The pharmacy assistant program aims to graduate qualified and trained batches of pharmacist assistants so that the graduate will be able to work alongside the pharmacist, or within the health team in most areas of pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical work.

After the student has studied theoretically and practically for 72 credit hours (240 actual hours), he is qualified theoretically and practically.

To deal with the patient, dispense the appropriate medication, instruct the patient to use it, and provide necessary advice and instructions.

Student receives practical and theoretical courses in pharmacology, pharmacy and medical store management, with special emphasis on pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy and toxicology.

The program produces Pharmacy Assistant, which is a job title for a pharmacy assistant who has a diploma in the field of pharmacy, and he plays a vital and very important role in pharmacies, where the pharmacy technician performs a number of tasks, the most important of which is receiving and preparing medical prescriptions from patients, as well as reviewing Medicines on the shelves of the pharmacy to check their expiration date and decide what the pharmacy lacks of medicines to order from the distributing companies and organize the process of entering the medicines into the pharmacy, and in his work this does not differ from a general pharmacist who holds a bachelor’s degree except in some administrative and organizational tasks.

Message of the program:

Qualifying professional pharmacist assistants at a high level of efficiency, and consolidating the principles, ethics and ethics of the pharmacy profession in the college graduates, who are able to contribute to improving the health care of the community and competing in the fields of pharmaceutical work at the local and regional levels.

Program Goals:

The pharmacy Assistant program seeks to achieve the following objectives:

Graduating qualified pharmacist assistants who are able to engage in work in the field of pharmacy in all its fields.

Preparing scientific competencies and qualified and specialized cadres in pharmacy capable of meeting the needs of the local and regional market.

Establishing a distinguished program for field training for students that includes improving students' skills.

Enhancing community participation and spreading health awareness.

Providing distinguished education and professional development for pharmacy students.

Preparing qualified pharmacist assistants with specialized knowledge, skills and ethical values.