Practice Subscription

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Introduction

Veterinary Prescriber's Virtual Veterinary Medicines Academy is a place to gain a clear understanding of the evidence, regulations and practical aspects of veterinary medicines use; to support confident and competent prescribing, handling and dispensing of medicines and communication with clients; and to promote efficient medicines management that will save time, money and help protect the environment.

 

The library contains succinct, clearly-written modules that take only 15 to 30 mins to complete, because we know how time-pressed veterinary professionals are, and we want to help them save time. Each module is a thoroughly-researched topic drafted by a specialist, circulated to a wide range of commentators including practising veterinary professionals, that undergoes a rigorous editing and checking process to ensure an accurate published module that is relevant to practice. All the modules include audio files and text, so you can listen as well as read, or download a podcast to listen to at your convenience.

 

Our modules make sense of the complex nature of medicines information by:

  • providing a succinct and thoroughly referenced summary of the published clinical evidence

  • clearly explaining the context of the information by signposting to official sources on regulatory and professional standards (with the unique Horse's Mouth feature) and referring to national policies and guidelines

  • distinguishing clearly between fact and opinion

  • pointing out uncertainties.

 All our content is designed to keep veterinary professionals up-to-date and help with decision-making about medicines. Our modules cover a wide variety of medicines topics: new drug reviews, drug group reviews, authorised medicines and cascade use, general topics on practical and regulatory aspects of medicines use.

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What will you get?

Access to Veterinary Prescriber's Virtual Veterinary Medicines Academy for all your team, from front-of-house receptionist and vet nurses through to veterinary surgeons, to help the entire practice get to grips with the often complex and complicated area of veterinary medicines. Everyone gets their own personal login to access content that's tailored to their needs. Each practice team member will get:

  • Library of CPD modules. Certificated CPD quizzes in each module. Note-taking area to record personal notes. Tips for reflective exercises to help with objective-led CPD. Dedicated CPD libraries for vets and for vet nurses/SQPs (SQP/RAMA accredited).

  • Unique product guides - the companion-animal Parasiticide Guide and Specials Database

  • Monthly medicines news to keep everyone up to date with regulatory changes, newly marketed medicines, newly authorised medicines, reclassifications, and changes to product information (new adverse effects information etc)

  • Unique quick-reference tables, including flavourings in oral medicines.

  • New content added every month

  • Access to a medicines information service designed specifically to help with medicines queries.

  • Opportunity for your practice team members to gain a veterinary medicines certificate. We offer the Introductory Certificate, a series of three (must do!) modules for anyone in the practice who has any dealings with medicines; the Foundation Certificate, essential for anyone in the practice that is involved in dispensing medicines; the Enhanced Certificate, recommended for RVNs and dispensary managers; and the Prescribers’ Certificate for veterinary surgeons. A nominated person in the practice can have access to a dashboard for assigning certificates to team members and monitoring progress and CPD achievement.

Practices need pharmacy support!

Your practice will benefit from the medicines expertise that doctors take for granted through the discipline of pharmacy. As a practice subscriber you will have access to Andrea, an experienced registered pharmacist and medicines information specialist who can assist with the following areas:

  • information and guidance for dispensary staff

  • help with formulary decisions, including rationalising stock, choosing between medicines and new product evaluation

  • development of medicines policies (e.g. antibiotics, parasiticides)

Preparing for an RCVS Practice Standards Scheme assessment or VMD inspection?

Our modules and resources will help your practice prepare, comply and gain RCVS PSS awards.

“This is the most useful resource I’ve found for both information and critical evaluation of everyday practice.”
— Vet

Got any questions?

Simply contact us or just scroll down to our FAQs section below.

 
 

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • Practice subscriptions cost £600 +VAT for 12 months .It’s a rolling contract you can cancel anytime.

  • As many as you like - it's up to you. Vets can be set up with access to the vet library while receptionists, vet nurses, and SQPs can be set up with access to their own specific library.

  • The vet modules are written with prescribers in mind, and so they tend to include more details about clinical trial evidence. The vet nurse/SQP modules have more content focused on non-prescription medicines. The vet nurse/SPQ modules are accredited by the SQP regulators AMTRA, Vetpol and VetSkill.

  • The content is mainly focused on companion-animal practice. However there is a lot of general content on regulation and practical use of medicines that is relevant to all branches of veterinary practice

  • It’s a rolling 12 month contact you can cancel anytime.

  • Once you have paid you will have access to all the facilities we provide to our practice subscribers. You can use the subscriber’s medicines channel Spotlight on Medicines which contains all the info and tutorials you will need to set up your team.

  • Simply go to https://members.veterinaryprescriber.org and login with your email and password.

  • It’s really simple. Once you have subscribed just send her an email

  • As a practice subscriber you have direct access to Andrea through the Ask Andrea! medicines information service for help with any queries on medicines. Many subscribers' questions go on to become modules. As a practice subscriber you can suggest topics.

  • We are experts in searching for information on medicines, critically appraising the evidence, integrating it with practical and regulatory information and presenting it succinctly for use by veterinary professionals. We are completely independent of the pharmaceutical industry: we don’t sell ads, or receive commercial sponsorship. We’re funded by subscribers so you can be sure the information we provide is completely objective.

  • Our content is written primarily for veterinary practitioners in the UK, which means that the information is presented in the context of UK regulations and the products that are available in the UK. Nevertheless, much of the information is applicable in other countries and we have subscribers from all around the world.

  • For technical and billing enquires or questions please contact carlrussell@veterinaryprescriber.org

    For editorial or content enquires please contact andreatarr@veterinaryprescriber.org