Banfield Pet Hospital #1938/5192 - North Haven, CT

Description of Elective Experience: 

Student will be exposed to all facets of day-to-day small animal general practice.  She will be with either myself or any of the other 3 full time DVM's while we navigate days of surgery (soft tissue, dentistry, etc.), medicine, etc.

Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.: 

4 Full time Dr.'s, ~12 rotating support staff, 4 exam rooms, surgical suite, high-speed dental machine, digital dental radiographs, DDR x-ray, IDEXX Catalyst 1 chemistry machine, Abaxis hematology machine, etc.

Student Responsibilities - what is expected of students in terms of hours, days of the week, shadowing or actual support?: 

Student will treated as a full time (40hr/wk) coaching DVM - i.e. will get to shadow, participate in case work-ups, surgery, etc.

Supervisor: 
Irving C Minott IV, DVM, Chief of Staff
Address: 
400 Universal Dr. N
North Haven, CT 06473
United States
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
40