Creating partnerships between veterinarians and underserved producers: getting started with establishing veterinary client-patient relationships.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide local veterinarians and producers opportunities for collaboration and applied education related to the Veterinary Client Patient Relationship (VCPR); to assess the effectiveness of such opportunities in enhancing VCPR knowledge and confidence; and to establish VCPRs in hopes of improving economic efficiency and sustainability of small to medium-sized livestock operations.

Materials and methods

Two one-day "Creating Partnerships" workshops utilized educational resources in five learning sessions focused on communication, establishing a Veterinarian Client-Patient Relationship (VCPR), and telemedicine. A pre- and post-test, comprised of closed-ended and Likert scale questions, measured the workshops' effectiveness in increasing knowledge and confid

SUBMITTER: Ritter NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12285527 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature