Overview
In order to prepare pharmacists to counseling animal owners and safely dispense medications, instruction on veterinary disease states and the human or veterinary prescription medications used to treat these conditions is warranted. A veterinary pharmacology knowledge base can support pharmacists who desire to expand their practice to include animal patients.
Content
The Veterinary Pharmacy Course entails five modules, which are the following:
- Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacy, Regulatory Topics, and Veterinary Informatics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Anti-infective Use, and Thyroid Diseases in Veterinary Patients
- Congestive Heart Failure, Epilepsy, Urinary Incontinence, and Separation Anxiety in Veterinary Patients
- Osteoarthritis, Otitis Externa, and Adrenal Diseases in Veterinary Patients
- Heartworm Preventatives and Flea/Tick in Veterinary Patients
Objectives
- Explore the regulatory oversight of medication use in veterinary patients
- Explain, define, and distinguish the top 10 pathological conditions in pets, emphasizing the ability to summarize pharmacotherapy options
- Apply effective communication skills with animal owners and veterinarians to provide accurate patient counseling, and work towards the betterment of animal health
- Support pharmacists in safely and accurately dispensing medication for chronic and preventive needs in animal patients
Additional Information
- This course is asynchronous (5 modules)
- You have ONLY four months to complete the course
- It is for personal development ONLY
- No Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) credit is given for this course
- For more technical information, please contact: Dr. Elaine Blythe
ace.vetpharmacy@lau.edu.lb