Postgraduate Course: Companion Animal Veterinary Pharmacy (VESC11271)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course aims to promote best practice medication management and provides students with an awareness of important considerations in selecting appropriate, safe, and effective medications for companion animals (especially when licenced options are not available), anticipating, preventing, and resolving medication-related problems in veterinary medicine, and introduces sustainable medication management to veterinary practice. |
| Course description |
As pharmacological treatment is the most common intervention in veterinary medicine, understanding medicines is an essential core competency for veterinary clinicians. This course will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of drug safety, efficacy, and quality, as well as the risks associated with using unapproved drugs in animals and how to minimize them. Course participants will be able to identify medication-related problems and improve medication safety on a personal and service level. The course also provides an overview of medication error clinical auditing and challenges participants to develop a pathway for reflecting on errors (their own and others') and introduces interventions to reduce medication errors. The course concludes with the concept of "blue" and "green" prescribing, sustainability measures to reduce the adverse environmental impact of medications, and outlines appropriate environmental design to promote best practice when it comes to appropriate choice of medicine for veterinary patients, pharmacy profitability, health and safety, and regulatory compliance.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the clinical, practical, financial and legal aspects of small animal veterinary medication management
- Apply an evidence-based approach to choosing appropriate medicines for companion animal veterinary patients
- Apply knowledge, skills and understanding in preventing medication related problems in veterinary medicine
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of sustainable medication choice and management
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Reading List
| The course reading list will be provided via the University¿s Resource List service and a link will be provided on the Learn course. A maximum of three essential reading items will be given each week with further reading as required. Additional resources will be provided, making full use of university electronic library, Learn, Media Hopper and other online resources. Other support material will be available through external open-access websites. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Graduate attributes and skills will include:
A. Research and Enquiry
- be able to identify, define and analyse problems and identify or create processes to solve them
- be able to critically assess existing understanding and the limitations of their own knowledge and recognise the need to regularly challenge all knowledge
- search for, evaluate and use information to develop their knowledge and understanding
- understand economic, legal, ethical, social, cultural and environmental issues in the use of information
B. Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
- be able to make decisions on the basis of rigorous and independent thought, taking into account ethical and professional issues
- be able to respond effectively to unfamiliar problems in unfamiliar contexts
C. Communication
- seek and value open feedback to inform genuine self-awareness
- use effective communication to articulate their skills as identified through self-reflection
D. Personal Effectiveness
- be able to flexibly transfer their knowledge, learning, skills and abilities from one context to another
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| Keywords | Pharmacy,medicine,veterinary,sustainability,clinical auditing,evidence,adverse drug reaction |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Spela Oberstar
Tel:
Email: Spela.Oberstar@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Linda Pollock
Tel: (0131) 650 6149
Email: Linda.Pollock@ed.ac.uk |
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