Mission and Vision

Chairman’s Message

Pharmacy is a noble and life-saving profession and Pharm-D is undoubtedly a prestigious and globally-accepted professional qualification for license of pharmacy practice anywhere in the world.

By the grace of Allah Almighty, our Pharm-D program is recognized by the Pharmacy Council and the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (I, on behalf the Department, would express my sincere gratitude to the PCP, the HEC, and the University of Swabi team, esp. our Hon. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Imtiaz Ali Khan, for the concern they showed, the expertise they shared, the time they spared and the energy they spent in the best interests of the students and the society).

We believe that pharmacy education and practice must go hand in hand. We also believe in inter-disciplinary integration with other relevant professions and collaboration with other institutions and policy makers, both nationally and internationally, to provide our students an opportunity to build their skills, broaden their horizons and prepare for an exciting career in pharmacy.  For this purpose, the department has already signed MOUs with different universities, hospitals and pharmaceutical industries, for professional training and research projects, both at graduate and postgraduate levels and this linkage will be expanded with the passage of time.

As mentioned in the scope and career, our graduates get a broad spectrum of job opportunities in health and allied sectors; I, personally, would strongly encourage our graduates to be entrepreneurs and business leaders in the field and be employers rather than employees.

As a profession, Pharmacy is as rewarding as it is challenging and demanding. So, if you are ready to accept the challenge, curious and committed to acquire and apply the knowledge and skills, to be part of the healthcare team and want to contribute to the community, the doors of the Dept. of Pharmacy are open for you. Join and help us in our commitment to achieve our goals of giving our nation and the world qualified, competent and responsible Pharmacy professionals and scholars who bring pride to the institution, the profession and the nation.

We welcome you and wish you this entire journey enjoyable and rewarding.

 

  

Dr. Syed Muhammad Mukarram Shah

Chairman

Dept. of Pharmacy, Univ. of Swabi, Pakistan

 

 

Aims & Objectives of the Pharm.D. Program:

The aims and objectives of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) curriculum are to prepare graduates who will have the capacity, uptodate knowledge, strong ethical values, behavior, communication, writing and social skills that will enable them to pursue careers in:
1. Pharmaceutical care in health systems and community environment where appropriate medication usage and patient’s safety is paramount.
2. Pharmaceutical industry and its quality systems.
3. Academia, research and development.

Aims:

To prepare pharmacy graduates whose scientific knowledge and skills enable them to work with the pace to ensure the quality in the design, manufacture, distribution and safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals in the society and clinical setting.

Objectives:

1. To keep pace with the advancements in the modern sciences.
2. To prepare the students to fulfill the industrial needs and they should be well versed with the basic medical and pharmaceutical sciences in order to prepare a dosage regimen for an individual patient.
3. Community pharmacy practice should be comprehensive.
4. Internship in various disciplines of Pharmacy should be implemented.
5. Update the syllabi of the Pharmacy keeping in view the current proposals, requirements and the Needs of the profession.
6. To make our graduates more skillful, competitive and knowledgeable both practically and theoretically.
7. To cater the local and international pharmacy needs.
8. Uniformity in the curriculum of Pharmacy at national level.
9. Credit hours should be harmonized i.e. practical and theory credit hours.
10. To make a health care practitioner who is expert in the use of medicine in all practical fields and are capable of disease state management specially to improve public health at large.
11. Upon graduation, the graduates should have the capacity, knowledge and capability to undertake career in;
a) Enhance patient safety to safe medication usage in community and health care systems
b) To work in the pharmaceutical industry and its quality system
c) To engage in academics and research i.e. Practice and Academics.
d) To prepare students as good human beings in serving the community i.e., ethics, communication skills, writing skills, behavior etc.
e) After graduation, he should become a member of health care team.
f) To help the stakeholders of pharmacy about the implications of WTO and TRIPS.
12. The syllabi should be more practical rather theoretical.
13. To include new things regarding OTC Pharmacy (Patient Pharmacist interaction).
14. To prepare pharmacy graduates for better pharmacy practice in the areas including clinical pharmacy, community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and industrial pharmacy.
15. To add further in the curriculum clinical oriented areas as per demand of Pharm.D degree.
16. To update the current syllabi according to the needs of the national and international demand.
17. To develop graduates capable of catering the needs of national and international health organizations or authorities to help adapt the paradigm shift in the health care system.
18. To bring uniformity in the contents of the syllabi in line with International trends/ international universities imparting Pharm.D education.
19. To produce the graduates to meet the challenges of 21st century of health care problems.

 

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