TAHANI JEHAD FAWZI ALWIDYAN

Tahani Jehad Fawzi Alwidyan	Assistant Professor
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
alwidyantahani@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/tahanialwidyan
ORCID ID : 295430825
Office No. : 414	EXT : 3414

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Ph.D.	Queens University Belfast	United Kingdom,2022
Master	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,2013
Bachelor	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,2007

•	Medicines optimization in palliative and hospice care: Enhancing safety, effectiveness, and quality of pharmacotherapy for patients with limited life expectancy.
•	Appropriate and inappropriate prescribing in palliative care: Evaluating patterns, prevalence, and clinical outcomes of medication use in advanced cancer and terminally ill patients.
•	Deprescribing: Investigating barriers, facilitators, and structured interventions to reduce potentially inappropriate medications, with a focus on multidisciplinary decision-making and patient-centred care.

Publication

1)	Mhaidat, NM., Al-Wedyan, TJ., Alzoubi, KH., Al-Efan, QM., Al-Azzam, SI., Balas, QA. And Bataineh, ZA. (2014) Measuring quality of life among colorectal cancer patients in Jordan. Journal of Palliative Care; 30(3):133-140

2)	Shahin, R., Mansi, I., Swellmeen, L., Alwidyan, T., Al-Hashimi, N., Al-Qarar’h, Y. and Shaheen, O. (2018) Ligand-based computer aided drug design reveals new tropomycin receptor kinase a (TrkA) inhibitors. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling; 80: 327-352
3)	Alwidyan, T., McCorry, N.K. and Parsons, C., 2023. Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of deprescribing in older patients at the end of life in hospice care: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice; 31(3): 305-313
4)	Alwidyan T., McCorry NK., Black C., Coulter R., Forbes J., and Parsons C., 2024. Prescribing and deprescribing in older people with life-limiting illnesses receiving hospice care at the end of life: A longitudinal, retrospective cohort study. Palliative Medicine;38(1):121-30
5)	Alwidyan, T., Odeh, M., Ibrahim, A.H., Harahsheh, E. and Banat, A., 2025. Knowledge, attitude, and practice among community pharmacists toward adverse drug reaction reporting and pharmacovigilance: A nationwide survey. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 18, p.100578
6)	Alwidyan, T., Shamieh, O., Parsons, C., Alrjoub, W. and Alarjeh, G., 2025. Impact of the deprescribing timing on medicines optimisation in older cancer patients receiving hospice care at the end of life: a comparative cohort study. European Geriatric Medicine, pp.1-12
7)	Alrosan, A.Z., Alwidyan, T., Heilat, G.B., Rataan, A.O., Madae’en, S., Alrosan, K., Awwad, F.S. and Ali, T., 2025. Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer signs and symptoms among Jordanian women. Future Science OA, 11(1), p.2510871
8)	Alrosan, A.Z., Alwidyan, T., Heilat, G.B., Rataan, A.O. and Alrosan, K., 2025. Pre-treatment red cell index and metastasis status as independent predictors of overall survival in Jordanian breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Toxicology Reports, p.102077
9)	Alrosan, K., Odeh, M., Alwidyan, T., Alrosan, A.Z. and Madae’en, S., 2025. Knowledge, attitudes, and barriers regarding health promotion of ovarian cancer among community pharmacists in Jordan. Future Science OA, 11(1), p.2536386
10)	Madae'en, S., Dmour, I., Alrosan, A.Z., Alwidyan, T., Alrosan, K., Alqhewii, T., Alnsairat, A., Madain, R. and Smadi, T., 2025. Pharmacovigilance in pharmacy education: Students' knowledge, attitude and perception: A cross-sectional study in Jordan. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 17(11), p.102442
11)	Alwidyan, T., Shamieh, O., Alrjoub, W., Alarjeh, G. and Parsons, C., 2025. The impact of palliative care consults on medicines optimisation for patients with cancer referred to hospice care at the end of life: a retrospective cohort study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33(9), p.761
12)	Alwidyan, T., Abudalo, R., Odeh, M., Tayyem, M. and Banat, A., 2025. Community Pharmacists’ Attitudes Toward the Implementation of Good Pharmacy Practice Guidelines in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18(2), pp.389-409
13)	Alwidyan, T., Parsons, C., Alqudah, A., Al-Shudifat, A.E., Al-Lozi, A.R.N. and Khader, M.R., 2025. Optimising end-of-life geriatric pharmacotherapy: A hospital-based retrospective cohort study of deprescribing early in the care trajectory before hospice transition. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, In press

Conference abstract

1)	Alwidyan, T. and Parsons, C. (2020) Deprescribing of medications in older patients in the last three months of life: a systematic review. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice; 28(S1): 44-87 [Conference: Royal Pharmaceutical Society Annual Conference: Poster presentation]

2)	Alwidyan, T., McCorry, N., Black, C., McConnell, T., Coulter, R., Forbes, J. and Parsons, C. (2021) Medication use and deprescribing in older patients in the last 14 days of life. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice; 29(S1): i3-i4 [Conference: Royal Pharmaceutical Society Annual Conference: Oral presentation]

3)	Alwidyan, T., McCorry, N., White, C., Watson, M., McConnell, T. and Parsons, C. (2021) Barriers to and enablers of deprescribing in older patients at the end of life in hospice care: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. European Geriatric Medicine; S233-234 [Conference: 17th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society Conference: Poster presentation].

4)	Alwidyan, T., McCorry, N. and Parsons, C. (2023) Attitudes of healthcare professionals towards deprescribing in older patients receiving palliative care in hospice settings. Journal of Palliative Medicine; in press [Conference: 18th International Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Conference: Poster presentation].

 Work Experience
1) Assistant professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Department at the Hashemite University from February 13th 2022 till now
2) Assistant Tutor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Department at the Hashemite University from February 26th 2015 to 1st August 2018
3) Part-time Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Department at Philadelphia University from June 22th 2014 to September 3rd 2014
4) Clinical Pharmacist Trainee at King Abdullah University Hospital from December 5th 2011 to April 22th 2013
5) Responsible Pharmacist at Arabella Pharmacy from February 27th 2007 to September 14th 2009.

 Teaching Courses
1) Pharmacology
2) Clinical Cases in Pharmacotherapy.
3) Training for Hospital pharmacy and Community Pharmacy
4) Drug Informatics
5) Community Pharmacy 1
6) Community Pharmacy 2.
Laboratories Taught
1) Medicinal Lab.
2) Pharmacognosy Lab.
3) Analytical Chemistry Lab.
4) Organic Chemistry Lab.
5) Biochemistry Lab.
6) Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Lab.
7) Microbiology Lab.

 Work Experience
1) Assistant professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Department at the Hashemite University from February 13th 2022 till now.
2) Assistant Tutor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Department at the Hashemite University from February 26th 2015 to 1st August 2018.
3) Part-time Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Department at Philadelphia University from June 22th 2014 to September 3rd 2014.

Technical skills
1) NVivo® software for qualitative data analysis.
2) SPSS software for quantitative data analysis.

 1)	Writing a Cochrane Systematic Review Workshop Cochrane systematic Review, Queens University Belfast, 23 & 24 September 2019

2)	Trainee at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Teaching Training Workshop, The Hashemite University, 24 th July 2022

3)	Invited lecturer at Community Pharmacy and Outpatient Program/ AHL Syria organized by Academia Industry Platform in collaboration with European Union, Zoom meeting, 1st August 2022 [Lecture title: Policies and Procedures to Support Community Pharmacy Practice].

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