Animal Medicines Training and Regulatory Authority – AMTRA

Animal Medicines Training and Regulatory Authority – AMTRA

AMTRA is an independent regulatory body whose task it is to ensure that the prescription and supply of VPS animal medicines in the UK is undertaken in a responsible manner by suitably qualified persons, known as an SQP. An SQP is an animal medicines advisor, a legal category of professionally qualified persons who are entitled to prescribe and/or supply certain veterinary medicines under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations.

What’s necessary to become an SQP?

To qualify as an SQP a person must undertake relevant training and pass examinations approved by AMTRA, and pass a viva (oral exam) conducted by an AMTRA assessor.

Most SQPs become qualified via a modular approach (see below); qualified Veterinary Nurses can become SQPs via a top-up exam that recognises their existing qualification;

For those student SQPs enrolling via the most common, modular approach, all must pass the Base module and between one and three additional species modules: these determine the category of SQP qualification obtained. The species modules are:

FAM – Farm Animal Module EQM – Equine Module CAM – Companion Animal Module AVM – Avian Module

This course generally runs in the autumn with assessment the following year around Easter time. For more information please contact a member of our team.

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