Buckeye Veterinary Clinic, OH

Description of Elective Experience: 

AAHA accreditited, small animal, day time medical and general surgical facility. We have scheduled appointment hours Monday through Saturday and perform scheduled surgical procedures including medical dentals with digital oral radiography 2 days a week.

We schedule wellness and illness appointms dailty and have open time for work in cases and drop off medical assessments. Our clients are present for all examinations and encourage bonding with our cleitns and community. We offer a full array ofvaccination and health care assessments for client and paitent lifestyle needs.

Additional details are located at https://buckeyevetclinic.com

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

Our two DVM's come with over 25 years combined practice and small animal surgical knowledge with education from The Ohio State Univerity and Ross College of Vet Med.

Our support team of 4 CS team members  with two being cross trained ans Veterinary Assistants, along with our large team of Veteirnary Technicians and permanant Veterinary Assistants. We have 6 Credentialed RVT's including one that is Emergency & Critical Care Credentialed and one that is a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager. We also have 2 RVT students & 1 Veterinary Assistant / Veterinary Technician Assistant.

We work with a professional veterinary radiology team to read digital images, dental specialist to read dental images and with a mobile ultrasound group for advanced imaging options.  Our team has access to a mobile Veterinary Board Certified Surgeon to perform procedure for our clients at our facility. 

Our facilities details are availabe at our website https://buckeyevetclinic.com

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

Our facility is one that encourages all interns or externs to function as a fully vested team member. That is full hands on team experience, we are a mentorship site for several veterinary technician schools to encourge the growth of our profession with the see one, do one & teach one philosphy. We schedule all interns and externs for assigned days and times to perform working duties both in appointment and surgical needs under the direction and instruction of the DVM's or managment team.

We do not have or require after-hours or on call scheduled shifts for any of our team member. Scheduled shifts are in the 37 to 42 hour weeks. These include 2 to 3 full 9-hour days duing the week, 1 to 2 half days (Saturdays are 8am to 2pm) and Sunday plus 1 day in the week as an off / out of office day.

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

We do not have on site or set local housing but will help any canidates in locating housing.   

Supervisor: 
Dr. Charlotte M. Cummings and or Erin J Redman CVT, CVPM
Website: 
www.buckeyeveterinaryclinic.com
Address: 
3592 Manchester Road
Akron, OH 44319
United States
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
All scheduled hours will be under the supervision of a licensed DVM