Key Information
CPD Hours: 42 hours
Course Length: Six weeks
Course Format: An intensive tutor-moderated online learning experience. Resources include electronic course notes, supplementary reading, self-assessment exercises and discussion forums in which participants review and discuss cases with their colleagues and the tutors
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As with Logical clinical problem solving, this e-CPD has transformed the way I approach the subject.
Course Information
Key Areas
- Principles of clinical pharmacology and adverse drug reactions
- GI drugs
- Pain management
- Cardiovascular drugs
- Cancer chemotherapy
- Antimicrobials
- Corticosteroids
- Anticonvulsants
Do you ever wonder if there is more to clinical pharmacology than knowing the dose rate?
This online course will cover many of the major drug classes used in small animal practice. The emphasis will be on enhancing your knowledge and understanding of what drugs are indicated for which disorders as well as the how, when and why of drug action and side effects.
Why do this course?
You will enhance your understanding of clinical pharmacology in general, and a variety of different drugs and classes in particular, allowing you to be more confident about the drugs you use in and prescribe for your patients.
Tutors
Carl Bradbrook , BVSc CertVA DipECVAA FRCVS RCVS
Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Moores Veterinary Specialists, Winchester
Adrian Boswood, MA VetMB DVC DipECVIM-CA FHEA MRCVS
Professor of Veterinary Cardiology
The Royal Veterinary College
Jonathan Elliott, MA VetMB PhD CertSAC DipECVPT FHEA MRCVS
Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
The Royal Veterinary College
Irina Gramer, Dr.med.vet DipECVIM-CA (Oncology) PGCertVetED FHEA MRCVS
Clinician and Head of Oncology Service
Southpaws Veterinary Specialists, Australia
Jill Maddison, BVSc DipVetClinStud PhD FACVSc SFHEA MRCVS
Professor of General Practice
The Royal Veterinary College
Holger Volk, DVM DipECVN PhD FHEA MRCVS
Professor for Small Animal Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Honorary Professor of Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Royal Veterinary College
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