We all need to do the best we can to improve communication between human pharmacies and veterinarians. During a session this year at the AVMA Convention 2017, Jennifer Buur, DVM, and Maureen Schanck, PharmD, shared common challenges and ways to better communicate prescriptive information to match the pharmacists’ training or lack thereof.
Source: JAVMA News, October 1, 2017.
Dr. Schanck said many pharmacists have received no college courses on veterinary medicine, although such courses are becoming available as electives. But pharmacists are interested in learning, and those who dispense veterinary medicines should have veterinary drug references.