif Chauhdary

Office IP: 9790

Amira Samir Seddik

Office IP: 7357

Khalid Abdullah Alhussain

Office IP: 7357

khalifia Yuosof Alrajah
Dalia Ahmed Elmaghraby

Office IP: 9827

Sara ibrahem Alamer
Sarah Khalid Al Hussain
Sarah Saad Alnami

Office IP: 9295

saja Ibrahim Alhawas
Sufyan Mohammed Alomair

Office IP: 5831

Sulaiman Mohammed Almohaish

Office IP: 9832

Sahar Mohamed Aly Ibrahim
Alya Salah Balghonaim

Office IP: 6295

Abdulrahman Abdullah Alnijadi

Office IP: 6439

Abdulaziz Saleh Almulhim

Office IP: 8497

Abdullah Mahdi Al Hamid

Office IP: 4873

Ali Ahmed Alshammari
Ali Mahroos Aldayyen

Office IP: 6903

Faten yosaf Alhmidan
Fatmah Fouad Aldogan
Mohamed Abdulrahman Albekery

Office IP: 8102

Mohammed Abdulrazaq Alabdulwahed
Marwah Eissa Alnewis

Office IP: 8445

Maryam Jamal Alsaeed
Monther Abdalmohsin Alsultan

Office IP: 5446

Mansour Mutlaq Alotaibi

Office IP: 8479

Maha Sami AlKhaldi

Office IP: 6295

Maitham Abdullah Al Hawaj

Office IP: 9683

Najla salah ahmed ALshaikmobarak
Nosyba Mostafa Adlan
Norah Abdulmohsen M. Albanyan

Office IP: 6945

Amal Khalil Suleiman

Office IP: 9061

Rina Tripathi

Office IP: 7685

مواد القسم


Serial Course Code ​Course No. Subject Units Contact hours
1 PP-1 2030111 Pharmacy Orientation (2+0) 2
2 PP-2 2030221 Pharmaceutical Care-1 (0+1) 3
3 PP-3 2030222 Therapeutics-1 (4+1) 7
4 PP-4 2030231 IPPE-1 (0+2) 6
5 PP-5 2030311 Therapeutics-2 (4+1) 7
6/td> PP-6 2030312 Pharmaceutical Care-2 (2+1) 5
7 PP-7 2030313 Research methodology (2+0) 2
8 PP-8 2030321 Therapeutics-3 (4+1) 7
9 PP-9 2030322 Pharmaceutical Care-3 (2+0) 2
10 PP-10 2030323 Institutional Pharmacy Practice (1+0) 1
11 PP-11 2030324 Applied biostatistics (2+0) 2
12 PP-12 2030331 IPPE-2 (0+2) 6
13 PP-13 2030411 Law and Ethics in Pharmacy Practice (1+0) 1
14 PP-14 20304122 Therapeutics-4 (4+1) 7
15 PP-15 2030413 Drug Information Services (2+1) 5
16 PP-16 2030414 Clinical Pharmacokinetics (2+1) 5
17 PP-17 2030415 Parenteral Nutrition (1+0) 1
18 PP-18 2030416 Critical care and Emergency Medicine (1+0) 3
19 PP-19 2030417 Pharm.D. Seminar (0+1) 3
20 PP-20 2030418 Pharmacogenomics (2+0) 2
21 PP-21 2030421 Therapeutics-5 (4+1) 7
22 PP-22 2030422 Pharmacy management (2+0) 2
23 PP-23 2030423 Self Care and Non-prescription Drugs (2+0) 2
24 PP-24 2030424 Pharmacoepidemiology (1+0) 1
25 PP-25 2030425 Pharmacoeconomics - phaPPharmacoeconomics (1+0) 1
26 PP-26 2030431 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience-1 (0+5) 15
27 PP-27 2030511 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience-2 (0+15) 45
28 PP-28 2030521 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience-3 (0+15) 45
Total credit hours 195

Department Research


Year: 2021

Effectiveness and safety of favipiravir compared to supportive care in moderately to critically ill COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study with propensity score matching sensitivity analysis https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2021.1920900

Mortality, Severity, and Hospital Admission among COVID-19 Patients with ACEI/ARB Use: A Meta-Analysis Stratifying Countries Based on Response to the First Wave of the Pandemic. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-75674/v1

