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Pharmacy Students’ Counseling

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Camphor Poisoning

Anxiety Disorders

Safe Sharps Disposal

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3 Public Knowledge, Awareness, & Attitudes Towards Camphor Poisoning in Sharjah, UAE.

4 Sacred Plants Proclaimed in Holy Quran.

6 Anxiety Disorders

8 The Bacteria Apocalypse

9 Vitamin B12 & Your Brain

12 When Should You Take Your Medications?

14 Safe Sharps Disposal

16 Meeting with My Dean

27 Pharmacy Students’ Counseling Competition 2017

33 Students Projects

34 Messages from SSCOP 2017

36 Why Professors Studied Pharmacy??

38 Graduation Projects

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Public Knowledge, Awareness, & Attitudes Towards Camphor Poisoning in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Available online at http://www.journaldynamics.org/jphptJournal of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology Vol. 1(2), pp.6-14, July 2016Article ID: JPHPT/ JDYA66657444Author(s) retain the copyright of this article Copyright © 2016ISSN 2536-684X

Manal Al-Sha’rawy, Abduelmula Abduelkarem, Shifaa Abdin, Layal Kourbaj, Leena Kamal | Department of Pharmacy practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy University of Sharjah-United Arab Emirates.

Hafsa Mustafa | AME GLOBAL FZE, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

ABSTRACT

Background: Camphorated products are among fre-quently used medications by population in the United Arab Emirates. Majority of people in the Arab world consider these products as safe and no a medical product. With such perception and attitude, one can assume that poi-soning from camphor products is common but not recog-nized in our community. Furthermore, the role of the phar-macist, as a health care provider, in increasing peoples’ awareness upon dispensing camphorated products has never been studied in UAE.

Aim: The objective of this study was to assess the knowl-edge and awareness of camphor toxicity among our com-munity in Sharjah, UAE.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design.

Results: More than half (110; 50.5%) of the participants considered themselves as frequent users of products which contains 4.8 or 5% w/w camphor. Regardless of the educational levels of the respondents, 183 (83.9%) of par-ticipants reported that they had no information about the

potential toxicity of camphor. When the respondents were asked about counselling services provided by community pharmacists on camphor-containing products, majority of the respondents (197; 90.4%)

reported that they had either “Never or Sometimes” re-ceived counselling from pharmacists.Interestingly, 177 (81.2%) of the sample reported “No” when they were asked if there were any precautions they had to consider for pregnant women when such products were used.”

Conclusion: Pharmacy practice at the community level has to be revised and improved to meet patients’ expec-tations and to change pharmacy practice image in our community. This can be achieved by organizing special programs and workshops for pharmacists to improve their overall care and knowledge.

Key words: Awareness, Attitude, Knowledge, Camphor poisoning and Pharmacy Practice.


Sacred Plants Proclaimed in Holy Quran: A gift from Almighty AllahSachin ChaudharyLecturer, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah.

Holy Quran is a book by the creator of this universe “Almighty Allah”. It is accomplished with multitudinous health pro-

grams/information for us so that we can achieve excellence and loftiness through reflection on Quran. Therefore, reading

holy Quran, thinking and mediating on it, guide humans in every field. One of the indispensable approach in Quran is “In-

vitation to healthy nutrition” which is imperative for health care, maintenance of health and wellbeing.

There are numerous plants cited in Holy Quran exhibiting various medicinal uses and are enlisted in Table below:

SN. Botanical Name

Family Arabic Name English Name

Parts Used

Medicinal Uses

1 Acorus calamus

L.

Acoraceae Zareera, Qudulwaj Calamus, Sweet

flag

Leaves and

Rhizomes

Carminative, Analgesic, Stomachache, Antiepileptic,

Hepatoprotective.

2 Artemisia

martima L.

Compositae Afsanteen Sage brush,

Santonica

Seeds,

Leaves

Anthelmintic, Antiseptic, Given internally in dyspepsia, Jaundice.

3 Boswellia carterii

Birdw

Burseraceae Labban Olibanum, Salai

guggul

Dried resin

from stem and

trunk

Expectorant, Anti-ulcer, used in healing wounds.

4 Cinnamomum

camphora L.

Lauraceae Kafoor Camphor tree Leaves Sedative, Antiseptic, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Muscle relaxant,

Analgesic.

5 Citrus Limon L. Rutaceae Turanj, Utraj Lemon Fruit Cardiotonic, Carminative, Stomachic, Appetizer, Cure urinary

calculus.

6 Camphora myrrh Burseraceae Mur Myrrh Gum of stem Germicidal, Wound healer, treatment of cough.

7 Crocus sativa L. Iridaceae Zaffron Saffron Rhizomes Aphrodisiac, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, treatment

of cold and cough.

8 Cymbopogon

schoenanthus L.

Poaceae Izkhir Poaceae Leaves, Stem

& Rhizomes

Antispasmodic, Astringent Intestinal disinfectant, Antimalarial,

Diuretic, treatment of cold in infants.

9 Lawsonia

inermis L.

Lythraceae Henna, Faghia Mehndi Leaves Astringent, Anti-hemorrhagic, Hypotensive, Antineoplastic, Memory

stimulant, used in treatment of Jaundice, Leprosy, headache.

10 Majorana horten-

sis Moench

Lamiaceae Bardagoush,

Mardaqoush

Marjoram Whole Plant Tonic, Rubefacient, used in treatment of diarrhea, rheumatism,

toothache and gynecological disorders.

11 Ocimum

basilicum L.

Lamiaceae Rehan Sweet basil Leaves and

Seeds

Antipyretic, Antimalarial, Hepatoprotective, Cardiotonic, Diuretic

and Antidiabetic.

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12 Origanum

vulgare L.

Lamiaceae Marzanjosh Marjoram Leaves Essential oil from leaves is used for toothache, sprains,

stiff and paralysis treatment.

13 Thymus

serpyllum L.

Labiateae Zahtar Thyme Leaves Antioxidant, Anthelmintic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic,

Carminative, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Sedative,

used in treatment of Bronchitis, laryngitis, flatulent,

Indigestion.

14 Salvadora

persica L.

Salvadoraceae Arak, Khmat Toothbrush

tree

Leaves,

Roots, Twig,

Seeds,

Fruits

Appetite promoter, Cleaning and shining o teeth

(Prevent teeth decay), aperients, Used in treatment of

Piles, Spleen infection, Fever,

15 Ficum Carica Moraceae El-teen Fig Fruit Antihypertensive, Cardiotonic, Carminative,

Antihyperlipidemic, Anticancer, Bronchitis, Bone

strengthening.

16 Olea

europaea

Oleaceae Zatoon Olive Fruit Cardiotonic, Carminative, Anticancer, Hepatoprotective,

Anti-TB, Anti-ulcer, Antihyperlipidemic.

17 Phoenix

dactylifera L.

Arecaceae Nakil Date Palm Fruit Anti-hyperlipidemic, Nutrient, Nerve tonic,

Carminative, Used in treatment of Anemia, Diarrhea,

Intestinal disorder, Anti-ageing.

18 Nigella

sative L.

Ranunculaceae Habbatul

barakaah

Black cumin Seeds Anticancer, Antiviral, Antidiabetic, Antihypertensive,

Immuno-modulator, Antispasmodic, Antioxidant, used in

treatment of Skin disorders, Digestive system problems,

Kidney and Liver disease, Asthma, Diabetes, Arthritis,

Eczema, Ulcer, Muscular pain,

The present communication is designed to work as quick scientific reference for students interested to work in the field

of plant/phytochemical research. This article will enrich the scientific knowledge of plants revealed in Holy Quran, century

ago, and may encourage integral ethno-pharmacological exploration of most of the plants. Finally, reading Holy Quran is

marvelous. For a person, such reading to a Holy book take more than one dimension and boost various aspects of research


Did you ever hear a good joke about diabetes? Or teased a friend saying he has arthritis? Of course not, be-cause you are not a terrible person. You would never make fun of some-one for having a physical illness, but many people make hurtful com-ments about people having mental illnesses and never give it a second thought.

How many times have you heard a person saying that someone is a bipolar or OCD? People who make such remarks have no idea what these terms actually mean.

Everyone feels anxious now and then. It is a normal emotion. Many people feel nervous when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important deci-

sion.

Anxiety disorders are different, though. They can cause such dis-tress that it interferes with your ability to lead a normal life.

What Are the Symptoms of Anxi-ety Disorders?

It depends on the type of anxiety dis-order, but general symptoms include:

• Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness

• Problems sleeping

• Cold or sweaty hands or feet

• Shortness of breath

• Heart palpitations

• Not being able to be still and calm

• Dry mouth

• Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet

• Nausea

• Muscle tension

• Dizziness

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Anyone who has obsessive doubts or worries that seriously interfere with the quality of his or her life may be diagnosed with OCD. While OCD is technically a brain disorder, it is usually considered a mental illness. Many people describe it as a mental hiccup because they find that their brains get fixated on a single event, such as hand washing, and won’t let go, so they repeat the event over and over again. These rituals occur

Anxiety Disorders

Malaka Zoghbor2nd Year Student

by Khatija Naazish

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to an extent that the person’s daily life is negatively affected. An OCD patient finds it hard to keep a job, run a household, sit still, or do anything; because their behaviors are driven by fear, like if they did not recheck the oven one more time, the house will burn down and their younger sib-lings will die. Some people with OCD can be completely cured after treat-ment. Others may still have OCD, but they can enjoy significant relief from their symptoms. Treatments typically employ both medication and lifestyle changes including behavior modifi-cation therapy. In addition to educa-tion for OCD patients and their fami-lies, there are two effective treatment methods for those with OCD medi-cation and behavior therapy. During treatment, professionals usually try to ameliorate the current OCD epi-sode and then attempt to prevent fu-ture episodes. Treatments that help this condition include psychotherapy and psychotropic drugs. An example of an FDA approved antidepressant used to treat OCD is Clomipramine but sure need an official prescription.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD, involves chronic worrying, nervous-ness, and tension, experiencing un-focused, negative, and out-of-control feelings. Of course, feeling this way occasionally is common, but feel-ing it everyday for over six months or more is not. Although the patient worries about the same things that other people do, but he/she takes these worries to a whole new level, in which it affects his/her daily activ-ities. Unlike other forms of anxiety, patients often couldn’t identify what is causing the anxiousness, so they do not even know what to avoid.

These patients go about their daily activities filled with exaggerated wor-ry and tension, even when there is nothing to provoke them. The worry is uncontrollable, they tend to ex-pect the worst, and are upset and on edge frequently.

Perhaps the most commonly pre-scribed anxiety-only medications are benzodiazepines. There are dozens of these anxiety drugs available, but most work a similar way – by en-hancing the effects of GABA, a neu-rotransmitter that relaxes the body.

Compared to anti-depressants, ben-zodiazepines have both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages are that they are de-signed specifically for controlling the symptoms of anxiety. They generally provide a sedation effect, which en-sures that your body responds more calmly to stressors.

They can also be adjusted easily, and are generally well tolerated - al-though some minor gastrointestinal side effects are fairly common.

Disadvantages are that they can’t be taken daily. Benzos are generally used as a short-term anxiety drug, because it’s possible to develop tol-erance, which decreases how effec-tive they are in the long term. They may be also addictive when used on a daily basis. Daily use may also in-crease their toxicity.

Panic Disorder affects 1 in 75 peo-ple, usually teenagers and young adults. It is characterized by panic attacks, sudden episodes of harsh fear that come without warning. They are brief and sometimes severe fits of increased anxiety. Attacks can

cause chest pain, racing heart, diffi-culty breathing, body shaking, palms sweating, and a sense that the per-son is going crazy or is dying. There might be a genetic predisposition to panic disorders, but constant stress of having experienced psychological trauma in the past can also set up these attacks. Because the attacks are terrifying and physically tiring, a common trigger for panic disorder is the fear of having another panic attack! Although it is treatable, the physical symptoms that imitate other serious illnesses cause late diagno-sis that it can take several years be-fore a definitive diagnosis made.

I hope that you learned not to use “OCD” as a joke from now on.

References

- http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/

guide/mental-health-anxiety-disorders

- http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/

obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/

index.shtml

- http://www.helpguide.org/articles/

anxiety/generalized-anxiety-

disorder-gad.htm

- http://www.mayoclinic.org/

diseases-conditions/generalized-

anxiety-disorder/basics/treatment/

con-20024562

- http://marketplace.troymedia.

com/2016/02/panic-attacks-afflict-1-

in-75-people/

- http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/

obsessive-compulsive-disorder


“brace yourselves, the bacteria apocalypse is coming”

Antibiotic resistance is an issue that’s been in headlines

for over a decade now, and guess what? It’s only getting

worse. Why? Because irrational use of medications is a

trend now; doctors overprescribe, some pharmacists dis-

pense without prescriptions, people pop antibiotic pills as

if they are candy, disinfectant and anti-bacterial soap sales

are off the charts. Suddenly, everyone’s a germophobe!

Bad antibiotic practice is leading us to the end; the rise of

the superbugs; the bacteria apocalypse. Call me dramatic,

but statistics show that by 2050, if no adequate antibiotics

are manufactured, superbugs (resistant pathogens) could

kill 10 million people a year.

The WHO released a list of microorganisms that require

new strong antibiotics, and they want them yesterday!

When Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, re-

ceived his Nobel Prize for the life-changing discovery in

1945, he warned people of the deadly consequences of

their carelessness and said: “It is not difficult to make mi-

crobes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing

them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the

same thing has occasionally happened in the body. The

time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone

in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant

man may easily underdoes himself and by exposing his

microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them

resistant”

I’m not going to talk about how most microorganisms are

useful and required for a healthy body, you already know

that. They live in harmony and are probably digesting your

meal at this very moment, or making you some vitamin

K. Why would you want to disrupt that peaceful balance

you’re living? That’s exactly what happens when you use

antibiotics unnecessarily, or when you don’t complete an

antibiotic course, you’re just killing the poor weak organ-

isms and giving more room for stronger ones to grow, and

guess what happens next.

To avoid a future of quarantine, here are a few things you

can do to save yourself from lethal drug-resisting super-

bug infections:

• Don’t ask your physician/pharmacist for antibiotics, they’ll

give you some when they know you really need them.

• Fight off your colds with rest and home remedies, colds

are self-limiting viral infections, you don’t need antivirals,

and certainly don’t need antibacterial.

• Slow down on the hand sanitizer, water is a miraculous

thing, it gets the job done.

• Stay away from the anti-bacterial soap, it’s a practical

joke. Regular soap works just as fine.

P.S.: Just because antibiotics worked perfectly for you be-

fore, doesn’t mean they’ll work every time!

Mariam Altheraawi4th Year Student

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Have you ever thought why it`s important to make a reg-ular check up every certain period of time? Or why you should take supplements if you have deficient level in some vitamins?

What is vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 also known as “energy vitamin” because its assist in energy production , it can be found in animals protein.

Importance of vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 play an important role in the process of en-ergy production , for instance our body will be able to convert fatty acid to energy and allow carbohydrates to convert to glucose resulting in producing energy only if there’s sufficient amount of vitamin B12 in our body .

Vitamin B12 deficiency

• Vitamin B12 has a unique process to get absorbed in our body, that’s why it’s not easily absorbed like other type of vitamins , it needs an intrinsic factor which is in our stomach to bind with, so it can be actively absorbed in our small intestine .• As we became older the ability to produce intrinsic factor decreased and that will lead to deficiency state in vitamin B12 .• Also vegetarians have a higher risk to develop deficiency in vitamin B12 , because vitamin B12 found in animals protein.• Coffee drinkers as well, 4 or more cups a day can reduce B vitamin store by as much as 15%.

Vitamin B12 and brain shrinkage

• Vitamin B12 indicate proplems in brain health • In addition to the least Neurology study which found more signs of shrinkage of brain tissue among those with low vitamin B12 level.• A report in Neurology comes from researchers at Chicago’s Rush university medical center. They found that older people with blood markers associated with vitamin B12 deficiency had the smallest brain and the lowest scores on tests measuring thinking, reasoning, and memory.

Vitamin B12 and Alzheimer disease

• Researchers found that people with low vitamin B12 level have higher risk to develop Alzheimer disease than people whose eat food rich in vitamin B12 or take vitamin B12 supplement. Vitamin B12 supplement may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer.• Older individuals with low levels of vitamin B12 seem to be at increased risk of having brain atrophy or shrinkage, new research suggests.(1)

• Brain atrophy is associated with Alzheimer’s disease and impaired cognitive function.(2)

Conclusion

We should look after our health life style to allow our body to take all its needed ,in this way we will reduce the chanc-es to develop any health proplems.

References www.Mercola.com www.m.webmd.comhttp://www.bio-medicine.org (1) ,(2)

Vitamin B12 & Your Brain

Sana Osam Bader2nd Year Student


How Much Caffeine Do You Actually Consume?

I was talking to a friend the other day, and she expressed her frustration towards coffee and how it makes her feel; “I don’t even like the taste of it, but I can’t start my day without it, I get terrible headaches if I skip my morning cof-fee, but sometimes I unknowingly drink too much and my heart starts racing, my stomach hurts, and I get the jitters. It’s bad either way”. That, my friends, is caffeine addiction. Caffeine, this (bitter)sweet addictive substance that peo-ple can’t seem to get enough of. Many people count on caffeine to wake them up in the morning, myself included, I’m only a morning person because I drink a nice hot cup

of coffee as soon as I wake up.

It blows my mind how caffeine, a nervous system stimu-

lant with various effects on the body, is not a controlled

substance. I’m not complaining, I love coffee, tea, etc., but

it’s worrisome how coffee intake, or lack thereof, seriously

affects people’s behaviors and energy. Every morning, as

I make my morning coffee, I think about the effect coffee

has had on my life, for without it, I wouldn’t be able to wake

up at 5 AM every day and prepare for a long stressful day

of university life. There are three types of people in the

world, the caffeinated, un-caffeinated, and the dreadful

coffee snobs (note: they’re not the same as their caffein-

ated counterparts). It is simple really; some people do not

like or do not need caffeine, some want this sweet poi-

son in any form; they just down their coffee anhedonically

“without enjoyment”, others are very specific about how

they want their caffeinated beverages and savor every last

sip. Ultimately, you can’t run away from caffeine, It’s ev-

erywhere! Even if you claim to be from the un-caffeinated

population, you must have had something with caffeine

“hidden” in it, chocolate for example.

For adults, the maximum caffeine consumption allowed

and considered safe is 400 milligrams, and an average

coffee cup contains 90-120mg. So, if you’re not careful,

you could be pushing the boundaries. Some people are

more sensitive to caffeine than others, just be conscious

of how caffeine makes you feel and decide how much is

too much for you.

Signs you’re drinking too much coffee:

You get headaches

You can’t sleep

You get shaky and jittery

Your stomach hurts

You’re a little too excited/anxious

You crash hard

If you think you consume too much, substitute a lighter

drink for a heavier one (e.g.: green tea for black tea, or

black tea for coffee, but none of that nasty decaf stuff, I

don’t know why that exists). A healthy habit to adapt is

going on caffeine-free intervals; cut off all sources of caf-

feine for a week every few months or to reset and prevent

addiction, and just to show caffeine who’s boss!

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How Much Caffeine Do You Actually Consume?

Black tea: 50mg

Brewed coffee: 100-160mgDecaf: 2-5mg

Karak: 50mg

100gm Dark chocolate: 43mg100gm Milk Chocolate: 20mg

*values from mayoclinic.org

Latte: 60-120mg

Classic: 30mgDiet: 40-50mg

Energy drinks: 80mg

Espresso: 70mg

Green tea: 30mg Turkish coffee: 25mg


Have you ever thought about why your doctor or pharmacist told you to take your medicine before/after eating? Did you ever wonder what happens if you don’t follow instruc-tions and do the opposite of what you were told? Well there are many reasons that are going to convince you to follow the right instructions.

Even though a medication is taken to cure a disease or solve a problem, it may cause another problem if not taken correctly. For example, some medications are very strong or harsh on the stomach, like aspirin, or ste-roid medications, like prednisolone. If these medications are taken on an empty stomach they may cause irri-

tations, indigestions, or even ulcers. To avoid those painful side effects, it is preferable to take them after you eat, even if it was something like a biscuit or a glass of milk; anything but an empty stomach.

Some patients suffer from indiges-tion or heartburn which is caused when acid is produced the moment food enters the stomach; therefore, they are required to take medica-tions known as antacids which are taken immediately after or during a meal to be most effective. If patients didn’t follow instructions and took it before they eat it won’t be as effec-tive and they may face heartburn or indigestion even though they took

the medication. Other medications like allopurinol can cause vomiting or nausea if taken on an empty stom-ach. So, patients are asked to eat and then take the medicine so that they don’t face any side effects.

When a drug enters the body, it must be absorbed from the stomach into the bloodstream. But sometimes drugs require food in the stomach and gut so they get absorbed prop-erly. Therefore, when a patient takes such a medicine before eating, con-sequently, he/she won’t benefit as it won’t be absorbed properly. Where-as if it was taken as prescribed the medicine will be effective and the patient will be relieved from the signs

When Should You Take Your Medications?

Afet Hamadeh

2nd Year Student

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and symptoms. On the other hand, some medications work in the oppo-site way; if there is food in your stom-ach or gut they will not get properly absorbed because the food is in their way. It’s important to always stick to your doctor’s recommendations and follow the instructions word by word.

Moreover, preparations such as mouth washes, liquid nystatin, and miconazole gel for mouth ulcers should be taken after a meal be-cause those medications are re-quired to stay in the mouth and not be washed away; when a patient uses one of those medications and then eats a meal the medicine will be washed away by the food and it

won’t have time to do its job.

