Veterinary pharmacy

Article Evaluation - Collaborative Practice Agreement

The Wikipedia article "Collaborative Practice Agreement," provides a successful and reliable summary of what a CPA is, how it works, and its implications on pharmacy. The article stays extremely focused on the topic, as each subsequent paragraph relates back to Collaborative Practice Agreements. The article is neutral in the fact that the author(s) do(es) not share a personal opinion, but it does provide brief examples of both criticism and praise for the agreements. Though both views are illustrated in the article, I think that because this is such a pressing topic in the pharmacy community, the article could benefit from slightly more substantial sections on different perspectives from different healthcare professionals. It is apparent that the opinions of physicians and pharmacists should be addressed in the article, but I believe it would really benefit the article to include information on opinions of perhaps nurses or physicians' assistants as well, in addition to expanding on the existing paragraph on perspectives. The majority of the facts included in the article are referenced properly, but it must be known that many of the references come from pharmacy websites or articles, leading one to question if they might be biased in the favor of pharmacists. I don't believe however, that this really raises a question of reliability because the topic is extremely pharmacy-related. The article is very up to date, but it is missing information on each state's individual regulations, as shown in a large chart included in the article. Overall, the article appears to supply a substantial amount of information important to the understanding of a Collaborative Practice Agreement. While there may be room for expansion for perspectives or missing information, it is a part of multiple projects and appears to have relatively minimal problems raised in the Talk Page, leading to my conclusion that it is successful and reliable article.