Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston is a world renowned teaching hospital known for its long history of medical excellence. Angell offers 1-4 week externships to 3rd and 4th year veterinary students. A wide variety of rotations are available to externs including Avian/Exotic Medicine, Cardiology, Diagnostic Imaging, Emergency/Critical Care, General Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology and Surgery. Externs are paired with senior veterinary staff and participate in clinics, cage-side rounds and didactic rounds. If time permits, externs can spend additional time in clinics or shadowing an intern or resident on the emergency service. The goal of our extern program is to provide veterinary students with an opportunity to observe a busy, urban, specialty referral medical practice and learn the foundational aspects of hospital practices and procedures. Angell's extern program provides a platform to bolster clinical skills, critical thinking, ethics and continued learning. The program also serves as an insider’s look for those interested in pursuing an internship at Angell.
Externs may OBSERVE use of: arthroscopy, a full in-house pathology laboratory, TEG, Linac, bone plating equipment, CT scan, digital radiography, echocardiology, electrocardiology, endoscopy, laparoscopy, MRI, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, etc. During time at Angell, externs are welcome to take advantage of weekly continuing education programs. Lectures are presented by the veterinary staff and guests on a wide range of veterinary medicine topics.
Daily schedule depends on the service. 3rd and 4th year DVM students are invited to apply for 1-4 week rotations, with no more than 2 weeks on any particular service. The program is obervational only.
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