Starting a business, digging out of COVID, and introducing community veterinary pharmacy to the world has kept us busy! While we are just getting started and have exciting things to come, we recognize the toll today’s environment has on so many of our colleagues. We sit down with Dr. Clark Gaither to gain insight into how to best handle professional stressors, identify warning signs of impending burnout, and what to do if anyone needs help.    

Compounders mass-producing compounds intended for individual use. Coy takes a look back on how we got here and what it could mean for the future of compounding. https://www.veterinarypharmacypodcast.com/

Natalie and Coy step aside to let student members of the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists weigh in on veterinary pharmacy. Listen as they define what this unique field means to them, how pharmacists of today learn the complex world of veterinary medicine, and what resources are available to help them follow the dream of becoming a veterinary pharmacist in today’s world.

Natalie and Coy talk with Dr. Jon Pritchett (PharmD, BCSCP), Program Director at the esteemed Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). Listen in as we discuss how the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) got its start, where it is today, and ACHC's mission to help bridge prescribers and quality compounding partners. https://www.veterinarypharmacypodcast.com/

Natalie sits down to provide honest advice to students, particularly those wanting to become veterinary pharmacists or trailblaze a new path.

Dr. Young and Coy uncover a goldmine of resources for all things sterile compounding. Their guest and resident genius, Seth DePasquale, discusses life as a practicing board certified compounding pharmacist in sterile preparations. From his time on the front lines, creating accredited programs, and serving fellow pharmacists in his new role at APhA, Seth uncovers where we can find good training and references for sterile compounding, as well as sound advice for veterinarians who rely on sterile preparations on a daily basis!

A stroll down memory lane with one of the giants in veterinary pharmacy, Coy and Natalie meet up with Randy Carr to hear how his career in veterinary pharmacy began. Randy makes you feel as if you were right there beside him as he is faced with some extremely unique challenges with some utterly unique patients. Listen as we discuss where veterinary pharmacy has come from and where we see it going as we approach the end of 2020.

Coy and Natalie sit down with a living, breathing rock star. Dr. Dan Johnson, owner of Avian and Exotic Animal Care and the first exotic practice in North Carolina, conducts school on all things cool in treating “the other” household pets. From birds and snakes to rabbits and bearded dragons, the conversation will have you laughing and feverishly taking notes at the same time.

Dr. Young and Coy sit down with Dr. Erica Wassack, one of the few veterinary pharmacists embedded in the veterinary teaching hospitals. Join us as we discuss and define what clinical pharmacology support in veterinary medicine is and why it is so important to patient outcomes. Dr. Young and Wassack also provide great insight and support to future pharmacists as they navigate the varied opportunities of focus in the pharmacy profession.

Coy and Natalie reach out to one of the two co-hosts of the Pharmacy Inspection Podcast and expert in pharmacy engineering controls, environmental safety and facility workflow design - Bryan Prince, MBA. Listen as Bryan lays out the current status of USP and answers many of the questions we receive from listeners as to what it does and will mean for their pharmacies and practices in the future!