Other medications should be taken before meals by an hour. For exam-ple, Sucralfate, is a medicine that is taken to coat an ulcer and heal it, so when this medicine is taken after the patient eats it will coat the food and not the ulcer leading to no healing. Mebeverine is a medicine that re-duces bowl spasms at meal time, so the patient should take this medicine twenty minutes before a meal so that it can have time to start working be-fore food is eaten.

It is very important to listen to what your doctor says and follow instruc-tions, because a simple mistake can

lead to many side effects and can make the situation worst. Be careful to small details because they may lead to big problems.

References

• http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/866. aspx?CategoryID=73• http://www.nhsinform.co.uk/ common-health-questions/w/ why-must-some-medicines-be- taken-on-an-empty-stomach/


Sharps in home waste can carry communicable diseases

such as HIV and hepatitis. To protect people from these

deadly diseases, sharps need to be safely sequestered. Fig-

uring out what to do with sharps takes some effort, but the

payoff in public health is worth it. Here in UAE we couldn’t

find a pharmacy that supply or dispense a sharp’s container

with sharps, needles and lancets for diabetic patients.

Diabetic patients being one of the most people that use

needles on a daily basis, from that point and after seeing

two serious cases in a hospital where two workers had con-

taminated disease through injury from needles thrown reck-

lessly in the general waste, we decided to start our research

titled:

Assessment of Awareness of Diabetic Patients Regarding

Safe Disposable of their Insulin Syringes & Sharps in UAE

under the supervision of doctor Manal Al Sha’rawy.

Surveys where distributed all around UAE, after analyzing

the data, the results were seriously shocking where more

than 60% claimed to know how to safely dispose their

sharps, though when we asked where do you dispose your

needles more than 50% of the sample threw their sharps in

general waste!

Our main aims out of this study is that; first is to increase

awareness among healthcare providers, pharmacies, hos-

pitals and patients on how to dispose their sharps safely

either by providing a sharps container or by teaching the pa-

tients how to design their own sharps container using a bot-

tle from home. Our second aim is to state a law regarding

the providing of containers and programs with incentives to

patients who would return their container to the facilities by

having a successful approach to the ministry of health to

achieve the community service we are aiming to do.

References:

http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2014/07-jul/how-to-trash-

your-sharps.html

https://www.fda.gov/downloads/medicaldevices/prod-

uctsandmedicalprocedures/homehealthandconsumer/con-

sumerproducts/sharps/ucm278775.pdf

Safe Sharps Disposal

Haifaa Al Mhithawi & Aisha Al Ketbi

3rd Year Students

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Project by:Haifaa Mhithawi & Aisha Alketbi

Supervised by: Dr Manal Al Sha’rawy

Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy University of Sharjah-UAE

METHOD

Study design and Study population A 23 items survey was developed and designed for the purpose of this cross–sectional study which aimed to elicit the general knowledge, attitude and to assess awareness of UAE diabetic patients regarding safe disposable of their sharps and to focus on the role of pharmacist as health care providers to prevent toxicity exposure from these tools. The questionnaire was distributed in both two languages (Arabic and English) and handed personally by the researcher for those people who agreed to take part in the study in Sharjah, Dubai, Ajman, Al Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Alain and Abu Dhabi over the period of two months (January 2017 to the end of February 2017). The study was ethically approved by University of Sharjah Committee.

QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT

The questionnaire was designed to cover different sections including demographic characteristics of participants and targeted diabetic patients. Respondents were asked to give details of their age, gender, level of education, marital status, their diabetes Type, their current medication. “Yes”, “no” & “I don’t know” answer options were used to gauge the respondents responses on the survey questions related to their knowledge of: how to use sharps, how to dispose them, having safety disposable containers and their knowledge about biohazards of disposing them unsafely in the general waste container. In addition, respondents were asked about their frequency of monitoring their blood glucose level and if they have ever reuse sharps. For questions or statements related to health care team counseling and providing patients with safety disposable container, the respondents were asked to rate their response using the options "Yes", "No", and "I don’t know". The respondents were asked to use the options “Sharps bin provided by health care professional”, “with other general waste”, “sharps bin if available, otherwise with general waste”, and “other” to rate their responses on the survey question “How do you dispose of used needles/syringes/pens & lancets at home”. For the survey question “how often do you find yourself without a sharps container”, participants were asked to use the answer option of “Never”, “Once or Twice a year”, “Once or twice a month”, “Every week”, and “Never used”. In addition, respondents were asked to rate their satisfactions about the method they currently used to dispose sharps and their interest to have a devise that would help to dispose needles and collect it from home (A copy of the questionnaire is available from the authors).

DATA ANALYSIS

The participants’ responses were encoded and the data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 20, Chicago, IL, US).

Descriptive analysis was used to calculate the proportion of each group of respondents who respond to each statement in the questionnaire. Chi square test was used to identify any significant difference among the participants’ responses regarding certain statements in the questionnaire with a significant level of p value of < 0.05.

VALIDITY & RELIABILITY To ensure the face validity of the survey used for this particular study, the questionnaire was submitted to two-faculty member and two researchers with an excellent experience in survey design study. Furthermore, two stu-dents from College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, UAE were also asked to read the survey and give their feedback, if/any. All of their views and com-ments were taken into consideration and then incorporated into the final ver-sion of the questionnaire.

DISCUSSION

Improper management of discarded needles, lancets and other sharps can pose a health risk to the public and waste workers. In many countries, “A Sharps Disposal Program” was designed as a community service to provide people with a safe and environmentally sound method for disposing of used needles or "sharps." A program that need to be strictly applied in our country.

Safe disposal is a public health and a safety issue that should be considered seriously, specially that many of sharps users are unaware of how to properly dispose of their needles, and simply throw their used needles in the trash or flush them down the toilet. Posing a risk of injury or potential infection from diseases such as Hepatitis B or C and HIV to anyone who encounters them, an attitude that should be changed.

Sharp disposal practices among diabetes patients in the UAE have been found to be unsatisfactory. The study shows that about 55.3 % of the study population discarded their sharps inappropriately in the general waste. The lack of alliance between Age, gender, education levels and correct needle disposal practices was surprising. Those with higher degree of education would be expected to have more knowledge and better education about transmitted diseases and know the need to safe disposal of their needles to protect themselves and their environment but unfortunately, they are not.

Despite that 60.7% of the study population claimed that they know how to safely dispose the needles and 70% know the danger of throwing sharps in toilets or in the trash, still there were 50% of them doesn't have a biohazard sharp container. When they asked about how to dispose the needles 55% of the respondents reported that they dispose it with the general waste while 23% dispose it in sharps bin if available, otherwise in general waste. Only 20% of the population who claimed that they have a biohazard sharp container. Almost 26.7% of them never find themselves without a sharps container, 8% find themselves without a sharps container once or twice a year. Moreover, once the sharp container is full 19% of them reported that they throw it in the general waste. Finding out a suitable system for collecting back hazards sharps or helping public about finding alternative methods for disposing their sharps incase of unavailability of these safe containers or if

CONCLUSION

The unintentional careless attitude about the improper & unsafe disposal of sharps in general waste which can harm the society and environment is a matter that should be reconsidered and paid more attention from health care providers and health authority and this responsibility should be shared with the public. Lacking the information about how and where to dispose sharps and lacking a proper way to supply diabetic patient with safe containers raise a big problem. Currently, there is no strict sharps-disposal law or program in UAE, provided by the ministry of health. Which require an urgent action plan and an immediate attention from the government to ensure the presence of safe disposal system and that the sharps are no longer disposed in the general waste. The best way to ensure that people are protected from potential injury or disease transmission of blood borne diseases due to needle sticks is by following established guidelines for the proper containment of “sharps” (syringes, needles and lancets) and other safer disposal practices. In the end we should raise public awareness regarding this issue and teach the society to be smart and be aware and always spread the word Protect yourself, and protect others to develop a healthy environment.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Awareness needs to be spread among health care providers to closely counsel diabetic patients specifically, and their family members for safe disposable program.

• Provide biohazard sharp containers for diabetic patients.

• Learning from successful waste disposal strategies from other countries.

INTRODUCTION

In 2013 the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that the UAE ranked 16th worldwide in diabetes prevalence (Reference). More than 20% of us living here suffer from diabetes.

High percentage of these diabetic patients specially type I using sharps regularly, including, lancet, syringes, scalpels, and pen needles. Glucose sensor introducer needles that are part of blood glucose monitoring all of them are sharps.

Sharps can potentially be contaminated with many different types of microorganisms and whilst the risk from blood borne viruses such as Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), and Hepatitis C is generally well known. Many of sharps users are unaware of how to properly dispose of their used needles, lancets and syringes. Some patients simply throw their used needles in the trash or flush them down the toilet. This poses a risk of injury or potential infection from diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV to anyone who encounters them, which may include workers, kids, and pets. In addition, it is very important to teach people never to share or recycle these sharps.

Sharps need to be safely sequestered. Patients who are not disposing them in a correct, environment friendly and non-harmful manner are contributing to the many risks to the environment, animals and humans. Figuring out what to do with sharps takes some effort, but the payoff in public health is worth it. Regulations governing disposal of sharps protect garbage workers and the public from needle sticks and illness. The project aims to assist sharps users to safely dispose their sharps in suitable containers, guide them how to fill these containers and to find the most convenient location to dispose of the containers. It is the time to change our unintentional careless attitude and to be aware of how to protect our society and environment for better life in future.

BE SMART WITHSHARPS!!

Nick Wester, UAE Ministry of Health shocked by report on diabetes/The National, Thenaional.ae ,http://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/uae-ministry-of-health-shocked-by-report-on-diabetes

RESULTS

A total of 150 surveys were collected manually with complete information. Among the 150 respondents participated in this study, the majority were females (81; 54.0%), Married (100; 66.7%), and at age group of > 46 years (78; 52.0%). About Half (71; 47.3%) of the sample was with university degree and more than half (78; 52.0%) with Type I Diabetes (87.2%) and more than have are using insulin syringes or pens (91; 60.6).

Studying the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and questions related to reuse syringe or lancet, know how to dispose sharps tools at home safely or, if they have biohazards container at home, A significant association was discovered between age of the respondents, gender & educational level and a statement such as, Do you have a biohazard container at home (p=002,0.039,0.014) alternatively. Age were also associated significantly (p=0.000) with the survey statement “ Do you know how to safely dispose your sharps?” (pie #1), However, no significant differences were observed between age (p=0.367), gender (p=0.949) and educational levels (p=0.210) and the survey statements related to reuse syringe or lancet, or knowing how to dis-pose sharps at home regardless of gender (p=0.796) or educational level (p=0.255).

Despite the fact, that the majority of respondents know how to dispose safely their sharps (91; 60.7%) (pie #2) and know the dangers of unsafe disposable of sharps by throwing sharps in toilet or trash (105; 70.0%), still half (75; 50.0%), of the respondent don’t have biohazard sharp containers at home or never use it before (82,54.7%) regardless of their educational level. In addition (88, 58.7%) of the respondents reported that they were satisfied with the way they dispose the sharps in general waste (83;55.3%).

Interestingly When the respondents were asked about counseling services provided by health care team on how to use insulin syringe / pens or pumps and how to dispose them safely, the majority of the respondents (103; 68.7%) and (85; 56.7%) of participants reported that they had get counseling from pharmacists and they check their blood sugar level regularly (124; 82.7%).

Majority (121; 80.7%) of the respondents show an interest in having a device that can help them in disposing their sharp syringes/pens and lancets (pie #3), and (128; 85.3%) showed interest to have a system that will be responsible on collection of theses biohazards waste to save the environment.

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DO’s and DON’Ts Safe Disposal of Needles and Other Sharps Used At Home, At Work, or While Traveling

Do • Immediatelyplaceusedneedlesandothersharpsinasharpsdisposalcontainertoreducetheriskofneedle-sticks,cuts,orpuncturesfromloosesharps.

• UseanFDA-clearedsharpsdisposalcontainer,ifpossible.IfanFDA-clearedcontainerisn’tavailable,someorganizationsandcommunityguidelinesrecommendusingaheavy-dutyplastichouseholdcontainer(i.e.laundrydetergentcontainer)asanalternative.

• Makesurethatifahouseholddisposalcontainerisused,ithasthebasicfeaturesofagooddisposalcontainer.(Seeboxatrightformoreinfo.)

• Beprepared—carryaportablesharpsdisposalcontainerfortravel.

• Followyourcommunityguidelinesforgettingridofyoursharpsdisposalcontainer.

• Callyourlocaltrashorpublichealthdepartment(listedinthecountyandcitygovernmentsectionofyourphonebook)tofindoutaboutsharpsdisposalprogramsinyourarea.

• Askyourhealthcareprovider,veterinarian,localhospitalorpharmacisto whereandhowyoucanobtainanFDA-clearedsharpsdisposalcontainer,

o iftheycandisposeofyourusedneedlesandothersharps,oro iftheyknowofsafedisposalprogramsnearyou.

• Keepallneedlesandothersharpsandsharpsdisposalcontainersoutofreachofchildrenandpets.

All sharps disposal containers should be:

•madeofaheavy-dutyplastic;

•abletoclosewithatight-fitting,puncture-prooflid,withoutsharpsbeingabletocomeout;

•uprightandstableduringuse;

•leak-resistant;and

•properlylabeled.

Don’t • Throwneedlesandothersharpsintothetrash.

• Flushneedlesandothersharpsdownthetoilet.

• Putneedlesandothersharpsinyourrecyclingbin— theyarenotrecyclable.

• Trytoremove,bend,break,orrecapneedlesusedbyanotherperson.Thiscanleadtoaccidentalneedlesticks,whichmaycauseseriousinfections.

• Attempttoremovetheneedlewithoutaneedleclipperdevicebecausetheneedlescouldfall,flyoff,orgetlostandinjuresomeone.

Best Way to Get Rid of Used Needles and Other Sharps:

Step 1: Placeallneedlesandothersharpsinasharps disposalcontainerimmediatelyaftertheyhave beenused.

Step 2: Disposeofusedsharpsdisposalcontainers accordingtoyourcommunityguidelines.

Formoreinformationvisit,www.fda.gov/safesharpsdisposal.

Safe Disposal of Needles and Other Sharps www.fda.gov/safesharpsdisposal


What educational path did you take to reach this position?

I finished my BSc and MScs in Cairo University, then moved to the US and received my PhD in Clinical Pharma-cy. I received my research training at Stanford University and my profes-sional pharmacy license at the State of California. I started my academic career as an Assistant Professor at King Saud University, KSA and prac-ticed clinical pharmacy at King Kha-lid University hospital with focus on Infectious Diseases as my area of specialization. Then I moved to North America to pursue my advanced career in pharmacy education and research. Since then, I began to shift my focus more into research and innovation. After finishing 2 fel-lowships in infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy at University of Manitoba, Canada, I acquired an Associate Professor position at the School of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, USA. During my tenure at the University of Minnesota, I went through a one year fellowship train-

ing program in Advanced Pharmacy Leadership through the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), where I advanced my lead-ership skills and learned more about the best leadership practices and cutting-edge education tools. I was then offered a position as a Depart-ment Chair of Pharmacy Practice at Hampton University, Virginia where I was promoted to the rank of Full Pro-fessor with Tenure. Five years later I moved to California to join Chapman University as an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to help build a novel PharmD program. When I look back, I feel fortunate to go through such a rich experience in the field of pharmacy education, research and clinical practice. I consider myself an academician but, also, a clinical pharmacist and a researcher.

What are your research interests?

The type of research I pursue is called clinical sciences translational research, mainly in the field of anti-microbial therapy and bacterial resis-

tance.

What’s your vision for our college?

I decided to move to the UAE and join Sharjah University with sincere objective to transfer the knowledge and experience I gained throughout the years I lived in the United States and Canada. My vision is to build one of the leading hubs for pharma-cy education at the College of Phar-macy that enjoys an outstanding national and international reputation for clinical training, research and in-novation. My ultimate goal is to help the College of Pharmacy produce pharmacy professionals who are knowledgeable, innovative, passion-ate and caring about their patients. With the continuous guidance and support of his Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the University of Sharjah, and Pro-fessor Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, Chan-cellor of the University we will be able “In Sha Allah” to bring the College of

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Pharmacy to the lead in the region and position the University of Shar-jah on the international prospect.

As soon as I landed at the College of Pharmacy, I began to pursue my plans, formed groups and with the help of all the faculty we success-fully submitted proposals for a Post-BSc PharmD program and a PhD programs, in addition to the existing MSc program submission. The plan is to start a state-of-the-art PharmD program and PhD programs to fill in the research and the clinical gaps in our educational programs. Also, I contacted several imminent univer-sities in the US and worldwide to establish solid affiliation agreements and help us build strong academic and research programs with a fore-sight to achieve international expo-sure as well.

Did you always want to be a pharmacist?

I’m a pharmacist by birth, I grew up in my late dad’s pharmacy and I worked with him since I was 12 years old. I studied pharmacy because I decided to continue my dad’s career and take it a step further to advance the pharmacy profession.

In your opinion, what makes a successful person in this field?

Lifelong learning, persistence, and specialization. I advise all my stu-dents to continuously advance their knowledge and professional skills and learn the latest advancement in the field. Persistence is important to continue sharpening and updating your knowledge and skills. More-over, I always advise my student to specialize in a specific areas rather than just being a general pharmacist. With the advancement of knowledge in the field of pharmacy, you need to become an expert and that could only be achieved by specialization. There

are numerous and interesting areas of specialize in the field of Pharma-cy like anticoagulation clinics, in-fectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, or medication therapy management, etc. By specializing in a specific area, you build your exper-tize you make your knowledge better focused, and that is desirable in the medical field.

We know pharmacy is never a teenager’s first choice of a future career, why would you push a young person to study pharmacy?

It’s not anyone’s first choice because of the status quo of the pharma-cists right now. All they see when they walk to a pharmacy is a person counting pills or selling medications, and it’s a shame! The profession was squeezed into doing work any non-professional person can do. However, it is our duty to build a new model of practice for our profession. That is why we, at the College of Pharmacy, are working hard to catch up with the recent developments in pharmacy profession. The profes-sion of pharmacy has been drasti-cally advanced worldwide. What I’m proposing is to catch up with the new trend and offer an opportunity for our student to advance their career and to open the door for a new brand of the profession. I’m sending an invita-tion for students to learn, specialize, and be recognized for their commu-nity service and patient care. This is when teens will say “this pharmacist looked at all my mom’s medications, discovered issues, fixed it, gave her a better treatment plan. When we achieve such a professional model, pharmacy will then be the teenager’s first choice.

Do you have anything to say to your students?

I’m so proud of my student here at Sharjah University. Honestly, our students are one of the best stu-dents I have seen throughout my career. I could see their intelligence, dedication and enthusiasm. I would like to ask you to continue your hard work, ask for advice from your fac-ulty, get good grades, and consider further education and specialization. I want to tell my student that I have been in your place and I understand the issues and problems that faces pharmacy students and the profes-sion. I also want to assure you that we are working hard to advance our curriculum to better equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill your new role in health care. I also want to tell my students that I care about you and I want to hear from you, so tell me what’s on your mind. We are working on giving you more professional exposure and opening new opportunities for you to specialize and get more hands-on training. There are bigger opportuni-ties ahead and you will “In Sha Al-lah” be the experts of drug therapy and it’s going to be your duty to care about your patients and to give back to the community.

MEET: Prof. Ayman Noreddin, PhD, RPh. A pharmacist by birth, with a long experience in the field of pharmacy education, training and research. He recently joined the College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah as a dean with a vision and plans to advance and optimize the college’s program.


My experience with DUPHAT, the largest pharmaceutical event in the Middle East was beyond sensational. It’s a three-day event that’s held in Dubai. There were over 18,000 visitors/participants from 73 different countries. It consisted of many conferences and workshops that involved pharmacists improving patients’ medication, health, satisfaction and much more. Large pharmaceuti-cal firms were given booths in the exhibition to promote their products as well as their company. Hundreds of undergraduate students were also appointed stands for poster display; a handful of pharmacy students repre-senting our college took part in the poster displaying and presented themselves quite well; Nadia Malahfji, Basma Ahmed, Salma Fouz (under the supervision of Dr. Hany A. Omar) won 4th best thematic poster. Hajir Al-Khazraji, Hala Husam Abdul Baki, and Rana Hussein Ahmed (un-der the supervision of Dr. Sameh Soliman) won 7th best oral presentation.

I spent most of my time at the exhibit attending work-shops. The speakers were very professional and made their talks interesting. They got to know every one of us as individuals and asked about the challenges we face as upcoming pharmacists. An associate dean and pro-fessor of pharmacy practice, Eric Boyce, explained to us the importance of inter-professional collaboration and how pharmacy itself shifted from a medication-centered practice to a patient-centered one. He also advised us to build trust and relationships for better therapeutic results/outcomes. Overall it was a great experience, I enjoyed every second of it. In all honesty, I would recommend DUPHAT to anybody who’s in need of enlightenment in the pharmacy field.

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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IN THE PRESS


What educational path did you take to become a pharmacist?

After I got my bachelor’s degree, I wasn’t sure what I should do. It is not uncommon for fresh graduates to be uncertain or unsure of what ca-reer path to take. I chose the most obvious option, which is community pharmacy. I was not satisfied and was very frustrated by the limited pharmacists roles. and I felt that most of what I’ve been taught in un-dergraduate cannot be translated into practice, so that [being a com-munity pharmacist] didn’t last long. I went to study abroad aiming at ex-panding my horizon. I was drawn to and curious about Clinical Pharmacy since I was an undergraduate. I did my masters on Clinical Pharmacy in Malaysia, and then I did summer visits in different hospitals, different

health systems, and different coun-tries. After I completed master de-gree, I joined academia, but I kept an eye on doing PhD, and when I got a scholarship to Australia, I went and did my PhD and then post-doctorate studies there and here I am now.


