Personal profile
Zahra is a senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy, leading on embedding artificial intelligence to develop consultation skills for pharmacy students. she has a special interest in simulation and gamification in pharmacy education.
She teaches across the MPharm (Pharmacy) focussing mainly on clinical pharmacy practice, clinical reasoning and prescribing.
Outside of DMU, Zahra is a clinical pharmacist working at the PCN in Leicester, where she runs cardiovascular disease clinics.
Research group affiliations
Medicines Optimisation and Person-centred care research group
Publications and outputs
Mahomed, Z.A. and Aboo, A. (2025) ‘Use of Simconverse, an AI programme, within undergraduate pharmacy teaching at 海角社区 (DMU)’, Abstracts from the Pharmacy Education, Science and Practice Conference 2025 Part A, 18. doi:.
Research interests/expertise
Simulation in pharmacy education
Areas of teaching
- Clinical reasoning
- Pharmacy Law and Ethics
- Cardiovascular disease
- Prescribing legally and professionally
Qualifications
- MPharm (2017)
- PGDip Clinical Pharmacy with Independent Prescribing (2021)
- PGCert Empowering Education (2024)
Courses taught
MPharm - Pharmacy
Honours and awards
Best Oral Presentation (Pharmacy Education) 2025 - 2nd Prize (University of Qatar)
Professional licences and certificates
Registered Pharmacist and Independent Prescriber - General Pharmaceutical Council