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Equine / live stock ambulatory service.
The Piedmont Equine Practice offers a student externship program that provides both clinical and ambulatory experience for veterinary students only. Our client base consists primarily of English riding disciplines of eventing, dressage, show hunters, foxhunters, show jumpers, pleasure and race horses. We also see a number of horses of the western discipline.
As a private practice the amount of “hands-on” experience is somewhat limited. The benefit of an externship at a private practice as opposed to a larger hospital is a student will receive much more one-on-one time with the veterinarian for case discussion. All the veterinarians enjoy having students visit and have a wealth of knowledge to share.
Since our clinic opened in Fall 2006, The Piedmont Equine Practice has offered specialized surgeries by a boarded surgeon such as arthroscopy, laryngeal surgery, soft tissue and emergency surgery. Piedmont Equine Practice also offers nuclear scintigraphy, video endoscopy and advanced reproductive procedures. There is also a boarded internist and ophthalmologist that make biweekly visits to the clinic to perform specialized exams and procedures.
Typically the externships last from 2-3 weeks. Students are asked to participate in weekend emergencies and assist with in-house patient care.
Housing is available to the student onsite at no charge. A car for transportation is not required once at the clinic however students will be responsible for transportation to and from the airport. Dulles (IAD) is our closest airport.
The Piedmont Equine Practice limits the number of externships to not exceed two students at any given time. This enables us to give more experience and time to each individual student. Please contact us as soon as possible when setting up externships as space is limited. The practice is the busiest from April through October. Application requirements are a letter of intent, resume and at least one letter of recommendation from an equine veterinarian (private practitioner or clinical professor).
Student will rotate through the various departments of the hospital shadowing veterinarians, veterinary specialists and certified vet techs and vet tech specialists. Students also have the ability to focus on specific individual specialties if they choose and will be scheduled accordingly if that is the case. Student schedules and rotations are managed and facilitated by an experienced certified veterinary technician. Central Hospital hosts many veterinary students completing required rotations throughout the year and our staff of board certified veterinarians has broad experience working with students.
The San Diego Zoo Clinical Medicine Rotation offers a rich experience to veterinary students with a sincere interest in zoological and wildlife medicine. The mission of San Diego Zoo Global is to save species worldwide by uniting our expertise in animal and plant care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature. The San Diego Zoo has a diverse animal collection consisting of large and small carnivores, marsupials and monotremes, great apes, Old World and New World primates, prosimians, hoostock, megavertebrates, over 2000 birds, approximately 1500 reptiles and amphibians and a variety of aquatic species. Students will receive mentorship from a team of veterinarians including ACZM boarded staff and may assist registered veterinary technicians in care of hospitalized patients, anesthetic monitoring and neonatal exams (caseload dependent). Students will have the opportunity for observation and supervised participation in clinical procedures, however the degree of participation will depend on the experience, skill level, interest and preparedness of the student, as well as the medical situation of the animal. Students will gain exposure to many of the aspects of zoological medicine, which may include: preventative medicine, emergency triage, animal shipments and quarantine, behavioral husbandry, remote anesthetic delivery systems as well as other safe methods of restraint. Students will attend daily Veterinary Department rounds, weekly Journal Club and monthly Morbidity and Mortality Rounds (mammal, avian, reptile) as possible.
Students will be responsible for a project that investigates a clinical problem, evaluates past medical cases, or is a topic of interest. A presentation of the topic with its findings to the veterinary and/or husbandry staff is expected during the last week of the externship
As part of our commitment to mentoring the next generation of Veterinarians, VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center in Shelton, Connecticut is pleased to offer Externships to DVM students in their 3rdand 4th years of school.
As part of your Externship, you will follow cases from start to finish. You’ll be supervised and evaluated by one our Doctors as you interact with clients, take patient histories, observe treatments, and discuss case dynamics.
Like Students that have completed Externships with us in the past, we believe that you will gain valuable insights into the kind of practice you’ll want to join after graduation. And if your goals include applying for an Internship with our hospital, this is an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate your skills and academic knowledge in front of our Intern Director—as you both aim to find a mutual fit.