Yes, most certainly.

Do you think there are too many people entering this profession?

I think we need to be careful to not open too many pharmacy schools in the UAE – this would possibly in-crease number of graduates particu-larly with current limited pharmacist’s roles! However, if the scope of the practice changes and the hospital services expand, we would need more people.

What do you like best and worst about being a professor?

I love interacting with students, one blessing of this job is being a part of students’ learning process, and watching them transform right before my eyes. I saw many develop into mature thinkers, problem-solvers, and researchers. It’s truly rewarding – I mean being a professor. The most challenging thing is time! there are always so many things to do, there’s research, preparing lectures and up-dating contents, community service, administrative work, and much more. The bottom line is there’s simply not enough time – it would be most help-ful if we could extend the day to be like 28 hours, I think. Time manage-ment is an important skill for aca-demics.

What’s your teaching style?

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My teaching style is very simple; I always strive to create a conducive environment within the classroom for students to participate and engage heavily in topics being taught. To do that, I use various active learning strategies, for example, pre-record-ed lectures, pre-class room reading, using audience response systems like polleverywhere and soctarive If you provide a class with an envi-ronment in which they feel safe and enable them to speak up, they do interact.

How’s teaching here different from teaching in Australia?

It’s very different. In Australia, class-rooms are often very big, like 250 students in a classroom. Students there are more comfortable with voicing their queries and are more open about what they don’t know, so It’s easier to for a lecturer to find out what the students don’t know, in a way. Another difference is technol-ogy support, University of Sharjah has excellent equipped facilities, but perhaps more innovation in the pro-cess of teaching and learning could be done.

In your opinion, what are some attributes of successful people in this field?

Perseverance, diligence, and con-sistency.

Do you consider yourself successful?

It’s a hard question to answer. I’m definitely an ambitious and passion-ate person, I follow my curiosity if I cannot reach my passion, because passion is like fireworks, I don’t wake up and act out of passion. I would love to think of myself as a success-ful person, but I’m still a mid-career researcher, I haven’t achieved any-thing yet. I’ve succeeded in many things within the short time-frame I

had, but success in my opinion re-quires substantial achievements. I’m not going to be narcissistic and tell you that I am, it won’t sit well with me.

What are your success habits?

Routine. Having a structured day, not too rigidly though. You have to be able to prioritize your tasks. In ac-ademia, people throw things at you all the time, you must have that flex-ibility to accommodate things your job requires, but if you don’t have a structure things will slip and fall in the cracks and you won’t achieve anything. I like Excel sheets, I keep things there to know my tasks and their completion percentages.

What advice do you wish you had received from a professional when you were still a student?

This is my favorite question so far. Just Relax, it’ll all work out. Your 20’s are all about not figuring out what you should do or what you re-ally want. It’s a stressful time, and If anyone would listen, I’ll just tell them to relax.

How do you push through your worst times?

I have a very specific technique, I just build a wall around this stressful event, and just let it stay there, I can’t worry about it for more than hour or two. I do panic, but I snap out of it by reminding myself that I’ve spent enough time worrying and listening to my own thoughts. Some problems don’t just go away, so you don’t have to solve them, just accept them.

When are you most productive?

Any studying that I need to do I usu-ally do at night, but creative work is done in the early morning. I’ve be-come a big morning person, so I try to not stay up too late.

How do you stay up-to-date with the happenings in the field?

I have a few journal subscriptions. Pharmacy is a profession that re-quires commitment to life-long learning. There are new drugs and new advancements every day. It’s a never-ending process, you don’t just stop praying one day because you excelled in prayer the day before.

We’ll end this on a lighter note; What do you do when you’re not working?

I must admit that I watch more televi-sion than I should, I’m a moviegoer, and I love to read. So, if I’m not work-ing, you’ll probably find me watching TV, at the cinema, or reading a book.

MEET: Dr. Hamzah Alzubaidi, he recently joined the College of Pharmacy in University of Sharjah as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, and is currently involved in teaching several courses in clinical pharmacy.


PHARMACISTS ANDCLIMATE CHANGE

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not”- Dr. Seuss

IT’S HERE. It’s happening. It’s already the biggest chal-lenge human beings have ever faced. Because of it, a person has to flee their home every second. Because of it, all corals on the planet are expected to die by 2050. Be-cause of it, sea-levels have already risen a foot. Without it, the heat waves that killed tens of thousands wouldn’t have happened. Because of the pollution involved, seven million people die every year. It’s already considered the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. It’s driving thousands of species to extinction. Ignoring it will cause the economy an outrageous amount of money. Ignoring it is already costing us. Much of it cannot be fixed, but some of it can be. Thousands of people are working on it. Billions of people care about it. If you think climate change is a problem for the environmentalists to worry about, think again.

You might ask: “how is climate change related to phar-macy?” The following chart might answer your ques-tion; it shows the various effects of climate change on human health.

“Everyone is part of the problem of global climate change; health professionals also have an opportuni-ty to become part of the solution.”

With global warming, plants and animal disease increas-es, drought and water shortages increase, pests and mi-croorganism growth increases, food supply decreases. Microorganisms reproducing more rapidly will cause an increase in food-borne illnesses, more pesticides will be used to prevent that, but higher concentrations of pesti-cides are harmful and cause serious toxicity. Water short-age affects hygiene and concentrates contaminants in available water; mix compromised hygiene with a grow-ing microorganism population, and you have a recipe for threatening epidemics. Drought, dying plants, and pests all affect food production, possibly decreasing it which will lead to malnutrition. All those changes of malnutrition, inju-ry, death, and displacement, will inevitably cause affected individuals psychiatric disorders.

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In short, more climate change cause more disease that is where pharmacists come in. With the consequences of climate change, the health of the public is going to suffer a great deal. Pharmacists are the most accessible health care providers, so pharmacist can counsel and help pa-tients fight off bad habits that affect the global climate, and consequently their health. It is much easier to prevent ill-nesses than to treat them after they occur.

There are now guidelines for greener pharmacy practice to reduce the environmental footprint of the pharmaceutical industry and to tackle the concerns that have an impact on the climate; such as, raw ingredients for pharmaceuticals, production of chemicals, transportation of products, use of pharmaceuticals, disposal of chemicals/pharmaceuticals. Those guidelines are for big corporations, but there are changes a pharmacist and normal individuals can imple-ment; consume less water and electricity, take a walk or public transport whenever feasible to reduce carbon emis-sion, bring back unused medication to the pharmacy to

avoid throwing chemicals and plastic in our oceans, and recycle. Recycling and reducing waste is the simplest change any person can make. Pharmacists can imple-ment those changes individually, and can be environmen-tal educators and encourage patients to make even the smallest of change in their behavior towards mother na-ture. Every step counts, every individual counts, so, make it count. Together we can turn the tide.

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/589058_3


How would you introduce yourself?

My name is Lujain Aloum; I am cur-rently working as a clinical tutor in the medicinal chemistry department at the college of pharmacy in Univer-sity of Sharjah.


No, not really, pharmacy was never my thing. Nevertheless, I have al-ways wanted to be a teacher, I loved presentations; I loved explaining stuff to my friends. I used to teach

my mom everything I studied that day when I got home from school. The whole standing in front of people and explaining things; that rewarding feeling after you deliver a new piece of information, it is beautiful. Howev-er, when I did get into pharmacy due to circumstances, I set my mind to work with what I got and excel in the field. When you dive into something, willingly or unwillingly, you have to make the best out of it.

So, were you forced to study pharmacy?

No! It just happened. I got the chance

to switch majors after I enrolled, and my parents were supportive of what-ever decision I decided to make, but I just grew to like it and enjoy it the deeper and farther the courses got.

Did you decide to teach in this field when you entered it?

No. Although I have always wanted to be a teacher, when other oppor-tunities entered with me enrolling here, I just went with “I’m going to be a pharmacist”. The teaching thing became clear to me right after I be-came a clinical tutor.

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How does it feel to work for the university you graduated from?

Well it feels great and delightful. Two years later, I still feel that pride I felt when I first started working here.

Is it awkward having your professors as your colleagues?

It was at the beginning; I had just graduated and joined the college right away. My head was always like: “am I still a student? No, I’m an em-ployee now”. By time, I got used to it and started enjoying it. You get to talk about different issues related to work or life in general, and you get to see them in a different light. It is lovely.

Becoming a clinical tutor at such a young age must not have been easy, it is encouraging and inspiring for someone like me, how did you get here? And what were the challenges?

Keep in mind that becoming a clin-ical tutor was not planned; it was not a goal that I wanted to get good grades for. I only worked against myself; I studied and worked hard for me. I think the reason that I am working here, as a clinical tutor is due to two interrelated factors. First, I built good relationships with my col-leagues and my professors on both, academic and personal levels. Sec-ond, the support from all my doctors at the college, especially the medic-inal chemistry department, their be-lief in my potential, and their ultimate trust. They gave me the confidence and the chance to be, yet again, part of this college even after my gradu-ation. The biggest challenge is that I am away from my family, we live in Abu Dhabi, but doing what you want to do is worth a little sacrifice.

Why did you choose to become a clinical tutor, when an excellent student like yourself could have

gotten so many opportunities in different fields of pharmacy?

As I told you earlier, teaching is my passion. Not only this, but my desire in research has grown over the past five years. Therefore, being a clinical tutor is the best first step in my aca-demic journey; I am paving the way for my ultimate goal, which is acquir-ing a PhD.

What are your hobbies? What is your favorite thing to do?

A fair amount of my free time is spent on sports, like body toning activities, especially body pump. I used to play volleyball in high school, but now there are never enough people to play with! I like to spend my free time doing volunteer work, especially with kids. They bring so much positive en-ergy, gratitude, and happiness. With their pure love and innocence, you see life from a different perspective, you get to take a break from life and be a kid for a few hours. However, I was never keen on kids, but you’d be surprised by how people change.

What advice do you have for the current students?

Hello from the other side! I know that being a student is tiring and sometimes depressing, but one day you will truly miss being a student, so just take it easy, relax, and en-joy your rich five-year journey. This is the time and the place for you to grasp as much knowledge as you can, I don’t deny the importance of your GPA, but make education and knowledge gain your goal, as they will make you shine after graduation. Always work hard against yourself and for yourself. On the other hand, it is important to engage yourself in any sort of activity that comes your way; joining the scientific society, participating in sports and volunteer work. Extra-curricular activities are

what shape and enrich your person-ality. Simply, some life lessons are not taught in books, so look up, get out of your comfort zone, and seize your opportunities.

One thing I regret not doing was plan-ning my future, always ask yourself “what do I want to be?”, “where do I see myself in 5 years?”, and “what’s my passion?”, let those questions accompany you during your study years. and remember that with pas-sion, comes creativity, excellence, and distinctions.

What advice do you have for fresh graduates?

After you graduate and become a le-gal drug dealer, you will experience a period of loss; you won’t know what to do or where to go, but don’t fret! Everything will fall into its place and you will find yourself, you know what they say: “if you don’t get lost, there is a chance you may never be found”.

MEET: Lujain Aloum;she is currently working as a clinical tutor in the medicinal chemistry department at the college of pharmacy in University of Sharjah.


It was a meeting between the Dean and students orga-nized by the Scientific Society to share our thoughts and concerns about the College of Pharmacy. The Scientific Society prepared a presentation which included all the points they wanted to discuss and invited students from all years to join us for coffee, cake, and complaints. Every student was given the time to speak their mind on top-ics that they felt were a concern and the dean gave his honest input on their opinions. He also informed us about plans that are to be implemented within the following years which include the formation of pharmacy programs for graduates and development of a student council that organizes activities.

The dean then took the time to give us a little insight about the paths he took and the obstacles he faced while study-ing pharmacy. He was so forthcoming and seemed quite passionate about this field. He went on about the all the countries he continued his studies/research in and all the great people he’s encountered. His determination struck me all and left me speechless. That’s when it occurred to me; Professor Ayman Noreddin is a not only a man of knowledge but a man of good-heart and strong will. A man who’s always in for the greater good of his fellow students. A man who’s willing to take risks and make sacrifices just to make sure his achievements don’t go unnoticed.

Najma Abdi Mohamood

2nd Year Student

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PHARMACY STUDENTS’ COUNSELING

COMPETITION 2017The Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaco-therapeutics held a counselling competition to encour-age pharmacy students to practice appropriate counsel-ling, to promote their role as patient educators, and to strengthen their ability in assuring safe medication use and to encourage professional development through re-al-life scenario that pharmacy students are expected to deal with in the future. Third, fourth, and fifth year phar-macy students registered at College of Pharmacy, uni-versity of Sharjah were eligible to participate in the com-petition. The competition took place over a month, March 20-April 20, and consisted of two rounds; In the prima-ry round, students were required to record a 5-minute counselling session about an antihypertensive (ACEI) drug in a pharmacy or model pharmacy, and they were to be evaluated based on the content and style of the counselling presentations. 10 students were qualified for the next and final round. During the final round, each student was given 5 minutes to study the provided pre-scription about a drug used to treat dyslipidemia (Statin), and another 5 minutes to counsel a patient, Dr. Mena Al-mallah, with personality characteristics that challenged the student’s counselling skills. The final round was held in front of a panel of three judges, Dr. Rand Nidal, Dr. Osama Mohammed, and Dr, Hamzah Alzubaidi. Sandy Ashraf, year 4, was this year’s champion! Zoulfa Katouh won second place, and Dalia Benhalilou won third place. Awards and certificates were distributed to the top 10

finalists at a small celebratory ceremony.


Medicine is an ever-changing science, and to be successful in the field, you need to keep up with all the changes made to the use of medica-tion. To stay up-to-date, you are going to need one –or more- essential reference books, that’s where this trusty book comes in handy. The BNF, British National Formulary, is a UK phar-maceutical reference. With annual updates, it delivers the best practice of medication utiliza-tion. BNF provides details of medicines (their uses, cautions, contra-indications, and side ef-fects), doses and management guidelines for common conditions, and directions for prescrib-ing, monitoring, and administering medicines.

“Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime”. Although considered a “business” book, a book helps you deal with change in all aspects of life. Change in any environment is inevitable. Some accept the change, whatever It may be, and change with It, others refuse to change their good old ways because “how else did they come this far?”. The world is in a continuous state of change and evolution, and It never waits for anyone. If one changes with It, they move on and prosper, if one refuses the change, they fall back and suffer. Whether you’re willing to accept it or not, things change! And you must change accord-ingly to live a healthy fulfilling life. Even If you think you don’t need such book because you already know the lessons and are indeed living by them, it is a fun quick-read that will possibly reinforce those lessons.

Mariam Altheraawi

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Claude Kanakri

4th Year Student

Under the Pharmaceutics department of College of Pharmacy, students are offered trips to visit local pharmaceutical companies in different emir-ates such as Julphar and globalpharma in both fall and spring semesters of the academic year.

Globalpharma, a Sanofi company, is becoming a leading generics partner in the region, and is based in Dubai Investment Park. We were given a chance to pay the company and manufacturing site a visit. Upon arriving, we were invited over to an auditorium for an introduction about the compa-ny, an overview of Sanofi, recent advancements, and innovative products they presented in the re-gion, followed by an interactive Q&A session with some of the leaders of the company including the General Manager and Head of Generics in the Middle East at Sanofi, Karine Labaky. Following that, we were guided to the manufacturing facil-ity that covers an area of 27,000m2 with annual

production of 300 million tablets, 150 million cap-sules, and over 7 million liters of dry syrup and liq-uid. Entertaining and inspiring quotes such as “We care for the whole body”, “We care for the whole world”, “We care for the whole life” spread all over the company walls. Our tour began with ensuring that we followed sanitary guidelines of their manu-facturing unit by providing us with hair, face, body, and feet coverage and it was explained to us the need and importance of sticking to such guide-lines. We were shown different storage, receiving, dispatching areas, as well as rooms and sections having advanced equipment and machines where different stages of tableting, formulating, and qual-ity control are processed. At the end of our visit, we all gathered in the open where a delicious lunch buffet was served and thanks were exchanged to mark the end of our globalpharma visit.


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1. A combination of signs and symptoms that together represent a disease process.3. A widespread and very serious allergic reaction.5. medications available without a prescription.6. Something that promotes emptying of the bowels.7. A medication that helps bring up mucus and other material from the lungs.9. A stress hormone secreted as part of the human ‘fight or flight’ response to fear.

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2. Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle.4. An anticoagulant drug.8. The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.10. An old title for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses medicaments.11. Despite its reputation for safety, this analgesic can damage liver when too much is taken.12. Occurs following Sildenafil (viagra) and Isosorbide Mononitrate combination, or following an antihypertensive overdose.

* send your all-correct answers with your name and ID to [email protected] to win a prize!


Slimming Products for Losing Both Weight and HealthAbstract:

Obesity is one of the biggest health concerns throughout the world. A lot of medical illnesses such as diabe-tes, arthritis, cardiovascular diseas-es, respiratory problems, etc. are di-rectly related to obesity. To deal with the problem of being obese, con-sumers have often resorted to med-ications after becoming frustrated with conventional methods of weight loss. Many advertisements indi-cate that weight loss will be made quicker and easier by using weight loss products such as diet bills. This route of weight loss can lead to an abuse of the products and can have some extremely adverse effects.

There are wide varieties of weight loss products in the markets, phar-macies and health food storages. Some of them are effective and some of them are not or have a weak effect. There are a lot of untested,

ineffective and potentially harmful diets products in the markets. More-over, most of them do not get FDA approval or registered in ministry of health.

Method:

A literature review will be designed on the consumption of diet prod-ucts without prescriptions or request them online to document the details of the side effects and to increase the awareness among people re-garding the usage of these products without a prescription and to empha-sis the importance of consultation with pharmacists or nutrition special-ists regarding these products.

Supervisor: Dr. Shireen Audeh

Students: Omaima Hawari,

Ruba Zenati,Bushra Mdkhana

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Total of 219 surveys were collected (65 manually and 154 by using the web -based survey tool) with complete information. Among 219 respondents

participated in this study, the majority of them were female (119;54.6%), and at age group of 17 to 25 years (100;45.7%). Almost half (96;43.8%)of the sample were university degree holders and the other half (80;36.5%) were university

students . Majority of the participants had children (125;57.6%) at home . More than three quarters (98;79.7%) of the participants were gaining access to

antibiotics medications without the need of a prescription . When asked about taking any precautions while disposing a number of medications including

antibiotics that are classified as hazardous products , more than three quarters (130,77.4%) reported that they don’t take any precautions when disposing the

proposed hazardous products and they just throw it in the trash . However, more than half (114;52.1%) were aware that the antibiotics and the other

proposed products are classified as hazardous products. Relationship between socio demographic characteristics and survey questions :Significant association

was revealed between :Educational level and survey statement indicating: safest way of disposal (p=0.001),and any precaution taking while disposing hazardous

drugs (p=0.001) .Age(p=0.001) and educational level(p=0.0001) were highly significant with regard to population readiness to use local medication collection box and both showed no significant correlation with statements concerning how

participants dispose their medicationsThe participants response to some of the survey questions

Medications are granted by the population as helpful product that help to raise human health back to the desired level.it is less likely

to be thought about the fate of these products after their use. How ever medicine disposal is a growing concern that is effecting

both human and environmental health this threat is posed by pharmaceutical and personal care products (ppcps) . The increase

in medication use is increasing the percentile of unused medications in every household which put medication disposal

issue in the forefront . Disposing medications by flushing is causing harm to aquatic organisms and human health and is increasing

presence of medications in rivers and drinking water where water treatment systems is failing to remove them and water used for

plant fertilization . As well disposing medication through the trash is offering children and animal access to potentially harmful

medications creating problems if toxicity and dependence . This problem is not without a solution , there are multiple formal

guidelines on appropriate disposal developed by health authorities that the majority of people in UAE are not fully aware of which definitely draws our attention to spot the light and raise

awareness .[1,2]

A cross-sectional study was performed on 219 participants mainly from Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. The survey consisted of 22 items with the purpose of assessing the UAEs public knowledge in terms of safe and appropriate

medication disposal and the role of the pharmacist to increase the public awareness regarding medication

disposal. The survey was written in two different languages (Arabic and English) and was distributed either personally by

the researcher or was made accessible via online use for those who agreed to participate over the period of almost a

month (26 February to 18 March 2017), furthermore an approval letter from ethical committee in university of

Sharjah has been received .The validity and reliability of the research questionnaire was checked by 3 excellent

students and 2 faculty supervisors from college of pharmacy at university of Sharjah.[2,3]

Analysis was done by encoding the participants’ responses and inserting them in the Statistical Package

for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 20, Chicago, IL, US) software. Moreover, to calculate the 95% confidence

intervals two “yes” and “no” categories of the relevant responses were used. Also, for calculating the share of

each respondents group who responded to each statement in the questionnaire Descriptive analysis was used. Chi-square test was used for the identification of

any significant difference amid the participants’ responses regarding certain statements in the

questionnaire with a significant level of p value of < 0.05.

