*Note
on course proficiencies*
YEAR 4
SEMESTER 1 - 2 - 3
Veterinary Pharmaceutical
Care
PHAR 5673
Course Description:
A structured pharmacy experience in a veterinary health care setting
dealing with both dispensing and clinical functions.
Cr. 6. (0-18)
Prerequisite:
Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of
the instructor.
Course Proficiencies:
The student will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to gather appropriate
information from the animal owner, animal, laboratory, veterinarian,
other health care team members, consultants, and other sources
to make appropriate drug therapy decisions for veterinarian
patients.
- Develop a therapeutic plan for a veterinary
patient.
- Develop unique dosage forms for medication
administration in the veterinary patient.
- Determine goals and endpoints of therapy
for a veterinary patient.
- Select and initiate therapy for a veterinary
patient.
- Demonstrate the proper technique for medication
administration to a specific animal.
- Develop monitoring parameters to determine
effectiveness of treatment and absence of adverse effects in
a veterinary patient.
- Perform physical assessment to monitor
therapy in the veterinary patient.
- Obtain laboratory specimens and evaluate
results to monitor the veterinary patient.
- Identify and describe adverse effects
and toxicities of medications in the veterinarian patient.
- Analyze and resolve problems with medications
when they occur in the veterinary patient.
- Recommend appropriate interventions for
adverse effects and toxicities occurring in the veterinarian
patient.
- Integrate pharmaceutical care through
activities, monitoring, presentations and discussions as they
pertain to veterinarian patients.
- Identify the symptoms and diagnostic criteria
for the most common veterinary disease states.
- Integrate pharmacotherapy with the pathophsiology
of the diseases that are managed by the veterinary team.
- Participate actively and effectively with
the veterinarian health team.
- Use pharmacokinetic principles in developing
dosing regimens for veterinary patients.
- Develop a drug therapy plan for disease
states in the veterinarian patient.
- Evaluate serum drug concentration on all
applicable medication for animals being treated.