The Banfield Externship Program provides veterinary students in their clinical year the opportunity to practice medicine one-on-one alongside an experienced mentor veterinarian as a "doctor-in-training" to develop medical and surgical skills. Each extern is assigned a mentor and is
expected to complete an individual set of weekly goals based upon their interests and Banfield hospital procedures. Externs will be exposed to a wide range of experiences geared towards developing their clinical skills in a nurturing, supportive environment, ranging from technical
applications to inter-personal relationship techniques.
In accordance with the State Practice Act, students are provided with the opportunity to:
- Gain experience in general Pet medicine in a bond-centered practice.
- Understand Banfield’s best practice standards, code of conduct and ethics.
- Understand the concepts of quality medicine and preventive care.
- Understand how both high quality and high case load can complement each other.
- Learn to perform a physical exam and to record a thorough medical history.
- Improve technical skills such as: drawing blood, placing catheters, giving injections, starting fluids, assisting with anesthesia and surgeries under the mentor doctor’s direct supervision.
- Collect and interpret laboratory specimens.
- Learn how to order the appropriate diagnostic tests.
- Learn to establish effective therapeutic plans.
- Learn how to properly restrain dogs, cats and exotic pets for different medical procedures.
- Learn how to efficiently and effectively use hospital equipment.
- Learn how to charge appropriately for services provided and why this is important.
- Learn and practice effective client and team communication skills.
- Learn to work effectively with hospital associates and others critical to their success.
The Toledo Zoo has an animal population of over 10,000 animals and the Animal Health and Nutrition Department consists of three full-time veterinarians, three full time veterinary technicians, and three full-time commissary stewards. The student will be primarily under the direction of the veterinarians but will work closely with all team members.
Students will spend 2-8 weeks assisting the veterinarians and zoo staff with all aspects of clinical zoological medicine, including but not limited to: daily animal care, medical rounds, general medicine and surgery, clinical pathology, radiology, pathology, and record keeping. Students are encouraged to make use of the literature and other resources available to prepare for procedures and current cases.
First half of offsite experience will include:
1/2 day shadowing office calls, 1/2 days observing assisting surgeries
second opinion, brief write up of all radiographs taken
second opinion, q and a about all blood panels
minor surgery such as laceration repair, abscess surgery
Second half of offsite experience
All of the above plus elective surgical procedures and dental extraction under supervision of licensed veterinarian
About Animal Medical Hospital
Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, Animal Medical Hospital is an AAHA accredited hospital, committed to providing the highest quality veterinary care and client service. We are a 24-hour hospital offering both general and emergency medicine as well as boarding, grooming, and day camp services. AMH is a modern, well-equipped, small animal hospital, which was started in 1983 and moved into a new 16,000 sq. ft. facility in 1992. We are currently expanding our hospital to include a brand new state of the art ICU. AMH was honored as one of the Top 8 Finalists for AAHA’s 2010 Practice of the Year.
Our goal is to provide a well-rounded learning experience in both general practice and emergency medicine to veterinary students that is focused on their individual learning goals.
Externs will rotate between our two departments spending time on the general practice side with appointments and routine surgeries (spay/neuter, declaw, dentistry, etc) as well as experiencing daytime emergency medicine (seeing walk-ins, managing hospitalized patients, etc). If interested, we do offer evening emergency experience and can work out a schedule to accommodate this for you. We also perform a variety of emergency surgeries based on the specific cases that come in (examples include GDV, C-Section, Splenectomy, Enterotomy/Gastrotomy, etc).
Our Mission: We strive to provide superior service and compassionate care to improve the lives of the pets we serve. We value integrity, superior service, compassionate care, respect, teamwork and accountability.
Students have the opportunity to complete elective rotations in: Internal Medicine, Emergency/Critical Care, Ophthalmology, Oncology, Surgery, or a combination of any of the above. During the elective block students will spend time on the selected service, and will work directly with the attending clinician on new case evaluation and work up, as well as management of patients on that service that are admitted to the hospital.
All hospital rounds are held everyday from 8:30-9:30 in the conference room. There is also a didactic lecture every Tuesday morning for our interns, and journal club every other Thursday.