Some studies have shown a variety of pharmaceutical chemicals found in rivers, streams and in the sewage sludge [7], and

researchers have identified that low level of chronic exposure to pharmaceutical chemicals have a notable effect on aquatic animals including fish and lobsters. [3] Therefore, the Office of National

Drug Control Policy issued guidelines for proper disposal of prescription drugs, where they mention that public shouldn’t flush

the medications down the toilet unless otherwise mentioned on medication label [5,6], noticeably in the present study only (10,

4.6%) of the participants answered that they flush the medications down the sink or toilet, and three quarters mentioned that they will throw in the trash (166, 75.8).Secondly that the public should take advantage of programs that collect medications for proper disposal [5,6] and yet in the present study (199, 90.9%) answered No to the

availability of medication collection box provided by the government for the safe disposal of medication, nevertheless the

majority (184, 84%) of the participants answered Yes to their readiness to place their medicaments in the designated box if

provided. Further, if the program is not available then the guidelines recommend the removal of the label from the package and dissolving the solid medication then mix it with unpalatable

material afterwards to seal it properly in a bag before placing it in the trash. [4,7]

[1] Daughton CG, Ternes TA. 1999. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: agents of subtle change? Environ Health Perspect107:907-942[2] De-Bolle L, Muhuys E, Andriaens E, Remon J, Bortel LV, Christiaens T. Home medication cabinets and self-medication: A source of potential health threats? Ann Pharmacother 2008;42:572-9[3] Ruiz, R. "America's Most Medicated States." Forbes.com. 3 march,2017(http://health.msn.com/medications/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100243635&page=)[4] Buser HR, Muller MD, Theobald N. 1998. Occurrence of the pharmaceutical drug clofibric acid and the herbicide mecoprop in various Swiss lakes and in the North Sea. Environ Sci Technol32:188-192.[5] Halling-Sorensen B, Nors-Nielsen SN, Lanzky PF, Ingerslev F, HoltenLutzhoft HC, Jorgensen SE. 1998. Occurrence, fate and effects of pharmaceutical substances in the environment a review. Chemosphere36:357-3936] Heberer T.2002. Occurrence, fate, and removal of pharmaceutical residues in the aquatic environment: a review of recent research data. ToxicolLett131:5-17.[7] Kolpin DW, Furlong ET, Meyer M, Thurman EM, Zaugg SD, Barber LB, et al. 2002. Pharmaceuticals, hormones and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: a national reconnaissance. Environ Sci Technol36:1202-1211[8] Woodhouse B. Pharmaceuticals and other wastewater products in our waters: a new can of worms Southwest Hydrology 2003;Nov/Dec:12–13,30.

Implement a take back programs by the health authorities to safely dispose unused or expired

medicationsWorkshops by experts to educate populations on

recommended guild lines and protocols for medication disposal

Emphasize on the community pharmacy vital role in providing population with the required

knowledge and skills for medications disposal Programs to train pharmacist and equip them with required knowledge and latest updates concerning

medications.[8]

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Cyclical ketogenic diet wherethere are high carbohydratesperiod involved after atypical usage of SKD.

Standard ketogenic dietit's the most commonlyused one. It consists ofhigh fat (75%), lowcarbohydrates content(5%) , where the rest isprotein.

Targeted ketogenic dietwhere you can eatcarbohydrates near theworkout time.

High protein ketogenic diet which issimilar to a standard ketogenic diet,but has more protein content (35%)and the fat content is 60%.

5 to 2 High carb

That will be combined with co-enzyme Ato form acetyl-CoA chains. These chainsmove into the mitochondria. The chainsare broken down into acetyl-CoA unitsby a sequence of reactions known as β-oxidation.

Acetyl-CoA forms theketones then theketones are releasedfrom liver to the blood

Almost any cell that needs energycan grab it from these circulatingketones. Again, our brain will be thegreediest for these ketones

The ketogenic diet is a high in fat, low incarbohydrates with a ratio of 4:1respectively.

Fatty acids

• Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency

• Porphyria

• Fat metabolism disorder

History

In 1994 Charlie Abraham’s family startedThe Charlie Foundation after his completerecovery from daily seizures despite tryingall available anti-seizure medications andenduring a futile brain surgery

Charlie started the diet as a toddler andremained on it for 5 years. He is now acollege student and remains seizure-free

Story of Success

Hajir Waleed Lateef Al-Khazraji, Hala Husam Abdul Baki, Rana Hussein Ahmed

Supervisor: Dr. Sameh Soliman Mahmoud, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy

University of Sharjah - UAE

KETOGENIC DIET BETWEEN EVIDENCE AND CLINICAL USE

Types

CONCLUSION

Introduction

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SKD

Improve cognition and behavior Body fat loss Improve glycemic controlReduce seizures in children

Restrictive dietMuscle cramps and weakness Hard to eat food at social gatherings

• ketogenic diet canalleviate or cure seizuresin more than half of thechildren who go on it.

• The treatment itself isnot harmful to thepatient.

• Epilepsy drugsfrequently fail toprovide real help.

• The drugs cause furtherharm to the childrenthrough toxic sideeffects.

Indications Contraindications

Diet vs. AEDs

1) The Charlie foundation for ketogenic therapies, 20162) Yolanda Smith, BPharm ,Ketogenic Diet Indications and Contra-Indications, Oct 19, 20153) Trends Neurosci . 2013 January ; 36(1): 32–40. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2012.11.005 4) John Wiley & Sons, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Ketogenic and other dietary treatments for epilepsy, March of 20125) Rudy Mawer, MSc, CISSN, The Ketogenic Diet 101: A Detailed Beginner’s Guid6) http://blog.paleohacks.com

1900The use of total fasting as a treatment for seizures in children

1921The development of the original ketogenic diet for epilepsy

1998The ketogenic diet is essential to treat childhood epilepsy

30’s-50’s

The ketogenic diet fell into obscurity as new epilepsy drugs were discovered

1994The diet was essentially ‘rediscovered’ in the story of Charlie's seizures that could not be controlled with medications

Our major conclusion confirms the presence of gapin nutritional education within the medical collegesin the UAE; and hence we recommend a specialeducation program to all medical students in orderto strengthen their nutrition knowledge.

▪ A survey in 2016 was conducted on 50 personsin the UAE in order to determine how peoplerespond to the use of ketogenic diet. The surveyshowed that only 5% used ketogenic diet andonly for the purpose of weight loss.

▪ We proposed that the possible reason for thegap between evidence and the clinical practiceof ketogenic diet can be explained in part bythe lack of adequately education programabout ketogenic diet and its possible clinicaluse.

▪ To test this hypothesis, another survey hasbeen conducted on senior students fromdifferent medical majors. The results were asfollows:

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PHARMACYMedications, why not?Medications are symptom controllers and not for the improvement of the heart.Many problems are associated with the use of medications such as:• Patient compliance• Drug-drug interactions• Renal and hepatic exhaustion

References:1. Greenberg, Barnard, Narayan, and teerlink –‘Management of Heart Failure’, N.p January 1, 20102. A. McDonagh, S. Gardner, L. Clark, J. Dargie, theresa , Roy , Andrew , Henry , 2011. oxford textbook of heart failure. 1st ed. oxford: OUP Oxford, 20113. Raman, Jai, 2016. Management of heart failure. 2nd ed. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA: Springer.4. E. Jaski, Brian, 2015. The 4 Stages of Heart Failure. 2nd ed. San Diego, California: Cardiotext Publishing.5. sunshine. 2017. C-Pulse. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.sunshineheart.com. [Accessed 28 February 2017].6. R. Morgan Griffin. 2003. heart-failure treatment by device. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/heart-failure/features/heart-failure-

treatment-by-device#6. [Accessed 28 February 2017].7. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.. 2016. Sunshine Heart C-Pulse: device for NYHA Class III and

ambulatory Class IV heart failure.. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27580008. [Accessed 28 February 2017].

It was approved in the US

for initiating the trials, but

in UK not yet approved.

Approval

COLLEGE OF PHARMACYU

NIVERSITY OF SHARJA

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كــلـيــة الــصـيــدلـــةجـــــــامـــــعـــــة الــــــــشـــ

What is C-Pulse?The C-Pulse is an innovative new device that will make a revolution in heart failure management as it reverses class III and ambulatory class IV heart failure, in comparison with the commonly used LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) and other heart failure medications.

How It Works?• An extra-aortic cuff with a balloon is implanted around the aorta with no contact with

the blood.• The cuff is attached to an ECG with electrodes that are attached to the heart muscle

to sense the heart beat and synchronize the balloon inflating and deflating motion.• A power driver is connected with a wire exiting the abdomen and the driver is held by

the patient in a shoulder bag.

What is CHF?• Heart failure means that the heart’s pumping power is weaker than normal so the heart can’t supply enough

blood to meet the body demands.• It’s a serious condition for which there is currently no cure, as it is one of the leading causes to death.

Clinical Evidence:• In the initial pilot study the device was tested on 20

patients with class III or IV heart failure.• They were followed at six months and 1 year, 16 patients

showed significant improvements. Three patients at 1 year had reversed HF class III or IV to functional class I.

• During the trial 8 of the patients suffered of infection at the exit site in the abdomen.

LVAD1. Invasive2. Blood contacting3. Risk for stroke, sepsis, MI and others4. Survival of end-stage HF

C-Pulse1. Minimally invasive2. Non-blood contacting3. No major risks4. Reverses heart failure

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him to perform wide range of activities without interfering with his life style.• Patients will be able to exercise, workout,

walk, and run while other HF patients will not.

Impact on lifestyle

Advantages: 1. Implanted in 90 minutes with minimally invasive procedure.2. The patient has the ability to disconnect from the system at

any time and for brief periods of time.3. No need for any anticoagulant medication.4. Improve quality of life.5. Hospitalization rates are decreased by 85%.

Disadvantages: 1. The feeling of shortness of breath may

return if the patient disconnected the device for more than 15-20 minutes.

2. Infection of the exit site.&

Nadia Malahfji - Basma Ahmed - Salma Fouz&

Hany A. Omar

Department of pharmacy practice and pharmacotherapeutics,

College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, UAE

Did you ever think

that Heart Failure

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Students Projects..

Your time is limited, do not waste op-portunities that might make you a nor-mal student today & a leader tomorrow! Have faith in yourself, follow your heart with courage & stay optimistic! Believe me when I say, you might not excellent in studying today BUT MARKS DO NOT DEFINE US! So study to improve your skills and knowledge not to gain a num-ber on a paper. –Rosan Marie, Presi-dent.

ــة ــد التجرب ــاة تول ــم الحي ــن رح ــال م يق

ومــن بــن زحــام التجــارب تســتيقظ الجــوارح

ــر ــدة أو أن نخ ــة جدي ــن بداي ــن ع ــا لتعل إم

ــر. إن ــن املف ــدري أي ــا ن ــن ف ــا عاجزي أمامه

تجاربــك هــي: إمــا أخطــاء تتعلــم منهــا،

أو نجاحــات تتحــرك لقطــف املزيــد منهــا،

ــم ــواء يف قدرته ــن س ــارب اآلخري ــك تج وكذل

الصعــاب، وتجــاوز املشــكات حــل عــى

أو فيــا يعتمدونــه مــن أفــكار وأســاليب

أالف بــن مــن اليــوم مبتكــرة. إبداعيــة

ــاهمة يف ــة املس ــم تجرب ــا لك ــارب قطفن التج

ــت ــا حلل ــة أين ــة فعال ــون ذوي بصم أن نك

أزهــرت لنزرعهــا يف بســتانكم لنقــول لكــم أن

ــو التجربــة البــد لهــا أن تــرك األثــر حتــى ول

بكلمــة فالتقطــوا منهــا عبريهــا املنبثــق. –

إرساء شــتات، نائــب رئيــس.

One of the reasons I became part of the scientific society is to try at least

make someone smile. I would like to convey short message to every phar-macy student: never stop reading! Nev-er stop asking. Never stop nourishing your mind. And never stop smiling. You shouldn’t be worried about failure. But what you should be worried about if you are not trying. As long as you did your best, then don’t lose yourself for the sake of grades. –Warda Ismail, Treasur-er.

ــة هــي ــاة الجامعي ــة الحي ــال أن مرحل يق

ــاء شــخصية اإلنســان، ــة الرئيســة يف بن املرحل

ــن ــر م ــة مي ــر بواب ــا أخ ــب ألنه ــس فحس لي

ــل ــة، ب ــاة العملي ــو الحي ــان نح ــا اإلنس خاله

ألنهــا املرحلــة التــي تتجســد فيهــا تحمــل

املســؤولية. منــذ أول يــوم يل يف كليــة الصيدلة،

ــا ــى م ــق أق ــوب تحقي ــا ص ــاي اتجهت وعين

الجانــب يف ســواء اإلنجــازات مــن ميكــن

ــف ــاركة يف مختل ــب املش ــدرايس أو يف جان ال

شــخص أي بإمــكان الطابيــة. األنشــطة

ــر ــون األم ــد ال يك ــن.. ق ــن الجانب ــة ب املوازن

ــف ــتطيع أن توص ــي تس ــهولة الت ــك الس بتل

ــاد ــل الج ــا كان العم ــن لطامل ــات، ولك بالكل

ــوا ــاة. ثق ــر يف الحي ــاح يف أي أم ــاح النج مفت

بقدراتكــم، وتحلــوا بالطاقــة اإليجابيــة، وال

ــوا أفضــل مــا لديكــم تنســوا أحامكــم، فابذل

الزعبــي، خليــل يوســف - إليهــا. لتصلــوا

ــكرتري. س

Rosan Marie, President.

Warda Ismail, Treasurer.

Layal Korbaj, Member

إرساء شتات، نائب رئيس.


Messages from SSCOP 2017

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No matter how much the world tries to hold you back, always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible. Believing you can become successful is the most important step in actually achieving it. Nesreen Alsebai, Public relations manager.

Being a pharmacist is a great honor that each of you should be proud of. We are given the chance to help save lives and offer so much in the healthcare sys-tem. Of course, nothing comes without hard work. You need to focus, set your mind on your goals and give it all you got. My advice to all pharmacy students is to always have a purpose that will motivate you through the hard times. For me that is 3 things: my family, my country, and the Oath of a Pharmacist which we will recite on our graduation day. Also get involved in activities that happen in the university and even out-side. Whenever you have the chance to do something different, do it! You’ll be surprised by how much there is to enjoy and learn while doing something new, aside from studying. This is what motivated me to join SSCOP. It gave me the opportunity to be part of something scientific and at the same time improve many of my skills. So remember, always work hard, love what you do, and have a smile on your face! –Shefa Akhras, Advising Manager.

We should always aim to be a part of something bigger, we should always aim to get out of our comfort zone, you don’t have to go home early every day.

Life is too short, so let’s make it worth living. Try to jump into any boat you see and be the pilot of your own journey, the writer of your own story. Gandhii says be the change you want to see, Join the Scientific Society where you get to be a leader, a decision make, and a painter of your own view. This is what I was offered when I joined the society as a member; a member with power who gets to put words into actions, I am very thankful for this opportunity that helped me develop a new set of skills; skills that can’t be acquired from books. -Shifaa Abdin, Member

I have always been a firm believer in what people can accomplish once faced with the proper conditions and the need-ed support, becoming part of the Scien-tific Society has given me and many oth-ers the chance to make learning fun and attainable. It added more value to my learning experience and its outcomes. The people you surround yourself with can help push your limits to learn more, try to support the people within the com-munity the way they support you. The sense of community and self-actualiza-tion will alleviate expectations and per-formance levels of everyone, promote creativity, and constantly urge one to gain more. - Layal Korbaj, Member.

Shefa Akhras, Advising Manager.

Shifaa Abdin, Member

Nesreen Alsebai, Public relations manager.

يوسف خليل الزعبي، سكرتري.


Why Professors Studied Pharmacy?? سبب أختيـار الهيئة التدريسية

تخصص الصيدلــة؟

ــت ــا، و كان ــا فضولي ــت طف ــا كن لطاملــارت ــي أث ــياء الت ــر األش ــن أك ــة م األدويــة ــت كلي ــفها. كان ــويل وأردت أن اكتش فضالصيدلــة هــي الخيــار األنســب ألشــبع ــدي شــجعني و بعثنــي هــذا الفضــول، والللدراســة يف الخــارج. –د. محمــد حــرب

ــمرين س

كان والــدي صيــديل ذو قــدر وهيبــة ــذه ــى ه ــاي ع ــت عين ــاس، تفتح ــن الن بــت ــة أيب وتعلم ــت يف صيدلي ــة، تربي املهنالــدواء كان الــدواء، عــن الكثــري منــه ــراض واآلالم ــزول األم ــبة يل، ت ــحرا بالنس ســك ــه ل ــا يصف ــا كيميائي ــاول مركب مبجــرد تنغــرس يف الــذي والــدي هــو الصيــديل. ــاس ــة، كانــت الن ــة هــذه املهن نفــي محبتحرمــه و تطلبــه للمســاعدة لعلمــه، و الخدمــات التــي كان يوفرهــا يف أي يشء يخــص األمــراض و الــدواء. إمكانيــة الوصول متاحــة تــزال ال خدماتهــا و للصيدليــة ــاس. ــة الن ــب لعام ــادة الطبي ــن عي ــر م أكأمتنــى أن ينظــر طــاب الصيدلــة إىل قيمــة

عــى يعملــوا وأن املــايض، يف الصيــديل ــة. –د. ــه املهن ــذي خرست ــق ال إعــادة الرون

ــعد. ــان س إمي

الفــرص لتنــوع الصيدلــة أحببــت مصانــع يف العمــل للصيــديل: املتاحــة األدويــة، و معامــل التحاليــل، والصيدليات-ســواء كانــت خاصــة أو تابعــة للمجتمــع أو ــدواء. ــع ال ــى تصني ــل ع ــفى-، و العم ملشقلــة عــدد الصيادلــة يف الثانينــات قادتنــي لدخــول كليــة الصيدلــة. رأيــت أن البــد أين يكــون للصيــديل دور أكــر مــا نــراه يف ــا بالســاع ــد بدأن ــا ق ــريب، و كن ــا الع عاملنعــن دور جديــد للصيــديل و هــو “الصيدلــة يجــب الصيــديل دور وأن الرسيريــة”، ــت ــرض، و كان ــخيص امل ــور تش ــدأ ف أن يبو أتخصــص أن البدايــة منــذ أمنيتــي أتعمــق يف دراســة هــذا التخصــص الجديــد.

–د. عبداملــوىل عبــد الكريــم.

I joined the college of pharmacy because I was excellent in Chemistry and Biology during my years of study prior to college. I also had another motivation that my Father is a phar-macist working in one of the big Egyp-tian pharmaceutical company and I was amazed by his daily work. That is why I felt that I would be successful if I joined the college of pharmacy. –Dr. Osama Mohamed.

I loved chemistry in high school, and I thought this love would enable me to design new compounds and become a good pharmacist. I studied one semester of medicine, but all I did was memorize body parts, there was nothing to think about, and I hat-ed that. I decided that medicine was not for me, since I wanted to do more drug discovery, so pharmacy was the only option, and right after joining a pharmacy college, I said “I should work in the anti-cancer field” and this is where I am now. –Dr. Hany Omar

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Why did you study Pharmacy?سبب أختيـار الطلبـة لدراسـة تخصص الصيدلـة؟

اهدافنــا، كــرت أحامنــا كــرت كلــا

أن يتمنــي هــدف منــا لــكل أن شــك وال

يحققــه، ونحــن ال نحقــق أهدافنــا إال بالســعي

واملحاربــة لبلــوغ ذلــك الهــدف والتخــي عــن

النفــس وأهوائهــا متوكلــن عــي اللــه ســبحانه

وتعــايل غــري متواكلــن. ففــي الثانويــة العامــة

كنــت دامئــا أجــد يف دراســتي يك أحقــق هــديف

بالدخــول ايل كليــة الرشطــة الحلــم الــذي

املجتمــع ملســاعدة الصغــر، منــذ اخرتــه

ــم ــوص، ورس ــن واللص ــن املجرم ــص م بالتخل

الســعادة واالبتســامة عــى وجــوه األفــراد،

كل فبجانــب واألمــان، باألمــن وشــعورهم

ــه ــي ل ــت أعط ــذي كن ــم وال ــك، كان األه ذل

أولويــايت هــو بنــاء الثقــة يف نفــوس أفــراد

ــوع ــد وق ــر بع ــي تدم ــن حلم ــع. ولك املجتم

ــم ــا حل ــر بعده ــؤوم دم ــيارة مش ــادث س ح

ان بعدهــا فقــررت تبنــاه. الــذي الصغــري

ــال ــن يف الب ــي مل تك ــدي الت ــة وال ــق رغب أحق

ــي ــا، أال وه ــري به ــغلني التفك ــن يش ــم يك ول

مل التــي البــرشي الطــب بكليــة االتحــاق

عــى لعــدم حصــويل أيضــا هــي تتحقــق

املعــدل الــكايف يف الثانويــة العامــة. ومــن هنــا

ــع ــويل، فوق ــأيت وت ــكار ت ــرية واألف ــدأت الح ب

ــا ــي بأنه ــة، لرؤيت ــة الصيدل ــار عــى كلي االختي

املجــال التــي تجعــل والــدي ســعيدا وتســكن

احــدى يف البكــر ابنــه يــري بــان قرارتــه

ــة. ومــن جهــة اخــري تحقــق املجــاالت الطبي

ــه، ــعى ورائ ــت أس ــذي كن ــس ال ــدف الرئي اله

بجانــب حبــي للكيميــاء، وفهمــي الرسيــع لهــا،

وان اإلبــداع يف الصعــب ليــس كل يبــدع فيــه.

وبقــي ذلــك هــو الجــواب الــذي يجيــب عــى

ســؤال زمــايئ يف مختلــف التخصصــات، ملــاذا

اخــرت صيدلــة ...؟ فأصبحــت بذلــك صيدلــة

ــحاتة، ــود ش ــار. - محم ــت اجب ــار وليس اختي

ســنة أوىل.

