The camp was announced at the recently held interactive session with the academic leaders of various schools from all over the country. Participating students can win special prizes and scholarships.
Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls, the first Pharmacy college in the entire Middle East, founded in 1992, by the great visionary and philanthropist Late Hajj Saeed bin Ahmed Al-Lootah, has announced a first of its kind ‘Summer Camp’, open for girl students of 11,12 grades from the 19th – 23rd of June 2023 at its campus in Muhaisnah, Dubai.
Prof. Saeed Ahmed Khan, Dean of the college announced that the 5-day camp is designed to inspire high school girl students as they explore pharmacy as a career option. Dispelling the myth that a pharmacist is limited to dispensing medicines in a community pharmacy, Prof. Khan explained that the pharmacists are the medication experts on the healthcare team. They work collaboratively with physicians and other healthcare providers to treat and prevent illness, and to improve and monitor people’s health. Pharmacists’ professional training gives them full mastery of medication therapy, with the goal of improving a patient’s quality of life.
Pharmacists work in a variety of settings, including community-based pharmacies, long-term care facilities, hospitals, clinics, research labs and the medical and pharma industry. Careers in pharmacy consistently rank at the top in many European Countries, the United States, and the Middle East, for salary, job satisfaction, growth opportunity, and work-life balance. The demand for well-trained pharmacists continues to grow, especially for women, he said.
Elaborating on the details of the Summer Camp, Prof. Khan mentioned that the aim of the camp is to provide students with hands-on experiences and practical knowledge in various aspects of pharmacy. Students will engage in hands-on activities that introduce pharmacy practice and perspective on the numerous ways a pharmacist contributes to improving people’s health. With a nominal fee of Dhs 200, students can enroll in the camp by the 15th of June 2023. The fee includes course activities, materials, refreshments, lunch every day and a certificate. Students can win many exciting surprise prizes and scholarships to enroll at the college.
Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls faculty, who are nationally known experts, who teach classes and facilitate activities, will train the students during the camp. The students will gain to learn Healthcare communication skills, Pharmaceutics – Cosmetics preparation like lipsticks and body lotion, Compounding &pharmaceutical preparation – mouth washes, lozenge, Pharmaceutical Chemistry – Exciting Laboratory Experiments using instruments. Natural product activities – Testing purity (honey, olive oil and perfumes) Clinical pharmacy – Medication dispensing activity using Model pharmacy, Medication safety, Using different home test kits and devices and Clinical skills and communication skills, he concluded.
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