Pharmacist Advanced Training Microcredentials | Veterinary Medicine On-Demand 6 credit hours

This collection of specialized veterinary medicine courses includes in-depth content on compounding, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, and parasites and infections. Enroll now to enhance your expertise, provide top-tier care for your “fur patients”, and stay at the forefront of veterinary medicine.

*Completing the Veterinary Medicine: Introductory Bootcamp Training for Pharmacists is recommended before embarking on an advanced learning journey with this specialty course.

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacy Practice - Pharmacist

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Module 1: Pharmacy Management of Endocrine Disorders in Small Animals

Upon successful completion of this module, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Review the etiology and pathophysiology of common endocrine diseases of canine and feline patients.
2. Recognize clinical signs and symptom presentations of common endocrine diseases for canine and feline patients.
3. Describe treatment options for common endocrine diseases for canine and feline patients.
4. Identify the goals of therapy for each common endocrine disease for canine and feline patients.
5. Evaluate patient cases to determine counseling points for feline patients.
6. Recommend treatment for a feline patient with a common endocrine disease.

Module 2: Pharmacy Management of Cardiovascular Disorders in Small Animals

Upon successful completion of this module, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Review the etiology and pathophysiology of common cardiac diseases in canine and feline patients.
2. Recognize clinical signs and symptom presentations of common cardiac diseases for canine and feline patients.
3. Describe treatment options for common cardiac diseases in canine and feline patients.
4. Identify the goals of therapy for each common cardiac disease in canine and feline patients.
5. Evaluate a patient case to determine counseling points for a feline patient with a cardiac disease.
6. Recommend treatment for a feline and canine patient with a common cardiac disease.

Module 3: Pharmacy Management of Neurological Disorders in Small Animals

Upon successful completion of this module, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Review the etiology and pathophysiology of common neurologic diseases for canine and feline patients.
2. Recognize clinical signs and symptom presentations of common neurologic diseases for canine and feline patients.
3. Describe treatment options for common neurologic diseases for canine and feline patients.
4. Identify the goals of therapy for each common neurologic disease for canine and feline patients.
5. Evaluate patient cases to determine counseling points for canine and feline patients.
6. Recommend treatment for a feline and canine patient with a common neurologic disease.

Module 4: Parasites and Infectious Diseases

Upon successful completion of this module, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Discuss the epidemiology and lifecycle of flea, tick, and heartworm parasites.
2. Describe preventative agents for flea, tick and heartworm parasites.
3. Identify infectious diseases that are spread by parasites, and their symptoms.
4. Recognize treatments for infectious diseases spread by parasites.
5. Recommend prevention and treatment of flea, tick, and heartworm in feline and canine patients.

Module 5: A Pharmacy's Guide to Veterinary Compounding

Upon successful completion of this module, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Discuss where errors in nonsterile compounding are likely to occur and ways to prevent them.
2. Review the laws surrounding nonsterile compounding in veterinary practice.
3. Identify good compounding practices for compounding nonsterile preparations for veterinary patients.
4. Describe the components, steps, and techniques for preparing suspensions and transdermal compounds.
5. Create a procedure for a nonsterile preparation for a patient case.

Faculty

Rikki Horne, PharmD, DICVP, FSVHP

Disclosures:

Rikki Horne has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

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