لــكل منــا ســببه يف تحديــد اختياراتــه

ــباب ــدة أس ــكان يل ع ــا ف ــا ان ــه. أم وطموحات

يف اختيــاري لكليــة الصيدلــة. لعــل أهمهــا

أننــي حينــا تخرجــت مــن الثانويــة العامــة مل

أكــن قــد حــددت مصــريي، كانــت كل األبــواب

مفتحــة يف وجهــي وكام األقــارب ميــوج يب

ــا وشــاال كنــت أترنــح وأتخبــط والوقــت ميين

ميــي ومل أحــدد مســتقبي. حينهــا قــال يل

أيب جملــة أفاقتنــي “تحمــل مســؤولية قــرارك

ــت ــد أحبب ــا ق ــدع! ”. أن ــا تحــب لتب واخــر م

فبحثــت عــن املدرســة الكيميــاء يف مــادة

ــاذا ــاء؟ مل ــة للكيمي ــات الطبي ــرب التخصص أق

ــة ــة صحي ــت أيب وعك ــنا، أصاب ــة؟! حس الطبي

ــل ــف يتعام ــرف كي ــا مل يع ــن وحينه ــذ زم من

األطبــاء معــه حتــى إن الــدواء مل يكــن مناســبا

ــا بــدأت أفكــر يف لــه وال لحالتــه املرضيــة. هن

ــاس يجــب أن ــر وعلمــت أن كل الن هــذا األم

ــى ــادر ع ــاة وإين ق ــم يف الحي ــوا بصمته يضع

التقــدم فكــرة رأيس يف ورســخت التغيــري

لكليــة الصيدلــة يف جامعــة الشــارقة. فقبلت يف

الجامعــة وأعلــم أن الطريــق مــيء بالعقبــات

ــة الخمــس أعــوام ليســت ســهلة ويف وأن رحل

الوقــت ذاتــه ليســت مســتحيلة فمــن ســبقنا

للنجــاح مل يكــن أفضــل منــا يف يشء ومــن

وصــل للقمــر وهــدم الجبــال وعالــج األســقام

مل يكونــوا ســوى بــرش. يومــا بعــد يــوم أحببــت

جهــدي قصــارى أبــذل وبــدأت تخصــي

يف مهمتنــا اإلنســانية فكليتنــا مييزهــا بأنهــا

ــن اإلنســانية ــكار وب ــم واالبت ــن العل تجمــع ب

ومســؤولية املحافظــة عــى صحــة النــاس.-

ــة. ــنة ثاني ــي، س ــال الكبي ب

When I took the university’s form to choose the major I want, I had no clue what to study and Pharmacy admission was already closed, so I wrote pharmacy as my first option and I knew it was closed so I won’t be accepted. But before starting my first semester by 4 or 5 days, the universi-ty called my family and told them that I got accepted in pharmacy again. And that’s basically how I realized that my destiny was always meant to be in Pharmacy College. -Rawan Ab-dulkareem, year 3

I always doubted all the rumors people spread about different “health hazards”, how everything is “poison-ous” or “causes cancer”, and I wanted to be able to know for myself what is true and why. –Sandy Ashraf, year 4

I chose pharmacy because I wanted to do something related to the health sector and I didn’t want to study medicine. Learning about med-ications and helping people with their treatment was something that I really wanted to do. Nada Daood, year 5.


Recent updates of carbapenem antibiotics(published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 131 (2017) 185e195)

Authors: Imen Ibrahim - Noorhan Hisham - Rand Aladdin - Haneen Mohammed - Amany Bahaaeldin

Supervised by: Dr.Mohammed El-Gamal

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A b s t r a c t

Carbapenems are among the most commonly used and the most efficient antibiotics since they are relatively resistant to hydrolysis by most b-lac-tamases, they target penicillin-bind-ing proteins, and generally have broad-spectrum antibacterial effect. In this review, we described the initial discovery and development of car-bapenems, chemical characteristics, in vitro/in vivo activities, resistance studies, and clinical investigations for traditional carbapenem antibiotics in the market; imipenem-cilastatin, mer- openem, ertapenem, doripenem, bi-apenem, panipenem/betamipron in addition to newer carbapenems such as razupenem, tebipenem, tomopen-em, and sanfetrinem. We focused on the literature published from 2010 to 2016.

Keywords

Antibiotic resistance, Carbapenems, b-lactams, b-lactamses

Conclusion

Carbapenem antibiotics are consid-ered as drug of choice in many mul-tidrug resistant infections. They are able to bind to PBP and inhibit b-lact-amase with the broadest spectrum of activity among b-lactam antibiotics. The first carbapenems that were iso-

lated from Streptomyces were unsta-ble due to hydrolysis by DHP-I. For that reason the first available carbapen-em, imipenem, must be given with the DHP-I inhibitor, cilastatin. Imipenem is somewhat more active than other carbapenems against Gram-positive bacteria and particularly very active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. Car-bapenems under development that had 1-b-methyl group rendered newer agents stable to DHP-I such as mero-penem that had almost similar activity to imipenem. Ertapenem has a long half-life which gives it the advantage of once daily dose regimen. It is use-ful for treatment of community- ac-quired infections since it is very active against ESBL-producing Gram-neg-ative bacteria but limited activity against non-fermentative Gram-neg-ative bacteria. Biapenem compared to imipenem had similar activity against Gram-positive bacteria and greater activity against Gram-nega-tive bacteria. It is excellent for treat-ment of intra-abdominal infections, complicated urinary tract infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. Doripenem showed the most potent in vitro activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It has great efficacy in treatment of hospital-acquired pneu-

monia. Newer carbapenems include tebipenem that has higher selective antibacterial and bactericidal activi-ties against b-lactamase-nonproduc-ing, ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenza and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Tomopenem is active against variety of pathogens. It is very potent against MRSA and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and it has a half-life longer than other carbapenems except for ertapenem. Panipenem has a broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaero-bic bacteria but it is not active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is effec-tive in treating respiratory tract and urinary tract infections. Sanfetrinem is the first carbapenem trinem, tricyclic b-lactam compounds, to be found. It acts as a broad-spectrum bactericidal antibiotic. Razupenem is a novel car-bapenem that is administered paren-terally. Many studies suggested that it can treat polymicrobial anaerobic infections. Its development has been stopped due to adverse events in phase II clinical trials. It is highly rec-ommended that the use of carbapen-em antibiotics must be under restrict-ed control to avoid or decrease the emergence of bacterial resistance.


The Alarming Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in The Middle East: Should We Give it a Second Look?

Rawan Abdelkarim U00036254 - Nada Jawhar U00033116 - Farah Wassem U00036225 - Nour Alhuda Khaled U00033800

Supervised By: Dr. Hany Omar

Vitamin D deficiency is a global issue that has a very high prevalence in the United Arab Emirates. Studies have shown that it affects 90% of UAE residents despite its very sun-ny climate. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify the causes and consequences of vitamin D deficien-cy and to increase awareness among UAE residents. We also assessed the epidemiology and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency as well as how to diagnose and treat it. As a result, we have integrated the information regarding vitamin D deficiency and most of its aspects from a large num-ber of articles to make this literature review. Surprisingly, we have noticed that the majority of people who have vitamin D deficiency are unaware of their condition. Moreover, the authori-ty and healthcare facilities are not tak-ing any responsible action to limit this.

After researching this topic in depth, it has come to our attention that many things must be introduced and adjusted concerning vitamin D deficiency. First, when patients get their blood samples taken, vitamin D must be measured along with the complete blood count (CBC) when processed in the lab. Screening for

vitamin D deficiency in a country with such a high prevalence rate should become a priority. Second, health-care authorities must draw greater attention to this issue by increasing awareness among the public and healthcare providers, such as hold-ing conferences, raising campaigns and putting posters and brochures in healthcare facilities. Third, physicians could make it a regular practice to prescribe vitamin D supplements to people who are very prone to getting vitamin D deficiency. Fourth, vitamin D must be one of the first parame-

ters measured in pregnant women to prevent any harm in the mother and fetus that could result from vitamin D deficiency. Finally, statistical surveys must be done every once in a while to check the effectiveness of the aware-ness campaigns that are held and to see whether the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has decreased after the implementation of all the aforemen-tioned measures.

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Anticancer Activity and Specificity of the Ziziphus spina Christi Plant

Submitted by: (1) Aya Adel El Iskandrany, (2) Aya Ali Ayoub, (3) Ayah Eshbair, (4)Samantha Rahhal, (5) Shahed Walid AlSolh

Supervised by: Dr. Sameh Soliman -Assistant Professor

Abstract

Background: Despite the huge advances in the field of drug discovery, the treatment of cancer remains challenging due to the appearance of different can-cer types and the rapid emergence of drug resistance. Hence, great efforts are established for the development and discovery of new effective and less toxic antican-cer drugs. Herbal drugs are known as a major source of medicines and lead drugs. Ziziphus spp plant is proven as a potential remedy in different types of diseases in-cluding cancer.

Objectives: The aim of our study is to test the cyto-toxic activity of Ziziphus spina Christi plant, wildly grown in the UAE; and to compare the activity of plant parts in order to determine the accumulation site of active prin-ciple. Moreover, to identify the anticancer specificity of plant extracts when tested on different cancer cell lines.

Materials and Methods: The plant was collected, dried and dissected into leaves, stems and thorns. Each plant part was ground separately followed by ethanol extraction three times. The filtered extracts were evapo-rated and dissolved in DMSO prior to test their cytotoxic activities against Hep-G2, A-549, MDA-MB-231 and U87 cancer cell lines using MTT assay.

Results: The results indicated that the stem ex-tract showed the highest anti-cancer activity compared to different plant extracts, and with the highest potency against Hep-G2 cancer cell line with 99% killing activ-ity. Moreover, dried plant extract showed activity more than fresh plant extract that is possibly due to compound modification during the drying process was required for

maximum activity.

Conclusion: Stem extract of Ziziphus spina Chris-ti can be used as a promising anticancer phytotherapy or can be a promising source of novel anticancer com-pounds once subjected to further chemical investigation.

Keywords: Ziziphus spina-christi, anticancer, MDA-MB-231, A549, Hep-G2, U-87, ethanol, extract, MTT as-say, specificity.

Abbreviations: MTT; 3-(4,5-Dimethylthi-azol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide, DMSO; Di-methyl sulfoxide

Anticancer Activity and Specificityof the Ziziphus spina-Christi plant

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P L A N T E X T R A C TStem extract displayed the highest anticancer activity.

S P E C I F I C I T YHep-G2 cancer cells were the most sensitive to the stem extract.

D R Y V S . F R E S HDry stem extract showed significant anticancer activity; Possibly due

to drying process or by-product formation.

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Dissipating GBM with lower side effects

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Comparative Study of Anti-Cancer Effects of Yemeni Honey and The Anti-Cancer Agent ‘Temozolomide’ Solely and Combined on Brain Cancer Cell Lines

Weam Mohamed, Sumaia Salah, Arwa Al-Hussaini, Rawan El-shiekh, Mariam Hammad Under Supervision of Dr. Raafat El-Awady

Highlights • Patients suffering from Glioblastoma need to go through multiple treatment stages in order to

overcome their ailment.

• Surgery and Temozolomide are currently the gold standard treatment, along with radiotherapy.

• Flavonoids, phenolic compounds, acidity, and Clostridia Bacteria present in honey exert an

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Weam Mohamed, Sumaia Salah, Arwa Al-Hussaini, Rawan El-shiekh, Mariam Hammad

Under Supervision of Dr. Raafat El-Awady

Highlights• Patients suffering from Glioblastoma need to go through multiple treatment stages in order to overcome their ailment.

• Surgery and Temozolomide are currently the gold standard treatment, along with radiotherapy.

• Flavonoids, phenolic compounds, acidity, and Clostridia Bacteria present in honey exert an anti-cancer effect by targeting different pathways.

• The combination of each type of honey with Temozolomide was tested on U-87 and U-373 cancer cell lines, and compared to the anti-cancer effects of the 3 types of honey and Temozolomide individually.

Honey (1) *: Raw Yemeni Sidr Do’aniHoney (2) *: Yemeni Sidr Balqees Honey (3) *: Raw Yemeni Sumar

Comparative Study of Anti-Cancer Effects of Yemeni Honey and The Anti-Cancer Agent ‘Temozolomide’ Solely and Combined on

Brain Cancer Cell Lines Arwa Al- Hussaini, Weam Mohamed, Mariam Hammad, Sumaia Aqtash, Rawan El- Shiekh,

University of Sharjah, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Prof. Rafat Elawady

Introduction:

Glioblastoma Multiforme is the most malignant of the glial tumors. Clinical history has shown that 50% of patients diagnosed with GBM have a survival rate of less than 3 months without treatment. The golden standard treatment involves surgery, Temozolomide and radiotherapy. Recent studies on honey have shown that it has anticancer effects, which could be due to the presence of botulinum that induces apoptosis in cancer cells. In this study, the anticancer effects of three types of Yemeni honey (H1, H2, H3) and Temozolomide solely and combined was investigated.

Methods: Microbiological testing along with authentication analysis were performed at Central labs- University of Sharjah, as well as Dubai Central Laboratory. Sulphorhodamine B (SRB) assay was used to test the anti-proliferative effects of Honey, TMZ, and their combination on U87 and U373 brain cancer cell lines at Sharjah Institute of Medical Research. A stock solution of 1mg honey per 1 ml culture media was fixed and further serial dilutions were made to obtain concentrations of 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 µg/ml. The 100 µg/ml concentration was selected for the combination treatment with Temozolomide.

Hypothesis: The hypothesis of the present work is to test the combined effect of Yemeni honey with the anti-cancer drug TMZ on the survival of brain cancer cells. The ultimate goal is to increase the number of options, which can be used for management of brain cancer.

Results: Spores Identification

Effect of Honey, Temozolomide, and their combination on the survival of GBM cell lines

Conclusion:

The most effective type of honey on U373 was H1. Meanwhile, H2 was the most effective on U87. Nonetheless, the most effective combination regimen was H3 along with TMZ, which could support the hypothesis that the darker the honey, the higher its phenolic content and the higher it’s anti-cancer activity. Bearing in mind the prominent anti-cancer effect of anaerobic spore- forming Clostridia species; Perfringens and Botulinum. This result may open the avenue for using honey in combination with anticancer drug to enhance the success rate of chemotherapy of GBM.

Acknowledgement:

We’re grateful to Boerhinger Ingelheim for supporting and funding this project, Prof. Raafat El-Awady, for his continuous support and guidance throughout the project, along with his patience and immense knowledge and Dr. Ghalia Khoder, for guiding us in the microbiological assay.

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5th Undergraduate Research Competition Winners – AbuDhabi University

A team of undergraduate Pharmacy students including Aya Adel El Iskandrany, Aya Ali Ayoub, Samantha Rahhal, Ayah Eshbair and Shahed Walid AlSolh led by Dr. Sameh Soli-man on a research titled “Anticancer Activity and Specificity of the Ziziphus spina Christi Plant Growing in UAE” won the first place in the 5th Undergraduate Research Com-petition held on May 2017, at Abu Dhabi University. With over 30 universities participating and after three phasing rounds, the national competition was indeed very tough but the Pharmacy students attracted attention and served as excellent ambassadors of the University of Sharjah. As promised, at the College of Pharmacy, students and fac-ulties will pursue the path of excellence and keep working hard to position the University of Sharjah in the forefront of all national and international universities’.Title: Anticancer Activity and Specificity of the Ziziphus spi-na Christi Plant Growing in UAE

Abstract: The treatment of cancer is challenging due to the appear-ance of different cancer types and the rapid growth of drug

resistance. Thus great efforts are undertaken for the devel-opment and discovery of new, effective and less toxic anti-cancer. Herbal drugs are known as major source of medi-cines and lead drugs. Ziziphus plant is proven as potential remedy in different types of diseases. Here in this study, the potential anticancer activity of Ziziphus spina plant, wildly grown in UAE, was tested. The plant collected, dried and dissected into leaves, stems and thorns. Each plant part was ground separately and extracted with ethanol. Each crude extract was tested against Hep-G2, A-549, MDA-MB-231 and U87 cancer cell lines. The results indicated that plant stem extract showed the highest anti-cancer ac-tivity and highest potency against Hep-G2. Moreover, dried plant extract was more active than fresh one suggestive of compound modification during drying process was required for maximum activity. On the other hand, testing the anti-cancer activity of plant extracts compared to doxorubicin on normal fibroblast cell line was proven the safety of plant extracts. In conclusion, stem extract of Ziziphus spina can be used as promising anticancer phytotherapy or source of novel anticancer drugs.

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احتفال التخرجيف حيــاة كل منــا أيــام تظــل يف الذاكــرة،

ــام التخــرج لتكــون ــأيت أي ال ميحوهــا الزمــن، وت

األســعد بــن تلــك األيــام. ويف أواخــر األيــام

التــي نقضيهــا بــن جــدران الكليــة مــع أشــخاص

ــث ــا وأحادي ــلة حكاي ــتعرض سلس ــن، نس رائع

ــرح وأمــل ــر ولحظــات ف ــات حــب وتقدي وكل

وقامئــة طويلــة بطموحــات ســابقنا الزمــن لــي

نصــل إليهــا معلنــن النجــاح. لذلــك فقــد

إقامــة حفــل إىل عــام 2017 ســعت دفعــة

عشــاء، يف 2017-5-14، يجمــع كافــة الخريجــن

والخريجــات مــن الدفعــة وبحضــور أعضــاء

الهيئتــن التدريســية واإلداريــة املوقريــن لتكلــل

رحلــة التخــرج بيــوم رائــع ال ينــى. أقيــم الحفل

ــن ــري م ــة الشــارقة وبحضــور عــدد كب يف جامع

طلبــة الكليــة وأســاتذتها. اســتهلت الطالبــة

مريــم حــاد الحفــل بالرحيــب بالحارضيــن

وبالثنــاء عــى جميــع الجهــود املبذولــة لتنظيــم

الحفــل ومــن ثــم ألقــت الطالبــة زلفــى قاطــوع

ــض ــة بع ــل بإقام ــم الحف ــرج واختت ــة التخ كلم

املســابقات الرفيهيــة والتــي جعلت االبتســامات

ــام، ــرية األي ــك إذا مس ــن. تل ــارق الحارضي ال تف

وهــا نحــن وصلنــا إىل هنــا، حاملــن بــن أيدينــا

ــدا. ــا أب ــن تفارقن ــام ل ــات وأي ذكري

نور كفاح - طالبة سنة خامسة

العدد الثامن - يوليو ٢٠١٧

رحلة إلى ماليزيا

كانــت رحلــة كليــة الصيدلــة هــذا العــام اىل ماليزيــا. تضمنت

الرحلــة وجهــات عــدة: الجزيــرة ذات الطبيعــة الخابــة لنــكاوي،

ومــزارع الشــاي والعســل يف جبــال الكامــريون، واملدينــة التاريخية

مــاكا، وأخــريا العاصمــة كوالملبــور. مل تتجــاوز مــدة الرحلــة

ــل ــن لتكتم ــا. مل تك ــت أكله ــرة وأت ــت مثم ــا كان ــبوع، لكنه أس

متعــة الرحلــة دون بعــض الفائــدة، حيــث زرنــا جامعــة مونــاش

وتعرفنــا عــى طــرق وأســاليب تعليــم فريــدة مــن نوعهــا. بالرغــم

ــت ــن قضــاء وق ــا م ــا متكن ــة إال أنن ــرارة والرطوب ــن شــدة الح م

ممتــع. نتقــدم بالشــكر واالمتنــان للمرشفــن عــى الرحلــة )دكتور

أســامة إبراهيــم والســيدة سوســن القابــي( لحســن اإلدارة

والتنظيــم الرائــع وصرهــا عــى متاعــب الرحلــة واالهتــام

والحــرص الشــديد عــى الطلبــة وســامتهم. ذهبنــا وعدنــا وتبقــى

ــة ــة العلمي الذكــرى عطــرة يف نفوســنا. تبقــى الرحــات الجامعي

ذات الطابــع الرفيهــي مــن التجــارب التــي البــد مــن خوضهــا.

