[Postgraduate training in veterinary pharmacology]

The system of postgraduate training of veterinary pharmacology in the European countries is different--in some countries it is connected mainly with the intensive research work and with the obtaining of academic ranks (Ph. D., Dr. Sc.), in others--with attendance at special courses, with nonobligatory research work and with the obtaining of certificates (diplomas); in more countries are organized short-term courses for qualification and refreshment of the knowledge of the pharmacologists. There are no special forms of post-graduate work of pharmacologists for the pharmaceutical industry. Proposals are brought forward for postgraduate work of veterinary pharmacology in the range of European Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (E. A. V. Ph. T.)--unified system of special courses (long-term and middle-term) for specialization of the higher graduates and forms of education, connected with the obtaining of academic rank. There are recommended definite courses, including international, for raising the qualification and for refreshment of knowledge of the working veterinary pharmacologists, also courses, organized with the help of outstanding guest-scientists, invited in definite countries, and mutual visits of institutes and laboratories. For pharmacologists, in the pharmaceutical industry is recommended preliminarily 2-years education in universities or academies, and after that a special education in the research laboratories of the pharmaceutical firms. It is usefull for all courses to use not only the classic forms of education--lectures, but as well films, videos, computers etc.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)