Qatar University College of Pharmacy (QU-CPH) assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy Dr Shane Pawluk and MSc student Amani Zaidan won first place in the Faculty Research and Best Presenter Student categories at the sixth Kuwait International Pharmacy Conference.
Dr Pawluk was awarded for his poster presentation entitled “Evaluating global communication in a structured education module: A comparison of student self-assessments with trained faculty and standardised patient assessments”, while Zaidan won the best presenter student award for her poster presentation entitled “The impact of long-term medicine use: Validation of an Arabic version of the living with medicine questionnaire”.
Zaidan was supervised by CPH associate professor of pharmacy practice and co-ordinator of continuing professional development for healthcare practitioners Dr Ahmed Nadir Kheir.
Organised in conjunction with the Second Forum on Advancing Pharmacy Education in the GCC and Middle East, the KIPC 2017 drew the participation of pharmacy experts and practitioners in the region.
QU CPH dean Dr Mohamed Diab said: “CPH is committed to advancing pharmacy education in the Middle East, and providing faculty and students with significant opportunities to showcase their hard work and talent.”
Dr Pawluk recalled that the conference “was an excellent opportunity to engage with faculty from other pharmacy schools in the Middle East and to showcase the academic research being conducted at Qatar University.”
Zaidan added it was a great opportunity to present the research and meet researchers from different schools abroad.
Dr Shane Pawluk
