Faculty News

Notable success for Yarmouk University's faculty of Pharmacy

Yarmouk University - faculty of Pharmacy got accreditation from the American Council for Pharmacy Education, often known as ACPE. This certificate is regarded as one of the most prestigious and trustworthy in the world. It was granted by the American Accreditation Council after the College of Pharmacy met the international requirements and standards necessary to obtain this accreditation through an organized effort represented in providing educational systems within the faculty of Pharmacy in terms of programs and study plans, as well as equipment, laboratories, and scientific competencies.

The ACPE international accreditation certificate is part of the faculty of Pharmacy's framework and integrated strategy to raise the college's level and catch up its peers in international universities. It is important to note that the college's first-ever accreditation certificate would raise and improve its categorization and aid in the development of staff abilities by requiring adherence to the highest standards.

"How to put Exam Questions" Workshop

Under the supervision of the faculty dean, Prof. Mervat Al Sous and in cooperation with education faculty, faculty of Pharmacy organized a workshop for faculty members about how preparing and writing the exams on Monday 9/1/2023. The lecturer, Yousef Al Sawalmeh illustrated the topic from different points such as clarify the quality of each way in writing the exam questions.

Pharmacy at Yarmouk meets the faculty freshmen

The faculty of Pharmacy organized a meeting for new accepted students in the faculty on Tuesday 11-10-2022 with the Dean Prof. Mervat Al-Sous and a number of faculty members.
Prof. Al-Sous welcomed the new students, then provided an introduction to Yarmouk University and the College of Pharmacy. Besides, Al-Sous proceeded to speak about the university and college missions, vision, goals and values, then the programs offered by the College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Alaa Al-Jabali, Vice Dean, emphasized the students the need to read the Student's Guide and the Code of Conduct to know their rights and duties in order to adhere to the instructions.
Dr. Rawan Al-Sharideh, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, focused on the importance of academic guidance, how to use it, the process for students to communicate with academic departments in the college, and the importance of following up and using the e-learning system periodically.
Dr. Omar Gammoh, Assistant Dean for Quality Affairs, motivates students and encourages them to provide their best and don't miss any chances to do that.
At the end, with a presentation of the experience of one of the faculty students, Obaidah Al-Rawashdeh, explaining to his colleagues how to deal with the qualitative shift between pre-university and during life, and the most important study methods to raise academic achievement, especially in the first year.

Home medicine cabinet Awareness day

In cooperation between faculty of pharmacy at Yarmouk university and Jordan university of science and technology health center, the dean Prof. Mervat Al Sous started off the activity of the “home medicine cabinet awareness day” On 12 and 22 December of 2022.

The students directed to raise the awareness of the public of how medicines are kept safely at home in tha medicine cabinet. Besides, they focused on clarifying the different groups of the drugs that may be included within the cabinet and the correct method to use, handle and store them.

From Yarmouk University the day was supervised by the head of clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice department; Dr. Alaa Yahya and the Pharmacist Salam Shannag and from Jordan University of Science and Technology Health center the day was supervised by the head of the health center; Dr. adi Khassawneh and the head of pharmacist division of the health center; Dr. Rawan barham.

Training Plan in One Page” Workshop

Dr. Haneen Amawi has supervised a workshop entitled “ Training Plan in one page” held at the faculty of Pharmacy on Tuesday 12/20/2022. This workshop was under the patronage of the Dean, Dr. Mervat AlSous, and presented by Dr. Moath Al.Tahan who targeted students of all academic levels.

Congratulations for Dr. Deema Albalass on her verification at the permanent service

The college of Pharmacy congratulates Dr. Deema Albalass for her verification at the permanent service at yarmouk university wishing her further progress and success.

introductory lectures for the Electronic Library of Medicine "ELM" website

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, lectures were conducted to introduce the "ELM" website, which provides access to databases including teaching aids and bulletins intended to improve Jordan's medical education and health services. These lectures were part of the activity of the Faculty of Pharmacy Library and Learning Resources Committee at Yarmouk University.

Dr. Mervat Al-Sous, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Yarmouk University, started off the day's activities and welcomed the Elm website team's lecturers: Ms. Afnan Jibril, Ms. Alice Haddadin, Ms. Sherine Al-Azab, and Mr. Hamza Jaafar.

During the lectures, a variety of helpful medical resources for pharmacy students were emphasized, and the "annual competition for innovative projects" was also introduced. The lectures were organized and led arranged by Dr. Afaf Khasawneh, a member of the Library and Learning Resources Committee, in front of a number of faculty members and students from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Yarmouk University.

Digital Marketing lecture

the Faculty of Pharmacy organized an interactive lecture about digital marketing and its reflection on the pharmaceutical sector on Wednesday 21/12/2022. The lecturer, Dr. Wala’ Gammoh, reviewed the global development in digital marketing and how to bridge the gap between digital programming and business management. The lecture also showed that the pharmaceutical sector will witness great development in the field of digital marketing in the future. It is noteworthy that Dr. Gammoh holds a Bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Jordan and a master's degree in digital marketing from the IE university Spain, which is ranked among the top 300 universities in the world and has worked for international pharmaceutical companies.

Conference of the Arab Society for Medical Research

The Arab Society for Medical Research, emanating from the institutions of the League of Arab States, held its 8th conference in Port Said / Egypt in the period between 7-10/9/2022 under the title "Medical Research and Health Challenges in the Arab World". Dr. Derar Al-Omari from the College of Pharmacy participated in a research paper entitled "The Jordanian Initiative for the Development of Pediatric Medicines". The paper included the call to establish a center to take care of developing suitable pharmaceutical forms for children, as more than 75% of the medicines available globally do not have suitable pharmaceutical forms for them, especially newborns and young ages of them, which forces doctors to use adult medicines that must be modified (such as grinding tablets) then dissolving it in juice to become suitable for giving it to children. This procedure causes a wide array of problems, from lack of dose adjustment to problems of mixed drug stability. The hoped-for center can be established jointly by several parties, such as universities, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, as well as government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration. The paper was welcomed and included in the final recommendations of the conference, which will be submitted to the Council of Arab Health Ministers of the League of Arab States.