Title

From the Bayous to the Sand Dunes: One Faculty Member's Year Abroad as a Fulbright Scholar.

Authors

Sara A. Al-Dahir, Xavier University of LouisianaFollow

Department

College of Pharmacy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2012

Abstract

To the Editor. In August 2010, with the summer temperature of Doha, Qatar, reaching a balmy 125°F, I set out from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, to spend 1 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar at Qatar University's College of Pharmacy. Several aspects of this experience were in the realm of the familiar. Qatar University is a Canadian accredited college of pharmacy, with a pharmacy curriculum similar to that of US pharmacy schools. The mode of instruction is completely in English with the students being gleaned from the top 10% of high school graduates. Students supplement classroom lectures with clinical experience, with Western-based guidelines serving as the foundation of professional practice. It is here the similarities end.

Comments

DOI: 10.5688/ajpe76117

PubMed ID: 22412216

Recommended Citation

Al-Dahir, Sara A., "From the Bayous to the Sand Dunes: One Faculty Member's Year Abroad as a Fulbright Scholar." (2012). Faculty and Staff Publications. 235.
https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/fac_pub/235