BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1595301
This article is part of the Research TopicEnhancing Veterinary Access Through One Health and Interprofessional CollaborationsView all 6 articles
Creating Partnerships Between Veterinarians and Underserved Producers: Getting Started with Establishing Veterinary Client-Patient Relationships
Provisionally accepted
Nicola L Ritter1,2*
Torri Whitaker2
Molly Gonzales1,2
Glennon Mays1
Kevin Eugene Washburn1Richard D Posey1,3- 1Texas A and M University, College Station, United States
- 2Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, TX, United States
- 3West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas, United States
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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 confidence related to veterinary and producer partnerships. Results: Pre-and post-test scores indicate significant increases in knowledge and confidence related to Veterinary Client-Patient Relationships. Twenty-seven percent of participants established a Veterinary Client-Owner-Patient Relationship (VCPR) with their local veterinarian following the workshops. Discussion: Targeted educational outreach shows promise in creating and maintaining veterinarian-producer relationships. Knowledge gains and attitude shifts related to Veterinary Patient Client Relationships may improve animal health outcomes, resulting in more sustainable and profitable livestock operations and veterinary practices.
Keywords: veterinarian-producer partnership, veterinary-client-patient-relationship, Education programs, operation sustainability, Communication, online training
Received: 17 Mar 2025; Accepted: 12 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ritter, Whitaker, Gonzales, Mays, Washburn and Posey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Nicola L Ritter, Texas A and M University, College Station, United States
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