Black River Veterinary Hospital, NJ

Description of Elective Experience: 

We are a busy 4 doctor small animal/exotic veterinary hospital located in Chester, NJ.  Our hospital is very well equipped with the latest in ultrasound, digital dental x-ray, digital x-ray, K-laser therapeutic laser, Toshiba ultrasound, full in house Idexx lab equipment, and much much more.  We have a traveling board certified internist and traveling board certified surgeon that visits our hospital 1-2 times a week.  All proceedures are monitored by licensed veterinary technicians, or the veterinarian.  Student will be exposed to all aspects of a busy small animal hospital

 

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

See above.  Hospital is well equipped, and each veterinarian on staff has their own area of expertice.  We hope to expose the studet to all areas in hopes that we can stimulate their interest in these  various areas and to improve their expertise in areas of veterinary medicine and surgery.  

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

Student will be expected to be at our facility 4-5 days a week, depending on their desired schedule.  We would like the student to spend at least 1 day in surgery, and then work with a different veterinarian the other 4 days a week in order to see different aspects of veterinary medicine and to be exposed to different perspectives in veteirnary medicine. Being a multi-doctor practice we have ability to adjust the students experience to suittheirspecial interests and needs.

Supervisor: 
Dr Douglas Tack, DVM
Website: 
brvh-nj.com
Contact email: 
Address: 
114 Route 206 N
Chester, NJ 07930
United States
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
40-50