​Identifying knowledge gaps in heart failure research among women using unsupervised machine learning methods. DOI: 10.2217/fca-2020-0083

Year: 2020

Insulin Resistance Modulation with Lifestyle Modification- Proof-of-Concept Study in Rats DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.173

Epoxy functionalized polymer grafted magnetic nanoparticles by facile surface initiated polymerization for immobilization studies of Candida Antarctica lipase B. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2019.104454

Improved Renoprotection in Diabetes with Combination Therapy of Coccinia indica Leaf Extract and Low-Dose Pioglitazone. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/separations7040058

Spray dried amorphous form of simvastatin: Preparation and evaluation of the buccal tablet DOI:10.5530/ijper.54.1.

1159. Echinocandins Dosing in Obese Patients: A Systematic Review DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1345

Sensorineural hearing loss with macrolide antibiotics exposure: a meta‐analysis of the association DOI:10.1111/ijpp.12670

Pharmacists’ Knowledge About the Impact of Augmented Renal Clearance on Antimicrobial Dosing in Critically Ill Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study DOI: 10.1007/s40121-020-00310-9

Impact of Non-Tailored One-Way Automated Short Messaging Service (OASMS) on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Feasibility Study DOI:10.3390/ijerph17207590

​Five-year trend in healthcare access and patient-reported health outcomes among women veterans DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12411

Validation and comparison of tow 30-day re-admission prediction models in patients with diabetes DOI: 10.4158/EP-2019-0125

Attitudes of pharmacy students towards patient safety: a cross-sectional study from six developing countries. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039459

Intentions and barriers to carrying out medical research among clinical pharmacy students: Across -sectional study in eastern region of Saudi Arabia. DOI: 10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_341_19

What Explains Poor Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Associated With Opioid Use Among Adults With Chronic Noncancer Pain Conditions (CNCP)? A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000201

Fragment-based Discovery of Potential Anticancer Lead: Computational and in vitro Studies DOI : 10.2174/1573409916666200620195025

Pharmacists' warfarin therapy knowledge and counseling practices in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study DOI:

Year: 2019

A detailed analysis of synonymous codon usage in human bocavirus DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-4063-8

Comparing incomparables with the wrong analytics: Anticoagulation, disability, intracranial hemorrhage, and mortality in acute cerebral vein thrombosis DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2019.04.009

Optimization of antibiotic selection in the emergency department for urine culture follow ups, a retrospective pre-post intervention study: clinical pharmacist efforts. DOI: 10.1186/s40545-019-0168-z

The prevalence of resistant Gram-negative bacteraemia among hospitalized patients in Tucson, Arizona over a 12-month period; A retrospective single center study DOI: 10.1177/0300060519829987

Adherence to oral anticoagulants among atrial fibrillation patients in the middle east: a systematic review AM_CRD42019124610

Familial Opioid Misuse and Family Cohesion: Impact on Family Communication and Well-being DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000165

Assessment of awareness and prevalence of oral contraceptive pills side effect among saudi female society: a cross sectional study DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20191-13721

A cross sectional study assessing the attitude, awareness and public practice related to combined oral contraception among female population DOI : 10.20959/wjpr20191-13696

Year: 2018

An Effective Delivery System of Sitagliptin Using Optimized Mucoadhesive Nanoparticles DOI:10.3390/app8060861

Anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity of V. aconitifolia DOI: 10.15413/ajmp.2018.0128

​Assessment of Postmenopausal Women about Osteoporosis Disease and Treatment in Alhasa: Cross Sectional Study DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20185-1124

Assessment of the Population Awareness about Schizophrenia Disease among Al-Hasa Region in Saudi DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20185-11235

Assessment of Patients Awareness about Diabetic Mellitus Disease and Insulin Utilization in Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20186-11513

Assessment of Cinnamon effect to reduce primary dysmenorrhea and improve quality of life among females in eastern region of Saudi Arabia: A Cross Sectional Survey. DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20187-11682

Assessment of Saudi Women Awareness about Pain Relief Agents in Labor in Al-Hassa City of Saudi Arabia DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20187-11681

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate induced intestinal necrosis; a case report DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2018.04.008

Year: 2016

Assessment of knowledge awareness, attitudes and HTN outcomes in a group of counseled hypertensive patients compared to those who was not counseled DOI: 10.15406/ppij.2016.04.00082