Affiliated Veterinary Specialists (Gainesville, FL location)

Description of Elective Experience: 

Student will be rotating through the different services of our specialty hospital being paired with a specialist for each day including Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, Surgery Emergency Medicine and Ophthalmology. Our hospital is a private practice tertiary referral hospital.

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

We routinely perform abdominal ultrasounds, flexible and rigid endoscopy, cataract surgery, soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurologic surgery, etc.

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

Engage in questions, scrub into procedures, be kind and courteous to staff and clients, be prepared for case-based rounds

Student Housing (include costs, amenities, pet friendly, contact info if different from elective contact info): 

Housing can be available if needed at one of the clinicians' homes.

Supervisor: 
Eric Herman, DVM
Website: 
www.avspethospitals.com
Address: 
7314 W University AVE
Gainesville, FL 32607
United States
Specialties: 
Animal Type: 
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
Yes
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
40-80