مريم الذرعاوي - طالبة يف السنة الرابعة

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قباب بي جنبيها غراس **** تعاهدها كريم األصل فينـــا

ى بالرحيق الجاهلينا فأجرى العلم نهرا مستطابا **** ورو

فأرسى يف املياه شموخ ركب **** وأرسل يبتغي علم ثينا

ار جامعة لعلم **** رؤاها حركت فينا الدفينـــا فنعم الد

دفي الفكر من نظم ونث **** وبحث للعل إذ هم فينـــا

بفضل الله أوتينا كثريا **** من الخريات بي حمى أبينــــا

لنحيا يف الشباب عل األماين **** ونبقي يف كهولتنا الحنينا

ا **** فننهل من جداوله معينا متى جئنا وجدنا العلم غض

متى جئنا وجدنا األرض أما **** فذي بلد تقر بنا عيونـــا

بنا تعلو سمء الخري فخرا **** وتنبتنا أرايض البيد تينــــا

ع املسلمينــا فصيدلـة تداوينا بطب **** وطب الروح ش

وهندسة بأقام وسطر**** وقانون بهم يحمي العرينـــــا

وفن القول من أدب وشعر **** وخري القول شكر املانحينا

باد املجد بانيها شيوخ **** لهم يف القلب حب الشاكرينا

بزايدهـا و خلفته و ست **** بفضل الله شارقـــة أوينــا

بفضل الله قد نهضـوا بقوم **** إىل وطن يس الناظرينــا

إىل وطــن بحكــام كرام **** فمن بستــانهم ثـرا جنينــا

أال شكـرا لحكــام خيـار **** نفاس الدر أحيوا العلم فينـا

نفاس الدر إهداء إىل جامعة الشارقة العريقة وإىل مؤسسيها

بقلم: جودي عبد القادر عقاد


منذ حوايل أربعة أعوامأبكانا فراق األصدقاء

وكان القلــب يعتــر ألننــا أدركنــا حينهــا أن كل اللحظــات التــي عشــناها معــا ســتغدو ذكريات

نحملها معنا وندكرها “كأثر الفراشة الذي ال يرى”أذكر أن منهم من قال عبارات كثرية وعميقة

) إنــت أول صديقــة صادقــة عرفتهــا( أو )وقفتــي معــي بكتــري مواقــف مــا حنســاها(

أدركت حينها أننا نخفي يف قلوبنا ما هو أعظم ما يظهروحن اختاج املشاعر ال يخرج إال أصدقها

كنا قد نضجنا يف ذاك الوقت عى طهر الصداقاتوعشنا أجمل معاين األخوة

ولذلك أبكانا الفراق الحتميوحــن قفزنــا تلــك القفــزة االنتقاليــة كان واجــب علينــا إلكــال املســري

أن نعــوض مــن أرغمتنــا الحيــاة عــى بعدهــمولكن “تجري الرياح مبا ال تشتهي السفن”

وكنت أتساءل من أنا من غري صديق؟واكتشفت أين من غريه أنا نصف غري مكتمل

وصورة با ألوانصوت شجي ينقصه أن نكون فيه اثنان

روح تخفق با ألحانوقطعــت أيامــا كثــرية أحــاول أن أصــب مــن تعرفــت عليهــم يف نفــس

قالــب الصداقــة ولكنــي مــع ذلــك فشــلتجميعنا نحتاج لهذا الصديق

الــذي يذكــرك أن الحيــاة مليئــة بالتعرجــات وال تصفــو ولكنــك العامــل األقــوى فيهــا

مــن يســلك معــك الطريــق إىل اللــه ألن الطريــق مــن غــريه هــو مظلــم ال ينــري

من بريح العبارة ينبهك لهفواتكمن تتكئ عليه عند انكسارك .. من يفرح معك حن انتصارك

من هو حسن الظن ميء الخريمن ينعشك حن تخمد همتك

من يعلمك أن اليوم درس وغدا متي الحياةمــن تذهــب إليــه وأنــت ممتلــئ بــكل يشء وتخــرج بعــد حديــث مطول

معــه بتلــك الراحــة التــي تعــادل النعيم

ــاس وال تلقــى ــن أفــواج الن ــرية هــي الســنة حــن متــر مــن ب ســنة؟ كثــق! هــذا الصدي

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توقفــت أن أصــب كل عاقــايت يف قالــب الصداقــة واكتفيــت مــن التجــارب ومضيــت كــا األيــام متــي

ــه لطــف خفــي كرســائله مثــا واســتوقفتني يومــا مــن ســورة ولكــن للطــه هــذه اآليــات: )واجعــل يل وزيــرا مــن أهــي * هــارون أخــي * اشــدد بــه أزري * وأشكــه يف أمــري * يك نســبحك كثــريا * ونذكــرك كثــريا * إنــك

كنــت بنــا بصــريا(وعلمــت أن مســألة الصداقــة أو مبعنــى أصــح مــن يــرشكك أمــرك هــو

أمــر ومتطلــب بــرشيوحن أكمل القارئ اآليات )قال قد أوتيت سؤلك يا موس(

أيقنــت أن حتــى األنبيــاء يف مراحــل حياتهــم احتاجــوا مــن يشــدد ــب ــم صع ــن دونه ــري م ــم أن املس ــه يعل ــم وأن الل ــم وأزر قلوبه أزرهفدعــوت اللــه خالصــة اللهــم ارزقنــي خــري الصديــق مــن يعيننــي عــى

هــذا الطريــقوألن الله يعلم أن ال أحد قادر عى أن يحمل أعباء قلبك إال هو

فوجد لنا هذا الصديق عى هيئة رحمة ونعمةأدركت أن البحث أحيانا قد ال يجدي نفعا

فا تسعى بالبحث عنهفإين أؤمن أن الصداقة رزق كا أي يشء آخر

ولكن اسعى أن تكون أنت الصديق ملن حولكستجد أن الله منحك من تشدد به أزرك رمبا دون السؤال

ليعينك عى هذا الطريق حتى تصلال تبحث فإن رزقك آت

ويف كل مراحل حياتك لك رزق وهو حتا آتلــكل الذيــن هــم بركــة هــذا الــرزق الهنــي ومــروا وســيمرون عــر قلوبنــا

وتركــوا منهــم مــا يرســخ فينــامن كانوا لنا املتكأ

من صدقوا عهدهم معناشدوا أزرنا بحضورهم أو حتى بغيابهم

أوليس عهدنا ووصلنا هو الدعاء ؟ــه أن ــد لل ــي أن الحم ــه وأباه ــم يف جنت ــي بك ــه أن يجمعن ــوت الل دع

ــن خــري األخــاء ــم يل م كنت

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يوم الجالياتافتتــح الدكتــور حميــد مجــول النعيمــي مديــر جامعــة الشــارقة

ــادة ــه ع ــذي تنظم ــرش وال ــاين ع ــنوي الث ــات الس ــى الجالي ملتق

شــؤون الطــاب يف الســاحة الرئيســية بالجامعــة ملــدة يومــن.

ســعدت بتجربــة أضافــت رونقــا مــن الســعادة والبســمة إىل وجــوه

ــرة يف ــت لحظــات حاســمة ومؤث ــد اشــتاقت لعطــر بادهــا. كان ق

ــا وكل التقديــر يعــود لجامعــة الشــارقة التــي تاريــخ قلــب كل من

رســمت تلــك االبتســامة يف قلــوب الحضــور مــن األطفــال والطــاب

وعائاتهــم. يــوم الجاليــات كان مبثابــة عنــاق أهدتنــا ايــاه جامعتنــا

العريقــة يهــدئ مــن شــوقنا لبادنــا البعيــدة. ونعــم الحضــن

ــة ــة واألجنبي ــدول العربي ــن ال ــد م ــت العدي ــد احتضن ــت، فق كان

مبــا يعكــس التنــوع والتعــدد الثقــايف بالجامعــة. يهــدف هــذا

اللقــاء الــذي يتجــدد كل عــام إىل مشــاركة البــاد لثقافاتهــم ســواء

ــوادي ــوم كطــاب مشــاركن بالن عــى املنصــة أو كشــك صغــري نق

الثقافيــة، بالتزيــن والرتيــب لنعــرف عــن حضاراتنــا وعاداتنــا. كل

جنــاح عمــل عــى إبــراز الــراث الشــعبي للجاليــة التــي ميثلهــا مــن

ــة ــكل دول ــة ل ــف بالرمــوز الوطني ــة والتعري خــال العــروض الفني

بجانــب األزيــاء واملأكــوالت والرقصــات الشــعبية يف إطــار العــادات

ــة. ــكل جالي ــد ل والتقالي

مبــا أننــي فلســطينية، ال تغمــرين ســعادة كتلــك التــي أشــعر بهــا

عنــد رؤيتــي لرقصــة بلــدي الراثيــة أال وهــي دبكــة أجدادنــا. وفخر

ال يوصــف مــن وقفــة تاريخيــة تحيــة لنشــيد موطنــي ونحــن نزيــن

ــة ــا. فعالي ــى ثيابن ــراء ع ــوش حم ــة بنق ــزات يدوي ــكان بتطري امل

كهــذه تعطينــا مســاحة صغــرية لتصفيــة عقولنــا مــن جهــد الدراســة

ــات ــرة االمتحان ــة يف ف ــول متفتح ــان عق ــة لض ــول متواصل لفص

ــام محــاوالت الجامعــة املســتمرة بإنجــاح القادمــة. أشــكر يف الخت

ــوان، ــل الخطــوط واألل ــايت بأجم ــي ســطرت حي ــة الت ــك الفعالي تل

ــودات ــدة ومجه ــة جدي ــل بحل ــام املقب ــر الع ــارغ الص ــر بف وأنتظ

مضاعفــة وتعــب شــديد مــن أجــل أن يبقــى اســم جامعتنــا شــامخا.

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ــة ــوم الوطنــي ال 45 وقــد فــاز فريــق كلي ــة احتفــاال بالي الرياضي

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ــة، ــب الجامع ــة يف ماع ــارقة املقام ــة الش ــة لجامع األرس الرياضي

ــى كأس ــة ع ــة الصيدل ــا كلي ــوز فيه ــي تح ــرة األوىل الت ــي امل وه

ــق الاعبــن مصطفــى محمــود، عمــرو عرفــة، ــة وســط تأل البطول

كريــم أســامة و باســم الصغــري ولقــد تــرأس األرسة ق.أ. عميــد

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ــة. ــز األول الذهبي ــات املرك ــة وميدالي ــة كأس البطول الكلي

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ــة ــة هادف ــطة توعوي ــة وأنش ــة متنوع ــطة علمي ــوم أنش ــذا الي ه

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ــق. ــي وروح الفري ــل الجاع ــجيعا للعم ــة تش ــواء للطلب ش

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قســم املارســة الصيدالنيــة والعاجــات الدوائيــة وجــه فيهــا كلمــة

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أعضــاء الجمعيــة الجــدد يف ابتــكار مــا هــو جديــد ومفيــد للطــاب

وللمجتمــع ومــن ثــم تعــرف الحضــور عــى األعضــاء لتســهيل

ــمل ــرات لتش ــت الفق ــد تنوع ــاب. وق ــن الط ــم وب ــل بينه التواص

ــة طرحــت عــى الحضــور ومســابقة عــدد مــن املســابقات العلمي

تحفيزيــة أخــرى بــن فريقــن مــن الحضــور. كــا وتخلــل الحفــل

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ــد ــف بع ــعاديت ال توص ــزة، وس ــى الجائ ع

إحــراز هــذا اإلنجــاز ،كــوين أصبحــت يف

مرتبــة تعليميــة متقدمــة أللخــص إنجــازات

األعــوام تلــك طــوال ســعيت تعليميــة

لتحقيقهــا.

الدعــم دون مــا حققــت أحقــق مل

الكبــري الــذي قدمتــه يل كليــة الصيدلــة

مبــن فيهــا. الجميــل يف كليــة الصيدلــة أننــا

ــة ــم كلي ــت اس ــدة تح ــش كأرسة واح نعي

الصيدلــة. أســاتذيت هــم آبــايئ وأمهــايت،

طلبــة الكليــة هــم أخــواين وأخــوايت، وكليــة

يجمعنــا. الــذي البيــت هــي الصيدلــة

تطويــر يف كبــري دور الصيدلــة فلكليــة

شــخصيتي وتحقيــق طموحــايت.

اليــوم أنــا أقــف عــى أعتــاب التخــرج،

ــكان ــذا امل ــادرة ه ــن مغ ــي ع ــام تفصلن أي

الــذي كان لــه الفضــل يف تعليمــي وتربيتي.

خــال خمــس ســنوات حققــت العديــد

مــن سلســلة طموحــايت وذلــك بفضــل اللــه

ــم ــدي ودعواته ــوع وال ــل دم ــاىل وبفض تع

الصباحيــة يل وبفضــل كل مــن تعرفــت

ــة. ــة الصيدل ــاب كلي ــه يف رح علي

نصيحتــي اليــوم إىل الطــاب أخترهــا

يف جملــة “أعــط كل ذي حــق حقــه”. ادرس

يف الوقــت املناســب، اقــرأ، مــارس هواياتك،

ســاهم يف تطويــر املجتمــع، ســاعد النــاس،

واحــد فقــط يف يشء نفســك تقيــد وال

الــرس الحيــاة. أطــراف باقــي فتخــرس

ــت... ــم الوق ــن يف تنظي ــه يكم ــم كل العظي

وأخــريا ال تنــس أن تفتخــر بأنــك تنتمــي إىل

هــذه األرسة الرائعــة، أرسة كليــة الصيدلة...

ــواين ــتغلوا الث ــم واس ــوا بطموحاتك آمن

ــم. ــول إىل أحامك ــل الوص ــن أج م


ــوم ــن أول ي ــدأ م ــي تب ــطور حكايت س

ــة، فبعــد ــة الصيدل درايس يل يف رحــاب كلي

دخــويل إىل أول محــارضة، شــعرت بإحبــاط

هائــل مل أشــعر بــه يومــا عندمــا كنــت

طالبــة يف املدرســة. أيامــي األوىل يف الكليــة

كانــت صعبــة، كنــت أبــي لســاعات طويلة

ــرت مســتقبي ــد دم ــديت: “ لق ــول لوال وأق

هنــا، الصيدلــة ليســت املــكان املناســب

يل”، ولكــن رسعــان مــا تغــريت األمــور؛

قابلــت أنــاس يف الكليــة غــريوا منحنــى

ــدرات ــن ق ــا يف داخــي م ــوا مب ــايت، آمن حي

واســتطاعوا أن يجعلــوين نــور املتفوقــة منذ

األســبوع األول يف الكليــة. مــن هنــا ابتــدأت

مســرية نجاحــايت وبرهنــت لنفــي وللعــامل

ــكان ــب م ــي أنس ــة ه ــة الصيدل ــأن كلي ب

أنطلــق مــن خالــه لتحقيــق طموحــايت

ــتقبي. ــاء مس وبن

يف تتلخــص نجاحــايت قصــة ولعــل

عبــارة “أعــط كل ذي حــق حقــه”، فأنــا

ــة مجتهــدة حرصــت عــى االســتفادة طالب

ــة بشــكل ــة الصيدل ــواد كلي ــع م ــن جمي م

ممتــاز. فلقــد حرصــت عــى توســيع آفاقــي

العلميــة يف كل مــادة درســتها يف كليــة

الصيدلــة، وكنــت ملمــة مبعلومــات عديــدة

خــارج نطــاق املحــارضات وذلــك ألين كنــت

ــة ــدي يل يف بداي ــة وال ــر مقول ــا أتذك دوم

حيــايت الجامعيــة وهــي “ بعــد خمــس

ســنوات ســتقفن أمــام مريــض وستســألن

ــك الوقــت أنــت عــن معلومــة مــا، ويف ذل

ــه مــن معلومــات ال مــا ــة مــا اكتنزتي رهين

ــه مــن عامــات !!”. وكنــت قمــت بتحصيل

أتذكــر أيضــا العبــارة املعلقــة عــى جــدران

املكتبــة والتــي كانــت تصاحبنــي خــال

ســاعايت الدراســية التــي أقضيهــا هنــاك “إن

ــوة ــة هــو أعظــم ق ــزاج الحــب باملعرف امت

ــون”. ــذا الك يف ه

وخــال ســنوات دراســتي، التحقــت

الصيدلــة لكليــة العلميــة بالجمعيــة

ــم ــايئ يف تنظي ــع زم ــاون م ــدأت بالتع وب

ــدف إىل ــي ته ــات الت ــن الفعالي ــد م العدي

ربــط الجانــب العلمــي بالعمــي واســتغال

ــا يف نــرش الوعــي مواهــب الطــاب. نجحن

ــارات ــدة ومتكــن مه عــى مســتويات عدي

الطــاب العلميــة منهــا واالجتاعيــة. إن

أنشــطة الكليــة لهــا دور كبــري يف صقــل

ــة ــرص عظيم ــم ف ــدرات الطــاب ومنحه ق

ــخصياتهم. ــدة يف ش ــب عدي ــر جوان لتطوي

يف أيضــا اشــركت هنــا، أقــف ومل

ــة ــر صيدل ــة من ــداد مجل ــد أع ــر أح تحري

الشــارقة وكنــت حريصــة مــع زمــايئ يف

ــة ــاركة يف املجل ــى املش ــاب ع ــث الط ح

ــة ــب يف كلي ــكل طال ــة ل ــة مثين ــا فرص ألنه

الصيدلــة. وكذلــك تعاونــت مــع زمــايئ

يف تحريــر مجلــة الحائــط والتــي كانــت

والزالــت مصــدر إثــرايئ علمــي رائــع يزيــن

جــدران كليــة الصيدلــة.

الســنن، مــن مــى مــا خــال

حرصــت جيــدا عــى تنميــة مهــارايت يف

التواصــل مــع اآلخريــن وبنــاء العاقــات

ــك ــذات؛ وذل ــر ال ــس وتطوي ــة بالنف والثق

ألننــي أنتمــي إىل مهنــة علمتنــي أن راحــة

ــه ــال مع ــل الفع ــة التواص ــض وطريق املري

ــب أن ــي يج ــات الت ــم الغاي ــن أه ــي م ه

ــف عــام ــار. ففــي صي ــا بعــن االعتب أضعه

2015، التحقــت للعمــل كموظفــة اســتقبال

يف قســم القبــول والتســجيل يف جامعــة

النــاس مــع أتفاعــل وبــدأت الشــارقة

وأســاعدهم يف التقديــم إىل الجامعــة وإمتام

العديــد وحــرت التســجيل. إجــراءات

ــدث ــي تتح ــات الت ــرات والورش ــن املؤمت م

عــن تعزيــز مهــارات الثقــة بالنفــس وبنــاء

املجتمــع.

التحقــت ،2016 عــام صيــف ويف

العامليــة األدويــة شكــة مــع للعمــل

مــرىض ومستشــارة كمعلمــة “أبــووت”

قصة كفاح: قصة “نور كفاح”

نور كفاح التميمي.

خريجة وصيدالنية المستقبل

١٩

ياةلح

ز الغ

عة راب

نة س

لبةطا

- ين

ابد ع

اءشف

يا ترى هل الحياة قاسية كا تبدو أم هي أم حنون تغضب و ترق ؟

هل هي نار متأججة لألحام حارقة أم هي فاتنة للطموح و القصور

بانية ؟

تقى علينا لتعذبنا أم لتعلمنا؟

ترأف بنا لطفا! أو شفقة علينا؟

إن الحياة لغز مفتاحه قد يدركه املرء يف حياته أو عمرا يفنيه و

يؤول به االمر إىل ماته

هي الحياة......

هي تلك الجانية التي

تعطي و تأخد تظلم و تنصف

و تبقى دوارة فيها ناس

فيها معامل و حضارات

ترقى بحضارات لسنن

و تهوي بها بلحظات

عجيبة هي الدنيا !

عجيب أمر البرش!

لكن العجب ليس بجديد

و حال الدنيا كا هو

فعليك أنت يا بني ادم أن تخلق تلك العاصفة

عليك أنت أن تشعل تلك النار التي أطفأتها الحياة

و أنت و حدك التي ستخر ج من زوبعتها

فقط إن أردت..

وفقط إن العزم عقدت..

و فقط إن عى رب العباد توكلت

فهب ملا خلقت

و ال تقل يوما فريسة الحياة كنت


ورشة عمل: إدارة الوقت والتحكم بالضغوط النفسية

نظمــت الجمعيــة العلميــة يف كليــة الصيدلــة بالتعــاون مــع

ــات، قســم الدعــم النفــي واإلرشــاد ورشــة عــادة شــؤون الطالب

عمــل بعنــوان إدارة الوقــت والتحكــم بالضغــوط النفســية قدمتهــا

ــؤون ــادة ش ــية يف ع ــدة النفس ــايلة املرش ــمية الش ــورة س الدكت

ــت الورشــة عــدد مــن املحــاور األساســية ــث تضمن ــات، حي الطالب

ــة ــت وكيفي ــف الوق ــوم وتعري ــة مفه ــى أهمي ــزت ع ــي ارتك الت

ــات ذروة النشــاط ــار األعــال حســب أوق ــت واخت اســتغال الوق

ــب ــة تجن ــت كيفي ــا تضمن ــات ك ــب األولوي ــام حس ــع امله وتوزي

ــا. ــب عليه ــة التغل ــرة وكيفي ــل املؤث ــاة والعوام ــوط الحي ضغ

ــة والتدريســية حــر النــدوة عــدد مــن أعضــاء الهيئتــن اإلداري

ــة ــت الورش ــد الق ــة، وق ــة الصيدل ــن كلي ــة م ــة إىل 50طالب إضاف

ــام ــة ق ــة الورش ــور. يف نهاي ــة والحض ــن الطلب ــا ب ــا ملحوظ تفاع

عميــد كليــة الصيدلــة أ.د. أميــن نورالديــن بتكريــم الدكتــورة ســمية

ــز. ــا املتمي ــوة وتقدميه ــا الدع لتلبيته

١٧

• البحــث واإلنقــاذ والتقنيات األساســية

الازمــة للقيــام بعمليــات البحــث واإلنقــاذ

وتصنيفهــم اإلنقــاذ أولويــات وتحديــد

ــن ــث يتمك ــن حي ــاالت املصاب ــب ح حس

املتدربــن مــن تحديــد حــاالت اإلصابــة

بحاجــة هــي والتــي خطــورة، األشــد

ملســاعدة طبيــة عاجلــة يف حــال وقــوع

إصابــات جاعيــة

ــتخدام ــة اس ــاء وتقني ــات اإلخ • عملي

الحــاالت النتشــال والتوجــه الناقــات

أوال. الخطــورة شــديدة

ميكــن وكيــف املعالجــة وحــدة •

تقديــم خدمــات طبيــة أساســية إلنقــاذ

الضحايــا. حيــاة

ــوي ــاش الرئ ــي واإلنع ــاش القلب • اإلنع

ــس. ــف التنف ــة توق يف حال

• اإلســعافات األوليــة األساســية وكيفيــة

النزيــف، مثــل حــاالت مــع التعامــل

وكيفيــة الكســور، بدرجاتهــا، الحــروق

تصنيــف درجــة خطورتهــا والتعامــل معهــا.

