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Mr. SAMUEL KOSHY PALLYAMPIL

Phone
24636860
Public Email
samuel.koshy@ku.edu.kw
College/ Center
College of Pharmacy
Associate Teaching Assistant

Samuel Koshy Pallyampil is an Associate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Kuwait University, with over 15 years of experience in pharmacy education. He also serves as the Assistant Editor of the Kuwait Pharmacy Bulletin, a quarterly publication by the faculty. Samuel holds a postgraduate MPharm degree in Pharmacy Practice from the University of Kerala, India. He has worked as a clinical pharmacist and lecturer at the Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, India. He has published several research and review articles on pharmacy practice and education and is the author of the book, Pharmacotherapy Digest. He is a member of the Experiential Implementation Committee, and also the Integrated Active Learning and Assessment Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Degrees and Certificates

Bpharm, Mpharm

Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant in the Department of Pharmacy Practice since 2008

Research Interests

Pharmacy Practice, Higher Education

Publications

a) Book

         1)  Koshy S, 2022. Pharmacotherapy Digest. 1st ed. White Falcon Publishers. ISBN: 978-1636404554

 

b) Original Research Articles (Journal Ranking:  Scimago Journal & Country Rank)

  1. Dalal Al-Taweel, Pierre Moreau, Samuel Koshy, Mohammed A. Khedr, Noha Nafee, Altaf Al-Romaiyan, Tania Bayoud, Sarah S. Alghanem, Fatma H. Al-Awadhi, Asmaa Al-Haqan, Maryam S. Al-Owayesh. Empowering competence: A program-wide active learning framework for a pharmacy program. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2024; 88 (10). 

     

  2. Al-Taweel D, Koshy S, Al-Ansari S, Al-Haqan A, Qabazard B. Expert consensus for a national essential antidote list: E-Delphi method. PLoS One. 2022 Jun 16;17(6):e0269456. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269456. 

     

  3. Al-Haqan A, Al-Taweel D, Koshy S, Alghanem S. Evolving to Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCE): Transitional experience in an undergraduate pharmacy program in Kuwait. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 2021; 29(1).

     

  4. Albassam A, Almohammed H, Alhujaili M, Koshy S, Awad A. Perspectives of primary care physicians and pharmacists on interprofessional collaboration in Kuwait: A quantitative study. PLoS One. 2020 Jul 20;15(7):e0236114. 

     

  5. Al-Taweel D, Al-Haqan A, Qabazard B, Abuzainah D, Koshy S, Alqenae F, Ali S, Abahussain E. Availability of Antidotes in Kuwait: A National Audit. J Emerg Med. 2020 Feb;58 (2):305-312.    

     

  6. Albassam A, Alshammari S, Ouda G, Koshy S, Awad A. Knowledge, perceptions and confidence of physicians and pharmacists towards pharmacogenetics practice in Kuwait.  PLoS ONE. 2018;13(9): e0203033.  *Featured as one of the 8 meritorious publications in the “Distinguished Research Series” in the August 2019 report of the Research Sector of Kuwait University.

     

  1. Al-Asfour A, Waheedi M, Koshy S. Survey of patient experiences of orthognathic surgery: health-related quality of life and satisfaction.  Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018; 47: 726–731.   

  1. Mutawa A, Abahussain E, Hedaya M, Koshy S. Intentional and Unintentional Drug Poisonings in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait. J Pharma Care Healt Sys. 2015; 2:139.doi:10.4172/2376-0419.1000139

     

  1. Koshy S, Abahussain E. The Availability of Antidotes in Public Hospitals in Kuwait: A Cross  Sectional Survey. J Pharma Care Health Sys. 2014; S1-002. doi:10.4172/jpchs.S1-004

  1. Abahussain EA, Waheedi M, Koshy S. Practice, awareness and opinion of pharmacists toward disposal of unwanted medications in Kuwait. Saudi Pharm J 2012; 20(3): 195-201. 

  1. Frequent seizures and polytherapy can impair quality of life in persons with epilepsy. Thomas Sanjeev V, Koshy S, Sudhakaran Nair CR, Sarma Sankara P. Neurol India. 2005 Mar; 53(1): 46-50. 

