title: A Veterinary Comparative Counseling Elective Featuring Web-based, Student-created, Client Information Sheets.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design and implement a course in Companion Animal Comparative Counseling that would expose students (N=38) to essential elements of veterinary therapeutics and provide them with the opportunity to apply their knowledge by writing and posting client information sheets (CIS) on an open web site.
  
  
  METHODS
  The elective course was limited to companion animals. Nine different topics were covered over the semester. Class sessions included a didactic component, trivia questions, and field trips. There were 4 major graded assessments: an examination on foundation knowledge, followed by two comparative counseling assessments and evaluation of group-composed CIS. Attendance and participation were also considered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The class learned comparative disease states, how to counsel on common pet prescriptions, where to access informatics about specific veterinary drugs, and how to create their own CIS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As pharmacists, these students may have improved their training in veterinary comparative pharmacy.
authors.affiliation: Marshall University School of Pharmacy, Huntington, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Marshall University School of Pharmacy, Huntington, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Inder
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sehgal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003376:Counseling; D003479:Curriculum; D004285:Dogs; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D064878:Web Browser
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
keywords: active learning; client information sheets; counseling; dogs and cats; interprofessional education; veterinary