Sanah Hasan

Biography

My professional practice career started after obtaining my Bachelor of Pharmacy degree as a staff pharmacist at Hays Medical Center, Hays Kansas, USA. Responsible for the establishment of a comprehensive program for pharmacists and technicians to promote pharmacists’ role: IV to Oral switch therapy, antibiotic streamlining, patient profile reviews, providing drug information to health professionals and patients, filling prescription orders, filling and checking unit dose carts, checking IV admixtures including large and small volume IV’s, neonatal and adult TPN’s and Chemotherapy. Experience with automated dispensing machines like PYXIS, automatic medication stop orders, controlled substance management and antibiotic streamlining.  I have also been involved in designing continuing professional education programs for pharmacists in collaboration with local and international institutions and pharmaceutical companies such as the MCO company and Pfizer Corporation. 

Research Interest

 My scholarly activities are focused on conducting professional practice research, co-supervising Master’s and Doctoral theses involving international collaborations *Serving as journal peer reviewer, membership in research groups, membership in professional organizations and supervising undergraduate student research projects. *My research focuses on clinical and social issues associated with the use of medicines. * Focus areas of research include asthma management, characteristics of pharmacy practice and pharmacy services in the UAE and the region, patient satisfaction and expectations of pharmacy services, physicians' perspectives of pharmacy services and their readiness to participate in collaborative arrangements with pharmacists, screening services for chronic disease, health promotion and disease prevention  *Pharmacy education research including TBL , OSCE and cultural competency within the curriculum.