     

c) Posters

  1. An active learning and assessment framework to support competency-based education. Moreau P, Al-Taweel D, Koshy S, Alowayesh M, Alawadhi F, Nafee N, Alromayian A, Khedr M. College of Pharmacy, Kuwait University. 81ST FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. FIP Brisbane, Australia. 2023.

     

  2. Expert consensus for a national essential antidote list: E-Delphi method. Al-Taweel D, Koshy S, Al-Ansari S, Al-Haqan A, Qabazard B. Middle East and North Africa Annual Toxicology Conference (Menatox), May 11-14. 2022.

     

  3. Development of Kuwait National Antidote Stocking Guidelines. Al-Ansari S, Al-Taweel D, Al-Haqan A, Koshy S, Qabazard B. 26th HSC Annual Poster Conference, March 2022. 

     

  4. National audit of antidote stocking in hospitals that provide emergency care in Kuwait. Al-Taweel D, Al-Haqan A, Abuzainah D, Qabazard B, Koshy S, Al-Qenaie F. 

    *Awarded the Best poster at the Kuwait International Pharmacy Conference (KIPC), March 5-7, 2019

    *Awarded the Best oral abstract at the 8th Middle East and North Africa Annual Toxicology Conference (Menatox), March 6-9, 2019. 

 

  1. A survey on the knowledge, perception, and self-confidence of pharmacists and physicians towards application of pharmacogenetic testing in clinical practice in Kuwait. Albassam A, Koshy S, Alshammari S, Gadeer Ouda. 23rd HSC Poster Conference, March 2018.

 

  1. A Survey of Patients’ Experience of Orthognathic Surgery: Health Related Quality of Life and Satisfaction. A. Adel, Waheedi M, Koshy S. 21st HSC Poster Conference, 2-4 May 2016.

 

  1. Assessing students’ attitudes on the required final year pharmacy service project. Al Owayesh M, Koshy S. Kuwait International Medical Education Congress. 14-18 February 2016

 

  1. Advances in Pharmacy Education: Development and validation of an OSCE in an undergraduate pharmacy program. Al-Ghanem S, Al-Taweel D, Koshy S, Al Haqan A. Kuwait International Medical Education Congress. 14-18 February 2016

 

  1. Pharmacy Students’ Perception and Evaluation of an Undergraduate Objective Structured Clinical Examination. Al Haqan A, Al-Taweel D, Koshy S, Al-Ghanem S. Kuwait International Medical Association Congress (KIMEC) Conference. Medical Education Congress. 14-18 February 2016

 

  1. Standard Setting Methods in Pharmacy Objective Structured Clinical Examinations: A Kuwaiti experience. Al-Taweel D, Al-Ghanem S, Al Haqan A, Koshy S, Baghdaddy MA.                                                                                                              *Awarded the 2nd Prize at the Advancing Pharmacy Education Forum in Qatar, 6-8 Dec, 2015.

 

  1. Availability of antidotes in hospitals in Kuwait.  Abahussain E, Nadeem, Koshy S. 18th HSC Poster Conference, May 2013.

 

  1. Unwanted medications: Practices and attitudes of pharmacists towards disposal in Kuwait. Abahussain E, Waheedi M, Koshy S. 15th HSC Poster conference, April 2010.

 

  1. A study on poison cases in a multispecialty hospital. Koshy S, George JG, Revikumar KG, Santhosh KP, Gireesh M. 54th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 2002; 315.

 

d) Short reviews

  1. Practice of polypharmacy: Do pharmacists have a role? Koshy S. J Pharma Care Health Sys. 2016; 3(1):1-3

  2. Pharmacy practice-based research networks: Do pharmacists need them? Koshy S. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2014; 22(6):433-6.   

     

  3. Disposal of unwanted medications: Throw, bury, burn or just ignore? Koshy S. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2013 ;21(2):131-4 .

     

  4. Role of pharmacists in the management of patients with epilepsy. Koshy S. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2012; 20(1):65-8.