التدريــب، شــهادة عــى وللحصــول

األســايس املســتوى يف املتدربــن قــام

مــن برنامــج “ســاند” يف كليــة الصيدلــة

تدريبيــة ســاعة عــرش ســتة باجتيــاز

انتهــت باالختبــار العمــي، وهــو متريــن

تشــبيهي لكارثــة وهميــة، حيــث يكــون

ــات بحــث وإنقــاذ، وتصنيــف ــاك عملي هن

لإلصابــات، وتقديــم املســاندة الطبيــة يف

ــة ظــل ظــروف واقعيــة والــذي متثــل بحال

ــن يف حــادث تصــادم لعــدة انقــاذ للمصاب

حافــات.

وطالبــة طالبــا 65 وأنهــى كــا

الــدورة التدريبيــة لاســتجابة يف حــاالت

مبجمــل املتقــدم للمســتوى الطــوارئ«

الــدورة وتضمنــت تدريبيــة. ســاعة 48

عــددا مــن املحــاور مــن أهمهــا التعريــف

ــرق وإنشــاء ــم الف ــة، وتنظي ــة املحلي بالبيئ

مراكــز االســتقبال واالتصــال أثنــاء األزمــات،

ــادة ــة، والقي ــة املتقدم ــعافات األولي واإلس

وتشــكيل فــرق االســتجابة.

دورة كل العمــل فريــق وأنهــى

ــت ــة تضمن ــة خاص ــة عملي ــة بورش تدريبي

ورشــة ســامة الطفــل يف نهايــة الــدورة

األساســية وورشــة ســامة العمــود الفقــري

ــة ــتوى التوعي ــع مس ــل رف ــن أج ــك م وذل

بــن الطــاب، وتعزيــز قدراتهــم يف حايــة

ــوادث ــن الح ــة م ــال للوقاي ــة األطف ورعاي

مــن والحــد لهــا، يتعرضــوا قــد التــي

ومعالجتهــا. عنهــا، الناجمــة اإلصابــات

ــة ــز بشــكل خــاص يف الورشــة الثاني والركي

الــازم واتخــاذ التعامــل كيفيــة عــى

الــرأس إصابــات ومعالجــة وإســعاف

ــدورة ــام ال ــم اختت ــري وت ــود الفق والعم

.2017 فرايــر 09 يف التدريبيــة


قــام فريــق قــادة ومــدريب برنامج ســاند

)الرنامــج الوطنــي التطوعــي لاســتجابة

يف حالــة الطــوارئ )وعــى مــدي أربعــة

ــام يف كل مــن فصــي الخريــف والربيــع أي

بالتدريــب النظــري والعمــي لطلبــة كليــة

الصيدلــة عــى كيفيــة االســتجابة للطــوارئ.

ــعراوي و د. ــال الش ــإشاف د. من ــك ب وذل

شــريين عــودة مــن كليــة الصيدلــة -جامعــة

الشــارقة.

وأقيمــت الــدورة عــن طريــق تقديــم

املدربــن األكفــاء للطــرق العمليــة والنظرية

ــة الكــوارث للتعامــل مــع الطــوارئ يف حال

واألزمــات، وتعليــم الطــاب والطالبــات

الطــوارئ حــاالت يف االســتجابة كيفيــة

الذيــن املتطوعــن ويتحصــل الفرديــة.

أكملــوا الــدورة التدريبيــة التأسيســية عــى

ــاركة يف ــم، واملش ــاد مهاراته ــهادة باعت ش

ــد ــي تعق ــات الت ــري والتدريب دورات التذك

مــن حــن آلخــر عــن طريــق منظمــي

الرنامــج وذلــك للحفــاظ عــى مســتوياتهم.

والثــاين األول املســتوى يتألــف

للمتطوعــن التدريــب مــن )األســايس(

ــتجابة ــب الس ــن التدري ــاعة م ــن 16 س م

يــي: مــا ذلــك ويشــمل الطــوارئ،

الواحــد الفريــق بــروح العمــل •

بأنفســهم. الثقــة األفــراد وإكســاب

ــدى ــوارث وم ــتعداد للك ــة االس • كيفي

ــع. ــرد واملجتم ــى الف ــا ع تأثريه

وهيكليــة القياديــة املهــارات •

التدريــب والتنظيــم، وكيفيــة الحفــاظ عــى

ــق ــامة الفري ــخصية أوال وس ــامة الش الس

واآلخريــن.

• إطفــاء الحرائــق عــن طريــق معرفــة

املعلومــات النظريــة والتدريــب العمــي

مــن للوقايــة األساســية املهــارات عــى

الحرائــق وتقنيــات إخــاد النــريان.

)املعرفــة الكــوارث نفــس علــم •

األساســية للحــد مــن الشــعور بالخــوف

لإلشــارات واالســتعداد والرعــب

. ) يــة ير لتحذ ا

طلبة وطالبات كلية الصيدلة بجامعــة الشارقــة ينهون المرحلة األساسية والمتقدمة من البرنامج الوطني

التطوعي لالستجابة في حالة الطوارئ 2017-2016

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شفاء عابدين - طالبة يف السنة الرابعة

عالم المعاملــة ــى عملي ــرف ع ــة التع ــة فرص ــة الصيدل ــا كلي ــت لن ــد أتاح لق

ــدة ــن خــال الرحــات العدي ــا م ــة مراحله ــة بكاف ــة األدوي صناع

ــار و ــل : جلف ــارات كمعم ــة يف االم ــل الدوائي ــن املعام ــدد م اىل ع

ــاش ملــا ــا تطبيــق عمــي و مب ــل فارمــا و غريهــا. لقــد رأين جلوب

ــن ــض م ــز بع ــتطعنا متيي ــارضات واس ــوال يف املح ــه مط ــنا عن درس

األدوات و اآلليــات, حيــث رافقنــا يف املعامــل طاقــم مــن العاملــن

ــن ــل موضح ــام املعم ــة أقس ــى كاف ــة ع ــة تفصيلي ــه يف جول في

ــدواء مــن مــواده ــا عمليــة صناعــة ال ــا مهــام كل قســم , فتابعن لن

ــا بجلســة ــاء زيارتن ــا أثن ــد حظين ــى التغليف.كــا ق ــة و حت األولي

مــع أحــد املســؤولن املقيمــن عــى املعمــل ليناقــش معنــا كيفيــة

ــر ــذي ال يقت ــل ال ــم العم ــوع يف طاق ــل و التن ــذا معام إدارة هك

ــذا ــدرب يف ه ــة الت ــا إىل فرص ــار أيض ــة و أش ــى الصيادل ــط ع فق

املعمــل ألي مــن طــاب جامعــة الشــارقة .كان ألثــر هــذه الرحــات

صــدى عميــق عــى نفوســنا فقــد رأينــا وجــه آخــر لعــامل الصيدلــة

خــارج الكتــب و الدفاتــر, فأخذتنــا البهجــة لرؤيــة األفــق الواســع

ــع ــة عــى أرض الواق للصيدل


المشاركة فـي معرض الشارقةالدولي للكتاب

إن كليــة الصيدلــة ســباقة دومــا يف املشــاركة يف محافــل

علميــة متنوعــة، وكان لهــا شف املشــاركة يف معــرض

الشــارقة الــدويل للكتــاب لعامــي 2015 و2016 عــى

ــادس ــدد الس ــع الع ــة بتوزي ــت الكلي ــد قام ــوايل. فق الت

ــارقة” ــة الش ــر صيدل ــة “من ــن مجل ــابع م ــدد الس والع

عــى زوار املعــرض. ومجلــة منــر صيدلــة الشــارقة هــي

مجلــة ســنوية تصــدر عــن كليــة الصيدلــة ويســاهم

ــة ــا وكتاب ــا يف تحريره ــة وطلبته ــاتذة الكلي ــن أس كل م

مواضيعهــا، وهــي مجلــة إثرائيــة ذات مواضيــع متعــددة.

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حملة التوعية بمرض السكري احتفاال في اليوم العالمي لمرض السكري


حملة التوعية بمرض السكري احتفاال في اليوم العالمي لمرض السكري

نظمــت كليــة الصيدلــة يف جامعــة الشــارقة نــدوة ومعــرض مبناســبة

يــوم الســكري العاملــي بتاريــخ 14/11/ 2016 .

مجتمــع ”Stay Healthy, Be Diabetes Free“ عنــوان تحــت

مــن كل مبشــاركة وذلــك الســكري مــن خاليــا آمــن صحيــا

Euroمستشــفى أوريانــا، مستشــفى برجيــل، )مستشــفى

ــور ــز دكت ــات، مرك ــر للبري ــي، الجاب ــدار الطب ــز امل Arabianومرك

نيــو ترشــن، شكــة ســيبا ميــد، وشكــة أبــوت نيوترشــن، شكــة إيجو

ــادي ــة والن ــا لألدوي ــتودع فارم ــة و مس ــتحرات الصيدالني للمس

الصحــي Body & Soul. قدمــت املراكــز الطبيــة والــرشكات خــال

الفعاليــة عــدد مــن الفحوصــات الطبيــة كقيــاس مســتوى الســكر

والدهــون يف الــدم وقيــاس الضغــط، قيــاس كثافــة العظــام، قيــاس

زيــادة الــوزن ونســبة الدهــون املراكمــة يف الجســم، فحــص النظــر

والشــبكية، فحــص لطبقــات البــرشة وقدمــوا االستشــارات املجانيــة

ــدد ــع ع ــرشكات بتوزي ــت ال ــا قام ــرض، ك ــذا امل ــن ه ــة ع للتوعي

ــا الرمزيــة، حــر الفعاليــة أعضــاء الهيئتــن األكادمييــة مــن الهداي

ــتاذ ــة األس ــح الفعالي ــة. افتت ــة الجامع ــن طلب ــدد م ــة وع واإلداري

الدكتــور رأفــت العــويض ق. أ عميــد الكليــة خــال فصــل الخريــف.

ــة ــام طلب ــا ق ــة ك ــن التدريســية واإلداري وبحضــور أعضــاء الهيئت

الكليــة باالشــراك يف هــذه التوعيــة عــن طريــق مســابقات علميــة

ــارك الطــاب ــا ش ــرض ك ــة خاصــة بامل ــع بروشــورات توعي وتوزي

ــرض ــتعرضت م ــي اس ــة الت ــات العلمي ــداد امللصق ــات بإع والطالب

الســكري ومضاعفاتــه وكيفيــة الوقايــة مــن هــذه املضاعفــات وتــم

ــل ــي وأفض ــق علم ــل ملص ــاث بأفض ــن الث ــن الفائزي ــان ع اإلع

ــدم ــة ق ــش الفعالي ــى هام ــوم. وع ــة الي ــي يف نهاي ــاط جاع نش

ــة ــادات توعوي ــة ارش ــة الصيدل ــة يف كلي ــة العلمي ــاب الجمعي ط

ــة ــة للحــد مــن انتشــار مــرض الســكري والتوعي ومســابقات علمي

العامــة مبــرض الســكري ومضاعفاتــه، وأهميــة التحكم يف مســتويات

ــرة ــه املبك ــكري يف مراحل ــرض الس ــاف م ــدم، واكتش ــكر يف ال الس

وطــرق الوقايــة مــن املــرض، وأهميــة مارســة التاريــن الرياضيــة

ــاة. ــة تغيــري منــط الحي بانتظــام. وأهمي

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شــاركت جمعيــة كليــة الصيدلــة العلميــة مبعــرض األنديــة

الطابيــة والجمعيــات العلميــة الســنوي الثــاين مبقــر املركــز

ــور ــتاذ الدكت ــعادة األس ــور س ــة وحض ــت رعاي ــايب تح الط

ــم ــارقة، وتنظي ــة الش ــر جامع ــي مدي ــول النعيم ــد مج حمي

يف وذلــك الشــارقة، بجامعــة الطــاب شــؤون عــادة

ــة ــات العلمي ــة والجمعي ــيط دور األندي ــل وتنش ــار تفعي إط

والتعريــف بهــا ومبختلــف األنشــطة والرامــج التــي تقدمهــا

ــا ــة باعتباره ــتقطاب للطلب ــذب واس ــل ج ــون عام ــي تك ل

واملعــارف املهــارات وتنميــة الوعــي زيــادة إىل نافــذة

ــور ــاح الدكت ــر االفتت ــي. ح ــل التطوع ــب العم ــرس ح وغ

صــاح طاهــر الحــاج نائــب مديــر الجامعــة لشــؤون خدمــة

املجتمــع، واألســتاذ الدكتــور محمــود درابســة عميــد شــؤون

ــة ــد كلي ــيو عمي ــون أليكس ــور بات ــتاذ الدكت ــاب، واألس الط

الفنــون الجميلــة والتصميــم، واألســتاذ الدكتــور باســم عتيــي

عميــد كليــة الدراســات العليــا، واألســتاذ الدكتــور رايض

ــي ــر املهن ــتمر والتطوي ــم املس ــز التعلي ــر مرك ــدي مدي الزبي

ــن التدريســية ــن أعضــاء الهيئت ــري م ــدد كب ــة. وع يف الجامع

ــة. ــة والطلب واإلداري

تجــول الحضــور يف املعــرض الــذي يضــم 28 جناحــا لنــوادي

ــارقة ــة الش ــة جامع ــل طلب ــة متث ــة مختلف ــات علمي وجمعي

ــف ــرض تعري ــدف املع ــا، ويه ــا وتخصصاته ــف كلياته مبختل

الطلبــة عــى الرامــج والخطــط واألنشــطة التــي يعتــزم

ــاد القيــام بهــا خــال العــام األكادميــي الحــايل وكذلــك كل ن

تشــجيع الطــاب عــى تنميــة مهاراتهــم مــن خــال التســجيل

ــة. ــات العلمي ــوادي والجمعي ــك الن ــة يف تل واملشــاركة الفعال

ملــا لهــو مــن صقــل شــخصية الطــاب مــن الناحيــة العلميــة

ــة أيضــا. واالجتاعي

ــد ــور حمي ــتاذ الدكت ــعادة األس ــام س ــدث بقي ــم الح اختت

مجــول النعيمــي مديــر جامعــة الشــارقة، واألســتاذ الدكتــور

ــي ــم ممث ــاب، بتكري ــؤون الط ــد ش ــة عمي ــود درابس محم

ــار ــم اختي ــا ت ــرا لجهودهــم. ك ــات تقدي ــوادي والجمعي الن

ــس الطــاب. ــل مجل ــن قب ــه م ــاح وتكرمي أفضــل جن

معرض األندية الطالبية والجمعيات العلمية السنوي الثاني


شــارك طــاب وطالبــات كليــة الصيدلــة يف جامعــة الشــارقة خــال

العــام الــدرايس 2016/2017 بالعديــد مــن املؤمتــرات العلميــة التــي

أقيمــت داخــل دولــة اإلمــارات العربيــة املتحــدة. ومــن أبــرز هــذه

ــا ــة والتكنولوجي ــدويل للصيدل ــرض ديب ال ــر ومع ــاركات مؤمت املش

دوفــات يف دورتــه الثانيــة والعرشيــن واملقــام يف مركــز ديب الــدويل

للمؤمتــرات واملعــارض والــذي يقــام تحــت رعايــة صاحــب الســمو

ــر ــب حاكــم ديب، »وزي ــوم، نائ ــن راشــد ال مكت الشــيخ حمــدان ب

ــة ــاركة جامع ــأيت مش ــة يف ديب. وت ــة الصح ــس هيئ ــة« ورئي املالي

ــوايل ــى الت ــرش ع ــة ع ــنة الحادي ــات للس ــرض دوف ــارقة يف مع الش

إدراكا ألهميــة املعــرض والتعــرف عــى أحدث املســتجدات يف قطاع

ــرى ــات األخ ــن الكلي ــم م ــاء أقرانه ــا. ولق ــا وعاملي ــة محلي الصيدل

ــاء ــل ولق ــة، وحضــور املحــارضات وورشــات العم ــة والعربي املحلي

ــا ــات دوم ــز دوف ــدالين. يتمي ــن واملختصــن يف املجــال الصي العامل

ــك مــن خــال ــد الطــاب وذل ــكار عن ــة روح املنافســة واالبت بتنمي

ــر ــة. شــهد املؤمت ــروض التقدميي ــة والع ــات العلمي مســابقة امللصق

هــذا العــام مشــاركة فعالــة مــن الجامعــات وكليــات الصيدلــة تعــد

األكــر منــذ انطــاق مؤمتــر ومعــرض دوفــات. كــا رصح الدكتــور

ــة الصحــة ــة يف هيئ ــات الصيدالني ــر إدارة الخدم عــي الســيد مدي

ــذا ــات ه ــر دوف ــهد مؤمت ــا ش ــات. ك ــر دوف ــس مؤمت ــديب، ورئي ب

ــث ــات حي ــدارس والجامع ــاب امل ــن ط ــارزة م ــاركة ب ــام مش الع

شــارك يف املؤمتــر هــذا العــام 1200 طالــب وطالبــة مــن 50 جامعــة

ــة ــاطات العلمي ــة يف النش ــة إىل 25 مدرس ــة باإلضاف ــة صيدل وكلي

الخاصــة باملؤمتــر العديــد مــن الدراســات واألبحــاث الطبيــة،

وامللصقــات العلميــة، والعــروض املصــورة، التــي لقيــت إقبــاال كبــريا

ــال ــن خ ــى جائزت ــة ع ــد الطلب ــن. وحص ــور واملهتم ــن الحض م

املؤمتــر. ففــازت الطالبــة هاجــر وليــد باملركــز الســابع ألفضــل إلقــاء

ــليان ــامح س ــور س ــت إشاف الدكت ــة تح ــة طابي ــارضة علمي مح

وكل مــن الطالبــات ناديــة ماحفجــي، ســلمى فــوز وبســمة أحمــد

ــت إشاف ــق تح ــي مللص ــوع علم ــل موض ــع ألفض ــز الراب وباملرك

الدكتــور هــاين عمــر.

المشاركة في مؤتمر دوفات 2017

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محمد حسان الكيايل

ــت ــذا اهتم ــزا، ل ــا متمي ــا وتعليمي ــا تربوي ــة رصح ــد الجامع تع

ــة، ــة املتنوع ــطة الطابي ــج واألنش ــع الرام ــارقة بوض ــة الش جامع

ــاء ــم وبن ــت فراغه ــغا لوق ــباب وش ــات الش ــن طاق ــتفادة م لاس

لشــخصيتهم، فالتعليــم ال يقتــر عــى تلقــن الــدروس واملحارضات

ــب. ــات فحس وأداء االمتحان

لقــد كانــت لــدي تجربــة طويلــة يف أنشــطة الجامعــة، وقــد كنــت

رئيســا للجمعيــة العلميــة يف كليــة الصيدلــة، وملســت أهميــة هــذه

األنشــطة الجامعيــة ومــدى تأثريهــا عــى جوانــب الشــخصية

ــا. وصقله

ــال ــن خ ــاال م ــا وفع ــزء هام ــون ج ــدة أن أك ــن أدرك فائ مل أك

مشــاركتي يف فعاليــات الجامعــة املختلفــة وكنــت أجــد األمــر

ــدأت باكتســاب ــا ب ــادئ األمــر، ولكننــي رسعــان م ممتعــا فقــط ب

مهــارات مل أكــن أمتلكهــا مــن قبــل، ومنهــا التواصــل مــع اآلخريــن

ــن إداريت ــؤولية وحس ــل املس ــى تحم ــدريت ع ــايب وق ــكل إيج بش

ــم. ــت والتنظي للوق

ال يشء ميكــن أن يصــف مــدى الســعادة التــي تتملكنــي مــع

ــع ــاىش م ــد يت ــب والجه ــكل التع ــه، ف ــوم ب ــح نق ــدث ناج كل ح

ــاح. ــاس النج إحس

وال يجــب أن يغيــب عــن خاطرنــا أن األنشــطة هــي مــرآة الطاب،

فمــن خالهــا نتمكــن مــن عكــس تطلعاتنــا وأحامنا.

ــي الدراســية يف جامعــة الشــارقة، أود دعوتكــم ــة رحلت مــع نهاي

ــرا ــخ جامعــة الشــارقة ولتركــوا أث ــوا جــزء مــن تاري جميعــا لتكون

ــا الزمــن. وبصمــة ال ميحيه

تجربتي مع األنشطة العلميةمحمد حسان الكيالي - رئيس الجمعية العلمية لطلبة كلية الصيدلة سابقا


الجمال تقديم الطالبة : هيا اعاد حمود القيي

ــه ــي، ول ــزء داخ ــي، وج ــزء خارج ــن، ج ــا جزئ ــة له ــال صف الج

ــه. ــس ب ــه نح ــراه ووج ــه ن ــان وج وجه

ــرى ــي ن ــورة الت ــراه والص ــذي ن ــه ال ــو الوج ــي وه ــزء الخارج الج

ــي ــا الت ــار، صورن ــد أو خي ــا ي ــا به ــس لن ــا ولي ــض به ــا البع بعضن

خلقنــا بهــا اللــه عــز وجــل، فاملســالة نســبية فالبعــض يــرى الجــال

ــراه يف صــورة أخــرى. يف هــذه الصــورة وآخــر ي

فالجال صورة زائلة وجال الروح هو الباقي ببقاء صاحبها.

