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Board Certification in the Current World – Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology

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Apley MD
In: AAVPT - Biennial Symposium - Overland Park, 2019 by American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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AUG 23, 2019
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The opinions set forth in this presentation are not the official stance of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. These are Mike’s thoughts after 32 years of being a veterinarian and 25 years as an ACVCP Diplomate.

Two preemptive points. (1) You don’t have to be boarded to distinguish yourself in clinical pharmacology. (2) A PhD isn’t a pre-requisite for doing some outstanding research. There are many among us who have demonstrated these two points. In my case, I had the opportunity to pursue a PhD and ACVCP board certification as ways of putting myself through a concentrated process of exposure, and to be evaluated according to standards of some people I greatly respect. [...]

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Apley, M. D. (2020) “Board Certification in the Current World – Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology”, AAVPT - Biennial Symposium - Overland Park, 2019. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/aavpt/aavpt-biennial-symposium-overland-park-2019/board-certification-current-world-–-veterinary-clinical-pharmacology (Accessed: 06 December 2023).

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  • Michael D. Apley

    Apley MD

    Professor, Production Medicine / Clinical Pharmacology Frick Professorship
    DVM, PhD, DACVCP
    Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
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