Clinical Practice (clinical pharmacy) is a branch of health sciences that assists in patient care by guiding the best use of medication, supporting health and wellness, and preventing disease. Clinical pharmacy is the crystallization of the comprehensive pharmaceutical care philosophy, in which pharmacological knowledge is fused with experience and the right decision is made in order to obtain the best results for the patient's health. Clinical pharmacy as a field bears a commitment to provide a new type of knowledge that improves health and quality of life.

The department teaches clinical pharmacy courses that aim to provide the student with important information that qualifies him to provide better services to patients, which contributes to raising the level of health care, as the clinical pharmacist plays an important and essential role within the health care team. The condition of patients on a daily basis and participate in giving recommendations, advice and instructions necessary for the treatment of patients.

Vision:

The department's vision is to make the department a pioneer in providing distinguished educational and health services in the field of clinical pharmacy at the highest levels and keep abreast of the latest developments through adherence to quality standards and continuous development. Serious and persistent work to graduate qualified clinical pharmacists who are able to participate in providing the best levels of comprehensive health care.

Mission:

Graduating clinical pharmacists with a sufficient amount of theoretical knowledge and practical practice to perform the tasks entrusted to them in their workplaces such as medical units, hospitals, etc. effectively and usefully, as the graduates find themselves applying what they learned and practiced during their studies smoothly and easily. This is achieved by team-based learning that focuses on practical applications and effective communication skills. In addition to raising the level of health care in the northern border region through constructive participation in improving the treatment services provided to patients through cooperation with health facilities and practitioners to use the medicine optimally to obtain the maximum benefit and reduce the negative effects of the medicine through choosing the appropriate medicine, the appropriate dose and the best way to administer the medicine for the patient’s condition. Not only to treat diseases and epidemics, but also to prevent them.

In addition, the Department of Pharmacy Practice seeks to develop the clinical pharmacy profession in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to raise the level of providing comprehensive health care in the Kingdom in accordance with the highest international quality standards.

Objectives:

 - Contribute to leadership at the local and national levels, to achieve the mission and visions of the department, college, university, and profession.

 - To improve the health and well-being of patients by facilitating and providing safe and effective medicines.

 - Enhancing the role of pharmacists in improving public health and preventing diseases through education and training.

The courses taught by the department: