Our Graduates… A Success Story (11): Farah Mohammed Jawad Kadhim

Our Graduates… A Success Story | Episode 11

Farah Mohammed Jawad Kadhim — 8th cohort · 2011–2012
Chief Pharmacist — State Company for Marketing Drugs and Medical Appliances (Kimadia)

“Your degree is only your ticket into the field; the cornerstone of your success is your ability to keep learning and adapt to changes in the market and new technologies without losing your humanity.”

Education

• B.Sc. Pharmacy — Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, 8th cohort (2012)
• Observational training courses in medical supplies in Austria, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland

Career path

• Worked in the private sector one month after graduation (3 years)
• Practising pharmacist at several Ministry of Health hospitals
• Medical Supplies Import Department — Kimadia (2015 – present)
• Head of the Committee for Receiving and Opening Medical Supplies Offers — Kimadia (present)

Key milestones

• Wrote her class’s lecture notes at the College under the name “FMJ”
• Attended several conferences on medicines and medical supplies
• Works on the sustainability of supply chains and securing high-standard medical supplies

Her story in her own words

Her journey in one sentence: “Graduation is not the end of the road, but the beginning of turning scientific knowledge into real impact, built with skill and continuous learning.”

I worked in the private sector a month after graduating and continued there for three years. A year after graduation I also began working in the public sector in several hospitals as a practising pharmacist, then started working at the State Company for Marketing Drugs and Medical Appliances (Kimadia) in the Medical Supplies Import Department in 2015, where I remain today; I currently head the committee for receiving and opening medical supplies offers.

Pharmacy work at Kimadia puts you every day before the challenge of sustaining supply chains and securing high-standard medical supplies amid successive crises and complex routine procedures.

A word to her College: “The Pharmacy Department at Baghdad College of Medical Sciences is a learning environment that aims to prepare scientifically and practically qualified pharmacists by providing students with fundamental knowledge in biological and pharmaceutical sciences and field training, supplying the health sector with distinguished medicines experts.”

Pharmacist Farah Mohammed Jawad Kadhim’s advice to today’s students

“Studying pharmacy is an enjoyable journey that combines a passion for science with service to society; it requires patience and continuous development, because you will be the first line of defence for people’s health.”

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