Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

The final year of the plan includes study for the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) degree at Almaarefa University and a one-year Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE).

The APPE program aims to improve students' clinical and pharmaceutical capabilities to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care tailored to each patient. It also places a strong emphasis on patient safety and offers trainees many career options in pharmacy.

Students are prepared for the healthcare sector through the use of pharmaceutical skills. The program develops leadership, planning, coordination and problem-solving abilities. In addition, students are evaluated by field supervisors using specific criteria designed by the program's training supervisors.

The training period consists of 45 work weeks that are completed during the final year of the program, and the training year is divided into Nine different courses. Each course consists of 5 training weeks, five days a week, eight contact hours per day, and 200 training hours per course. The training year courses called PHCL 611, PHCL 612, PHCL 613, and PHCL 614 are offered at level 11, while PHCL 616, PHCL 617, PHCL 618, PHCL 619, and PHCL 620 are delivered at level 12. Each course is 200 hours of field experience. Equivalent to 3 credit hours (0+0+3).

The training period includes nine pharmacy specialties, 5 clinical rotations Two of them are mandatory and the rest are for the student to choose from And 4 non-clinical courses.