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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New exam Emergency landing system for pharmacists First phase of programme begins DOHA: A new examination performance of pharmacists in a system is being introduced real or simulated clinical setting. in Qatar for pharmacists and “The examinees will be required other healthcare practitioners to deal with different situations. in a clinical setting to assess For instance, a patient may have a how they would perform in a complicated prescription or medi- real-life situation. cal condition that will require The Objective Structured great skills and knowledge while Clinical Examination (OBSE) dispensing the medicines. To con- would be made mandatory for all duct the examination, we should licensed pharmacists in Qatar, the first develop the models and find SCH said yesterday. people who are ready to act as This is part of a plan to upgrade patients,” said Al Khanji. the skills of pharmacists, who will The QCPH is organising a play a bigger role with imple- three-day workshop from today at mentation of the national health the Ritz-Carlton, in collaboration insurance scheme. with the College of Pharmacy and “Currently the role of phar- the University of Toronto. A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane after an emergency landing at Madinah airport yesterday. Twenty-nine people were injured when the Boeing 767-300ER macists is limited to dispensing The workshop will have 50 made an emergency landing at Madinah airport in the west of the country early yesterday.