ــرة«، ــو جوه ــع ه ــو الم ــا ه ــس كل م ــأن: »لي ــدرك ب ــا ي وجميعن

والجميــع يبحــث عــن الجواهــر الحقيقيــة التــي التتغــري بســقوط

ــرور ــى مب ــور، أو حت ــقوط رذاذ العط ــا، أو بس ــاء عليه ــرات امل قط

ــة الجهــل ــا نــدرك أن التصنــع يف الشــكل هــو غاي الزمــن. وأصبحن

وأن شــكل األنســان هــو ليــس لوحــة نضــع بهــا األلــوان والرتــوش

ــل أو أفضــل. ــدو بشــكل أجم لتب

أمــا الجــال الداخــي فهــو الوجــه الــذي نحــس بــه وال نــراه بالعن،

هــو الجــال الحقيقــي، هــو جــال الــروح وهــو مانصنعــه نحــن

يف أنفســنا بالتعلــم بــأن مخافــة اللــه هــي رأس الحكمــة، وبالتــايل

يأيت الرويض، واملعرفة، ومحاكاة النفس، هذا كله مينح

صاحبهــا تلــك الــروح الجميلــة التــي تشــع بالعطــاء والتفــاؤل

ــة. ــة اإليجابي ــامة والطاق واالبتس

ــون ــرشة، أو بل ــون ب ــال بل ــر إىل الج ــاس ينظ ــن الن ــض م والبع

عــن، أو بطــول قامــة وكأنــه ينظــر إىل لوحــة رســم ويغيــب عنــه

ــن ــات حســنة تجــذب اآلخري ــروح والتحــي بصف فضــل جــال ال

كاملغناطيــس وبشــكل ال إرادي.

إذا ولكــن وســيا شــكا جذابــا ميلكــون ال أشــخاص فهنــاك

ــة ــة إيجابي ــوك طاق ــاؤال ورىض ومنح ــا وتف ــألت أم ــتهم امت جالس

رائعــة فرناهــم بأجمــل صــورة وتتمنــى قربهــم عــى الــدوام والتزود

مــن عبــق تفاؤلهــم وإيجابيهــم بتلــك الــروح الفعالــة والشــخصية

التــي تفــرض نفســها وتدخــل اىل القلــب دون اســتئذان. فهــذا هــو

ــروح . جــال ال

فجــال الــروح الــذي هــو مــن صنــع أنفســنا هــو مايحاســبنا اللــه

عزوجــل عليــه وكذلــك مانتعامــل بــه مــع االخريــن .

فدعونــا نبنــي أنفســنا عــى الصــدق واألمانــة وحــب النــاس

ــن ــعادة اآلخري ــي س ــعادتنا ه ــن س ــم ولتك ــاء له ــم العط وتقدي

وتثبيــت القيــم التــي حثنــا عليهــا اللــه ورســولنا الكريــم فهــذا هــو

ــي. ــال الحقيق الج

وبهــذا الجــال الداخــي وااللتــزام بتلــك القيــم نحصــل عــى

قمــة الجــال واألخــاق فنحصــل عــى أرسة صالحــة تكــون بــذرة

ــم ــي األم ــايل ترتق ــن وبالت ــن الوط ــو رك ــع ه ــع واملجتم للمجتم

ــدم. وتتق

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ــايت ــن رىب زين ــث كل م ــز الثال وجــاء باملرك

علمــي ملصــق عــن الحــواري وأميمــة

عــن حبــوب التنحيــف بــإشاف د. شــريين

ــرر ــث مك ــز الثال ــاء باملرك ــا ج ــودة، ك ع

الزعبــي ورحمــة ريــم جهــاد ويوســف

ــاد ــن إرش ــي ع ــق علم ــن ملص ــم ع إبراهي

املــرىض يف الصيدلــة املجتمعيــة بــإشاف

د. حمــزة الزبيــدي. ويف مســابقة أفضــل

استشــارة صيدالنيــة تحــت إشاف د أســامة

إبراهيــم، د حمــزة الزبيــدي ود رنــد نضــال

فــازت الطالبــة ســاندي أشف باملركــز األول

الثــاين والطالبــة زلفــى قاطــوع باملركــز

والطالبــة داليــا بــن حليلــو باملركــز الثالــث.

ــة ــارضة علمي ــل مح ــابقة أفض ــا يف مس أم

طابيــة تقاســمت الطالبتــان شــفاء عابديــن

واحتلــت األول املركــز جهــاد ومريــم

الطالبــة رنــا حســن املركــز الثــاين والطالبــة

ــث. ــز الثال ــزرج املرك ــر الخ هاج

الفائزيــن الطلبــة تكريــم تــم كــا

ففــاز توعيــة صحيــة، أفضــل مبســابقة

ــوي ــاس الكري ــان إين ــز األول الطالبت باملرك

ــاز ــدار، وف وجــودي عقــاد وســلمى املهمن

ــدر ــات ســنا أســامة ب ــاين الطالب باملركــز الث

ــز ــر، وباملرك ــة زغ ــادي وملك ــت ح وعف

الثالــث فــازت كل مــن ســعاد ســعيد وريــم

ــاد. إي

مجاالتهــا يف الصيدلــة مســابقة ويف

املختلفــة فــاز باملركز األول أســاء مصطفى

ونــدى حســام ورامــا قوتــي، وباملركــز

الثــاين إميــان طــارق ودانيــة محمــد، واملركز

الثالــث فــاز كل مــن: ريهــام إيشــار , عــي

ــة ــم ياســن وأي ــادل ومري ــا ع ــدر ومرين حي

طــارق، ومبســابقة أفضــل كورنــر للصيدلــة

حــول العــامل، فــاز باملراكــز األوىل موضــوع

يف الصيدلــة ثــم الســودان يف الصيدلــة

العــراق واملركــز الثالــث الصيدلــة يف ســوريا،

ملشــاريع ملصــق أفضــل مســابقة ويف

التخــرج فــاز باملركــز األول مــرشوع الطــاب

ومــي جعبــة وهديــل حنيفــة زهــراء

ــوب شيف ــن ويعق ــي عابدي ــاوي ورام حيت

بــإشاف د. حســن النيــس، وباملركــز الثــاين

فــاز مــرشوع الطالبــات فاطمــة عــزاوي

ومــرام عصــام الديــن ولجــن داغســتاين

وأندريــه خــوري وســارة روحــي بــإشاف د.

هــاين عمــر، وباملركــز الثالــث فــاز مــرشوع

الطالبــات هــا حســام ورنــا حســن وبــراءة

ــامح ــإشاف د. س ــن ب ــة أم ــد وخديج خال

ســليان، كــا تــم تكريــم أعضــاء الجمعيــة

الطابيــة للــدور الكبــري الــذي يقومــون

ــة، ــطة الكلي ــات وأنش ــم فعالي ــه يف تنظي ب

باإلضافــة لتكريــم أفضــل إنجــاز طــايب

ــم ــاح، كــا ت ــور كف ــة ن ــه الطالب ــازت ب وف

تكريــم الطالبــة هاجــر الخــزرج الفائــزة

مبؤمتــر دوفــات ألفضــل إلقــاء علمــي تحــت

إشاف د ســامح ســليان والطالبات ســلمى

ماحفجــي وناديــة أحمــد فوز،بســمة

تحــت ألفضــل تصميــم ملصــق علمــي

ــر. ــاين عم ــور ه إشاف الدكت

ويف نهايــة الحفــل تــم اإلعــان عــن

اختيــار الطالــب املثــايل مــن الســنة الثالثــة

ــن ــدي، وم ــم ع ــة مري ــه الطالب ــازت ب وف

ــفاء ــة ش ــه الطالب ــازت ب ــة ف ــنة الرابع الس

عابديــن، ومــن الســنة الخامســة منــى نجم،

ثــم انتهــى الحفــل بتكريــم جميــع الرعــاة

و املشــاركن مــن شكات ومستشــفيات.

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ــا ــودة تعليمه ــن ج ــة وحس ــة الصيدل بكلي

ــا، ــة لطلبته ــة والعملي ــازات العلمي واإلنج

كــا قــدم الشــكر لــكل مــن ســاهم يف

إنجــاح هــذا اليــوم وقــال “ أعجبنــي قــوة

ــم هــذا ــة يف تنظي العمــل الجامعــي للطلب

الحــدث، وهــذا يعكــس صــورة املســتقبل

والعمــل الطلبــة حــاس خــال مــن

الجاعــي يف فريــق واحــد لتحقيــق هــدف

ــا يف الكليــة هــو وضــع هــذا معــن، ودورن

وإعــداد الصحيــح االتجــاه يف الحــاس

الطلبــة ملهمــة أكــر وهــي خدمــة املجتمــع

ــة.” ــفراء للجامع ــوا س ــى يكون حت

والتــي كلــداري، مريــم الدكتــورة

كرمــت كأول صيدالنيــة وخليجيــة وعربيــة

ــام ــة العــرب الع ــل اتحــاد الصيادل ــن قب م

ــت عــن ســعادتها بوجودهــا املــايض، أعرب

يف جامعــة الشــارقة، وتحدثــت عــن أهميــة

دور الصيــديل يف مجــال تقديــم الرعايــة

ــد ــو الي ــديل ه ــدت أن الصي ــة، وأك الصحي

ــايس يف ــر أس ــو عن ــب وه ــى للطبي اليمن

ــض. ــفاء ألي مري ــة الش رحل

عــي الدكتــور وجــه جانبــه، ومــن

الســيد الشــكر ملديــر الجامعــة ولعميــد

وقــال“ الدعــوة عــى الصيدلــة كليــة

كل بهــا يثــق مهنــة هــي الصيدلــة

العاملــن يف املجــال الطبــي وعــى رأســهم

هــو فالصيــديل واملريــض، الطبيــب

ــض، ــاري للمري ــب واستش ــار للطبي مستش

العلــوم مــن الصيدلــة علــم ويعتــر

ركائــز ومــن رسيــع بشــكل املتطــورة

ــش يف عــر ــث، ونحــن نعي الطــب الحدي

التكنولوجيــا الرسيعــة، وعــى الصيادلــة

ــا ــة للتكنولوجي ــة العاملي التكيــف مــع البيئ

ــودة ــع ج ــرض رف ــخريها بغ ــل تس ــن أج م

الخدمــات الطبيــة املقدمــة مــن خــال

تنميــة قدراتهــم واالرتقــاء مبعارفهــم ورفــع

روح التنافــس مــا يؤهلهــم ألداء مهامهــم

درجــة،” ويف أعــى عــى ومســؤولياتهم

نهايــة حديثــه، وجــه الدكتــور عــي الســيد

جامعــة يف التعليمــي للجهــاز الشــكر

الشــارقة للعمــل عــى بنــاء كــوادر وطنيــة

مســلحة بالعلــم واملعرفــة.

ــة ــوم إقامــة مســابقة علمي تضمــن الي

ــارضة ــل مح ــي وأفض ــق علم ــل ملص ألفض

ملســابقة باإلضافــة للطــاب، علميــة

أفضــل ملصــق ملــرشوع تخــرج، ومســابقة

ــة، ويف أفضــل مارســة واستشــارة صيدالني

فــازت علمــي ملصــق أفضــل مســابقة

الطالبــة هيفــاء املحيثــاوي وعائشــة الكتبي

باملركــز األول عــن أفضــل ملصــق علمــي ذو

ــص ــة التخل ــة مبــرىض الســكري وكيفي عاق

اآلمــن مــن األدوات الحــادة، تحــت إشاف

الدكتــورة منــال الشــعراوي، أمــا املركــز

الثــاين فــكان لــكل من شــفاء عابديــن وليال

كربــاج ولينــا أبــو عمــر عــن ملصــق علمــي

عــن انتهــاء صاحيــة األدويــة واألدويــة غــري

املســتخدمة يف املنــزل وكيفيــة التخلــص

اآلمــن باســتخدام برنامــج علمــي منهجــي

آمــن للبيئــة واملجتمــع بــإشاف كل مــن د.

ــال الشــعراوي، ــم و د. من ــد املــوىل كري عب


صيدلة الشارقة تعقد يوم صيادلة المستقبل األولرعايــة تحــت الشــارقة: جامعــة

ــد ــور حمي ــتاذ الدكت وحضــور ســعادة األس

ــة الشــارقة، ــر جامع مجــول النعيمــي مدي

نظمــت كليــة الصيدلــة “يــوم صيادلــة

املســتقبل األول”، بحضــور األســتاذ الدكتــور

ــة، ــة الصيدل ــد كلي ــن عمي ــور الدي ــن ن أمي

واألســتاذ الدكتــور قتيبــة حميــد عميــد

ــود ــور محم ــتاذ الدكت ــب، واألس ــة الط كلي

ــد شــؤون الطــاب، واألســتاذ درابســة عمي

ــة ــد كلي ــادة عمي ــو زن ــادل أب ــور ع الدكت

ــر ــام ن ــور عص ــة، والدكت ــوم الصحي العل

ســليم قائــم بأعــال عميــد كليــة االتصــال،

إدارة مديــر الســيد عــي والدكتــور

الخدمــات الصيدالنيــة يف هيئــة الصحــة

بــديب ورئيــس مؤمتــر ومعــرض ديب للصيدلة

والتكنولوجيــا “دوفــات”، والدكتــورة مريــم

كلــداري رئيســة شــعبة الصيدلــة يف جمعية

اإلمــارات الطبيــة.

ــرض ــم مع ــوم أقي ــات الي ــال فعالي خ

صحــي تثقيفــي توعــوي تخللــه العديــد من

الفحوصــات والنصائــح الطبيــة بأمــراض

والتاســيميا الــدم وضغــط الســكري

والهيموفيليــا وبرامــج اإلقــاع عــن التدخــن

ــة وتحســن ــد وســوء التغذي وأمــراض الجل

ــتخدام ــوء اس ــة وس ــاة الصحي ــاط الحي أمن

الشــعبي والربــو والرسطــان املــواد

الغذائيــة واملكمــات والروبيوتيــك

الطبيعيــة. والســموم

الصيدلــة معــرض أقيــم وقــد كــا

يف مختلــف مجاالتهــا العمليــة كصيدلــة

ــز ــة، ومراك ــة اإلكلينيكي ــع، والصيدل املجتم

االتصــال، وامللفــات والتســجيل الــدوايئ،

والســامة الرشعــي الســموم وعلــم

ــة ــرض الصيدل ــة إىل مع ــة. باإلضاف الدوائي

ــم ــة بتنظي ــام الطلب ــث ق ــامل حي ــول الع ح

التقليديــة العــاج طــرق ضــم معــرض

والقدميــة يف العديــد مــن دول املنطقــة

ــة املتحــدة ــارات العربي ــة اإلم ــداء بدول ابت

ــودان ــراق والس ــر والع ــام وم ــاد الش وب

باإلضافــة إىل الهنــد واليابــان، عــرض الطلبــة

تاريــخ املختلفــة األجنحــة خــال مــن

التقليديــة واألدويــة باألعشــاب العــاج

ــال ــوا يف مج ــن عمل ــاء الذي ــهر العل وأش

ــة ــور صناع ــاد وتط ــذه الب ــة يف ه الصيدل

األدويــة والعــاج الــدوايئ.

ويف كلمتــه االفتتاحيــة، رحــب األســتاذ

بالحضــور، الديــن نــور أميــن الدكتــور

يــوم بافتتــاح ســعادته عــن وأعــرب

صيادلــة املســتقبل األول والــذي يعقد ألول

مــرة يف رحــاب كليــة الصيدلــة وهــو يومــا

علميــا توعويــا ثقافيــا، نحتفــل مــن خالــه

املحرر الصحفي : محمد عمر فرحات

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ــلطان ــور س ــيخ الدكت ــمو الش ــب الس ــة صاح ــت رعاي تح

بــن محمــد القاســمي عضــو املجلــس األعــى حاكــم الشــارقة

ــن ــه ب ــد الل رئيــس جامعــة الشــارقة، شــهد ســمو الشــيخ عب

ســامل القاســمي نائــب حاكــم الشــارقة انطــاق فعاليــات

ملتقــى البحــث العلمــي الســنوي الحــادي عــرش تحــت شــعار

“االســتثار يف البحــث واالبتــكار وذلــك يــوم اإلثنــن املوافــق

ــارقة،”. ــة الش ــرازي بجامع ــة ال ــو 2017 بقاع 16 ماي

ــة ــة مختلف ــع بحثي ــة مبواضي ــة الصيدل ــاب كلي ــارك ط ش

تناولــت أبحــاث الرسطــان، وأبحــاث اكتشــاف األدويــة ملــرض

ــة تســهم يف ــع هام ــت مواضي ــا تناول الرسطــان والزهاميــر ك

ــة املجتمــع. ــة املقدم ــات الطبي ــر وتحســن الخدم تطوي

ويف نهايــة الحفــل قــام ســمو الشــيخ عبــد اللــه بــن ســامل

القاســمي نائــب حاكــم الشــارقة بتكريــم رعــاة امللتقــى،

ومــرف الشــارقة اإلســامي، ودائــرة التنميــة االقتصاديــة

بالشــارقة، وأعضــاء الهيئــة التدريــس املتميزيــن يف مجــال

التدريــس والبحــث العلمــي وخدمــة الجامعــة واملجتمــع،

والطلبــة أصحــاب املشــاريع املتميــزة، كــا قــام ســموه بتوزيــع

جائــزة مــرف الشــارقة اإلســامي يف البحــث العلمــي املتميــز

لفئــة أعضــاء هيئــة التدريــس وفئــة الطلبــة، وجائــزة الشــارقة

ــكار ــم واالبت للتصمي

ــورة إميــان ســعد ــم الدكت ــم تكري ــة ت ــة الصيدل ومــن كلي

ــة ــة لفئ ــا الصيدالني ــات والتكنولوجي ــم الصيدالني ــس قس رئي

التميــز يف التدريــس وكذلــك تــم تكريــم الدكتــور محمــد

حــرب ســمرين رئيــس قســم الكيميــاء الطبيــة لفئــة التميــز يف

التدريــس والدكتــور محمــد الجمــل األســتاذ املســاعد يف كليــة

ــز يف البحــث العلمــي ــة التمي ــة لفئ الصيدل

انطالق فعاليات ملتقى البحث العلمي الحادي عشر في جامعة الشارقة

صيدلة الشارقة تعقد يوم صيادلة المستقبل األول ٤

الجمال ٨

المشاركة في مؤتمر دوفات 2017 ١٠

معرض األندية الطالبية والجمعيات العلمية السنوي الثاني ١١حملة التوعية بمرض السكري احتفاال في اليوم العالمي

لمرض السكري ١٢

المشاركة فـي معرض الشارقة الدولي للكتاب ١٤

البرنامج التطوعي لإلستجابة في حالة الطوارئ ساند ١٦

ورشة عمل : إدارة الوقت والتحكم بالضغوط النفسية ١٨

قصة كفاح ٢٠

يوم الجاليات ٢٣

قصيدة نفاس الدر ٢٥

احتفال التخرج ٢٧

كلية الصيدلة هيئة التحرير:

األستاذ الدكتور أمين نورالدين

الدكتورة: منال الشعراوي

الدكتورة : شين عودة

الطالبة: مريم الذرعاوي

الطالبة: نجمة محمود

املركز اإلعامي

اإلشاف الفني :شيخة بورفيعة

تصميم وإخراج:نوف الرس

الفهــرس

عزيزي القارئ

بكل الفخر والرسور نقدم لكم العدد الثامن من منر صيدلة الشارقة. قطعة

من الفن نتيجة عمل دؤوب من طاب مبدعن ومتألقن تحت دعم وإشاف

وجهود أساتذة موهوبن.

الهامة الصحية القضايا ملعالجة فائقة بعناية العدد مواضيع هذا اختيار تم

والتي تهم كل من الطاب، مقدمي الرعاية الصحية وتهم املجتمع بصفة عامة.

إن أرسة كلية الصيدلة يف جامعة الشارقة بحرصها ومتيزها تأمل بأن تستمتع

خال رحلتك مع صفحات هذا العدد الشيق ويف نفس الوقت نحن بكل الفخر

عى ثقة بأن نضع بن أيديكم هذا العدد ليكون إضافة قيمة لكل مكتبة.

األستاذ الدكتور أمين نور الدين

عميد كلية الصيدلة

جامعة الشارقة

مرحبا بكم

الشروط:

تدعو مجلة منبر صيدلة الشارقة جميع الصيادلة والمختصين والطلبة للمساهمة في نشر مقاالتهم ومساهماتهم

العلمية على صفحات المجلة، والتي ستكون بمثابة خطوة في نشر الكلمة العلمية والمعلومة الصيدالنية والصحية،

لتكون شعلة اخرى في مسيرة العمل الصيدالني.

اننا كهيئة تحرير في المجلة، اذ نأمل ان تساهموا معنا في تطوير العمل الصيدالني من خالل آرائكم ومالحظاتكم

ومساهماتكم في محاولة لزيادة المعرفة الصيدالنية، واضافة كل ما هو جديد في سبيل الوصول الى غاية ايصال

المعلومة الى من يبحث عنها.

نشكر جميع من ساهم معنا، ونأمل أن يزيد عدد المشاركين في المستقبل مع امنياتنا للجميع بالتوفيق والنجاح

المقاالت واألبحاث الواردة في مجلة » منبر صيدلة الشارقة « تعبر عن رأي كاتبيها وال تعبر بالضرورة عن رأي

هيئة التحرير.

• محتوى المواضيع يجب أن يكون على نمط المواضيع

المقدمة في )منبر صيدلة الشارقة(.

• يجب أن تكون المواضيع من جهد الكاتب الشخصي.

• الموضوع المقدم يجب أن يكون بحجم صفحتين.

• Times New Roman نوع الخط.

• حجم الخط 14-12

• تحرير الموضوع وتصميم صفحاته يتم عن طريق هيئة

تحرير )منبر صيدلة الشارقة(.

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