Sara Alsafar
Malmo
Summary
MSc. of Biomedicine and a licensed pharmacist in Sweden with 5 years of experience across academia, community and hospital pharmacy. In addition, experienced in conducting clinical research and interested in pursuing a career in the pharmaceutical industry.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospital Pharmacist- Intern Medicine Ward
Skåne University Hospital-Malmo
10.2023 - Current
- Handled stock and order supplies of medicines and drugs.
- Reviewed and monitored patient past and present medication records, checking for errors, incompatibilities and adverse reactions to avoid future complications.
- Developed effective relationships with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal communication and collaboration in patient care.
- Verified safety and accuracy of physician orders.
- Preparation and compounding of medication.
- Contacting all healthcare provider for medication-related issues.
- Verified safe and secure storage of medicines and hospital supplies to minimize loss and accidents.
- Provided accurate drug information to healthcare providers on the safe use of medications within the hospital setting.
- Maintained strict compliance with relevant laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to hospital pharmacy practice.
- consulting patients on how their medicines are to be taken or used in the safest and most effective way
Licensed Pharmacist
Apotek Hjärtat
11.2021 - 09.2023
- Interpreted prescription orders, dispensed medications and counseled patients on drugs
- Educated patients about possible drug interactions and gave special administration instructions
- Maintained appropriate drug records and completed reports as necessary
- Reviewed patient medication profiles and medical records to screen for appropriate drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects and therapeutic outcomes.
Pharmacist Intern
Kronans Apotek, Limhamn
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Shadowed senior pharmacy staff to learn proper procedures
- Used pharmacy software to enter prescription and insurance information
- Delivered training on medical device use and storage to enhance support for different groups of patients
- Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions
Teaching Assistant
Dubai Pharmacy College
09.2015 - 07.2017
- Worked at the following departments: Pharmacognosy, Microbiology and clinical pharmacy
- Recorded grades of coursework and tests in reporting system
- Supervised students who were having clinical rotations at a private Hospital
- Assisted final year students who were conducting clinical research, as well as writing final thesis
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment
- Created lesson materials, visuals and digital presentations to supplement lesson plans
- Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals and objectives.
Education
High School Diploma - Swedish language
Malmö University
06.2020
Master's of Biomedicine - King Carl Gustaf Scholarship
Uppsala University
06.2019
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Dubai Pharmacy College
07.2015
Skills
- Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS)
- Experienced in cell-based assays upon doing my master's degree thesis in Lund University-Department of Translational Cancer Research-Lars Rönstrannd Lab, below are examples of the techniques that I have Learned: Immunoprecipitation and Co-immunoprecipitation, cell lysis and western blotting, PrestoBlue viability assay, proximity-dependent biotinylation, stable and transient transfection, sorting cells using FACs, handling of different types of cells like adherent and non-adherent cells, cloning technique, measurement of Protein concentration using nano-drop and BCA kit
- Community-Pharmacy skills: Dosing Recommendations, Retail Support, Drug Therapy, Compounding Skills, Safety awareness, Patient counseling
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
- Intravenous Admixture
- FDA regulations
- Medication Therapy Management
- Pharmaceutical Calculations
Certification
- Causality assessment of single case safety, issued by UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Centre.), August 2022.
- Introduction to pharmacovigilance, issued by UMC, August 2022.
- Introduction to signal detection, issued by UMC, August 2022.
- Causality assessment of case series, issued by UMC, August 2022.
- Essentials of pharmacovigilance communications, issued by UMC, July 2022.
- Regulatory aspects of pharmacovigilance, issued by UMC, July 2022.
- ICH Good Clinical Practice E6, Issued by The Global Health Network , January 2024.
- E-learning courses (The Global Health Network):
Introduction to Informed Consent, Aug 2019
Data Safety and Monitoring Boards for Clinical Trials, July 2019.
The study protocol, Part II, July2019.
The study protocol, Part I, June 2019.
The Research Question, June 2019.
Introduction to Clinical Research, June 2019.
- Communication in English: Academic Writing, Uppsala University, December 2017.
Research
- Master Thesis 2019: Identification of Novel Signal Transduction Proteins of (Lars Rönstrannd Lab) Importance for AXL Signalling (Lund University)
- Research Project 2018: Mechanistic and functional analysis of the role of AXL (Lars Rönstrannd Lab) receptor in the therapy-resistant leukaemia (Lund University)
- Research Project 2018: Circadian and sleep-dependent regulation of hunger in healthy normal-weight participants at Uppsala University (clinical Research)
- Research Assistant 2017: Health Literacy among the general population of the U.A.E (in Arabic) (Dubai Pharmacy College) Self - Medication with antibiotics (Dubai Pharmacy College)
- Research Assistant 2016: Health Literacy among the general population of the U.A.E (Dubai Pharmacy College)
- Bachelor Degree Thesis 2015: Risk Associated with Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Its Management in Infants.
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Swedish
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Hospital Pharmacist- Intern Medicine Ward
Skåne University Hospital-Malmo
10.2023 - Current
Licensed Pharmacist
Apotek Hjärtat
11.2021 - 09.2023
Pharmacist Intern
Kronans Apotek, Limhamn
02.2021 - 08.2021
Teaching Assistant
Dubai Pharmacy College
09.2015 - 07.2017
High School Diploma - Swedish language
Malmö University
Master's of Biomedicine - King Carl Gustaf Scholarship
Uppsala University
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Dubai Pharmacy College
- Causality assessment of single case safety, issued by UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Centre.), August 2022.
- Introduction to pharmacovigilance, issued by UMC, August 2022.
- Introduction to signal detection, issued by UMC, August 2022.
- Causality assessment of case series, issued by UMC, August 2022.
- Essentials of pharmacovigilance communications, issued by UMC, July 2022.
- Regulatory aspects of pharmacovigilance, issued by UMC, July 2022.
- ICH Good Clinical Practice E6, Issued by The Global Health Network , January 2024.
- E-learning courses (The Global Health Network):
Introduction to Informed Consent, Aug 2019
Data Safety and Monitoring Boards for Clinical Trials, July 2019.
The study protocol, Part II, July2019.
The study protocol, Part I, June 2019.
The Research Question, June 2019.
Introduction to Clinical Research, June 2019.
- Communication in English: Academic Writing, Uppsala University, December 2017.
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