Description of Elective Experience:
Students will obtain real clinical experience during their 2 week externship. They will be shadowing the doctors in the exam rooms and performing physical exams. They will interpret diagnostic blood work and develop treatment plans with the doctors on duty. Students will be assisting in dental and surgical procedures under doctor superision. Students will refine their skills in jugular blood draws and placement of IV catheters.
Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.:
Buck Lake Animal Hospital offers services in dermatology, hospice care, in house diagnostics, dentisty, soft tissue surgery, digital and dental radiography and wellness programs.
Supervisor:
Dr. Carlos Varela
Contact email:
Address:
3514 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
United StatesPractice or Institution Type:
Is student housing available?:
No