Presentation given to students in the Purdue student chapter of the Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists.

1. THEVETERINARY PHARMACY
RESIDENCYAND OTHER
CAREERS INVETERINARY
PHARMACY
Shannon E Grady, PharmD, FSVHP
Veterinary Clinical Pharmacy Resident
Purdue UniversityVeterinaryTeaching Hospital

2. Outline
■ Purpose of the veterinary pharmacy resident
■ Daily activities and other responsibilities of the veterinary pharmacy resident
■ Career options as a veterinary pharmacist
■ What can I do if I want to be a veterinary pharmacist?
■ Discussion and questions

3. Purpose of theVeterinary Pharmacy
Resident
■ To prepare for certification by the Society ofVeterinary Hospital
Pharmacists (SVHP) as a Diplomate of the InternationalCollege
ofVeterinary Pharmacy (DICVP)
■ To build knowledge and skill set in preparing high quality, safe,
effective, and legally acceptable compounded medications for
animal patients
■ To design and implement a clinical research project and present
findings at the annual meeting of the Society ofVeterinary
Hospital Pharmacists (SVHP)
https://vet.purdue.edu/vth/pharmacy-residency.php

4. A Day in the Life
■ 7:30a: prepare for rounds
■ 8:00a: attend transfer rounds
■ 8:15a: attend house officer rounds
■ 10:00a: conduct any necessary research from
rounds. Respond to any questions clinicians had
for me.
■ 11:00a-2:00p: staff the pharmacy as needed,
work on projects
■ 3:00p: help stock the Omnicell
■ 4:00p: staff the pharmacy as needed, work on
projects
50% time out of the pharmacy
participating in clinical activities
and working on research
50% time in the pharmacy
staffing, compounding, and
teaching students

5. What else?
Presentation
s
Journal clubs Inservices
Seminar
Advocate for
Veterinary
Pharmacy
Education
Drug
Information
Resource
Medicine
Rounds
Clinical
Monitoring
Teaching
Veterinary
Lectures
Pharmacy
Elective
Precepting
Compounding
Labs

6. What other careers are there in
veterinary pharmacy?

7. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ VeterinaryTeaching Hospitals
– 28 universities in theUS
– All have pharmacists on staff
– Primary care, referral care, ambulatory care, critical care and emergency
– Primary objectives: service, research, and teaching
– Care for all species (small animal, large animal, and exotics)
– Responsibilities as a PharmD:
■ Inventory control
■ Client counseling
■ Compounding
■ Dispensing
■ Clinical studies and research
■ Teaching and consultation
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

8. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ PrivateVeterinary Specialty Referral Centers
– ~710 in the US
– Some have pharmacists on staff
– PrimaryObjectives: specialty areas (i.e. equine), high caseload
– Minimal research and teaching
– Allows a PharmD to specialize in a non-human species
– Responsibilities as a PharmD:
■ Inventory control, drug distribution
■ Compounding
■ Regulatory compliance
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

9. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ Veterinary General Practice
– Community practices
– One PharmD contracts with several practices
■ DUR
■ Clinics (i.e. asthma, diabetes)
■ Inventory control
■ Compounding
■ Regulatory compliance
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

10. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ Veterinary Retail Outlets (i.e. Banfield)
– More than 900 hospitals in 2015
– Hire a few pharmacists
■ Standardize formulary for PetSmarts
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

11. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ Veterinary Online Outlets (i.e. 1-800-PetMeds)
– Similar to online human pharmacy
– http://blog.petmeds.com/pet-pharmacy/
– Have multiple pharmacists on staff
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

12. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ Community Retail Pharmacies (i.e.Walgreens, CVS)
– Offer a variety of veterinary products includingOTCs, flea/tick/heartworm
prevention, treats, special foods, etc.
– Walgreens also does compounding and offers this service for pets
– Do not have dedicated “veterinary” PharmDs
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

13. Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy
■ Compounding Pharmacies
– Community pharmacies
– Some specialize in veterinary prescriptions only
– Some do mixed human and veterinary
– Responsibilities as a PharmD:
■ Dispensing
■ Counseling
■ Compounding
■ Inservices to pharmacy staff
■ Variable
Adapted from “Careers inVeterinary Pharmacy: BuildingYour Skill Set/FindingYour Job” presentation by Gigi Davidson, BSPh, DICVP

14. What can I do?
■ If you’d like to be a veterinary pharmacist…
– Get experience in a veterinary pharmacy setting
– Do a research project
– Join SVHP if you haven’t already ($25.00/year)
■ www.svhp.org
– Join ACVP (free)
■ www.vetmeds.org
– Subscribe to Plumb’sVeterinary Handbook
– Do a rotation at a veterinary hospital (Purdue, NC State, etc.)
– Make veterinary connections (veterinarians, veterinary pharmacists)
– Think about doing a residency!

15. What can I do?
■ If you’d like to be a knowledgeable community pharmacist who dispenses pet
medications…
– Make sure there is a veterinary drug handbook in your pharmacy
– Be knowledgeable of other veterinary drug resources
– Be comfortable contacting veterinarians
– Know the law!

16. Discussion and Questions
■ Why did you join SSVHP?
■ What kind of challenges do you think a veterinary pharmacist encounters?
■ What impact do you think pharmacists have had on the care of veterinary patients?
■ Do you think veterinary pharmacy courses should be required in pharmacy schools?
■ What other questions do you have?