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VMC Externship Program
An externship experience at the Veterinary Medical Center of Central New York is an opportunity for veterinary students to spend time within our hospital for the purpose of observing a busy, progressive and comprehensive emergency and specialty hospital in its daily practice. Through direct interactions between the student and the veterinarians, the student will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, technical and interpersonal skills and will be provided with verbal and written feedback designed to help them improve their skills.
Program Outline
- Students are assigned to a supervising veterinarian who will oversee their externship experience and provide the student and the school with feedback as appropriate.
- Students should spend a minimum of 40-50 scheduled hours per week for at least a two week period in the practice but are welcome to spend more time if they wish.
- Students will be given a weekly schedule which places them with specific doctors and services. The schedule is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive overview of all services within the first week. The second week’s schedule is designed to provide the student with more time in services of their choice while still remaining comprehensive. Mid-way through the externship experience, the student will meet with their supervisor for initial feedback from the first week’s experience and ensure that expectations of both the student and the practice are being met to ensure the best possible experience.
Successful Program Completion
Successful students will demonstrate a strong desire to learn as much as they can through this experience. Throughout the experience, the student will be assessed on their ability to appropriately interact with doctors, support staff, patients and clients as well as being assessed on their technical skills and knowledge. The general expectation from the first week is that the student will spend time observing and absorbing. The general expectation from the second week is that the student will demonstrate their knowledge and technical skills through opportunities provided them as available and appropriate under the direct supervision of the clinician.
Participate in a well-established, nine doctor, small animal practice that is AAHA accredited and located on the East side of Las Vegas. Services include general wellness, ultrasounds, feline hyperthyroid, TPLO surgery, lap spays, stem cell, reproduction, and dentistry.
Gaining experience in a multiple doctor AAHA accredited hospital. Observing and assisting in soft tissue (laparoscopic procedures) and orthopedic surgery, observing and assisting with ultrasounds, interpreting lab results, client communications, participating in rounds, interpreting digital radiography, assisting with endoscopic procedures
White Oak conserves and sustains some of the earth's rarest species through innovative training, research, education, breeding and field programs that contribute to the survival of wildlife in nature. White Oak Conservation is a progressive private facility with approximately 300 specimens including 30 unique and imperiled exotic species. The conservation programs span 600 acres along the St. Marys River in northeast Florida, surrounded by 12,000 acres of mixed forest and wetlands that make up the beautiful White Oak property.
The Veterinary Preceptorship provides continuing education opportunity for fourth year veterinary students intending to work in the zoo and wildlife field. The internship will provide extensive hands on experience working clinically with a wide variety of exotic species within an AZA accredited zoological setting with highly respected veterinary staff. Students will be under the direct supervision of head veterinarian Scott B. Citino, D.V.M., Dipl. ACZM. White Oak has a modern, well-equipped medical and surgical facility that includes digital radiography, ultrasound, endoscopic and laparoscopic equipment and a fully equipped clinical pathology laboratory. Students frequently get opportunities to work with specialists from the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine and local specialty practices on our cases.
Mixed animal practice in a semi rural area. Small animal general practice and large animal ambulatory and haul in.
Visiting students will gain experience with a range of services provided by USDA Veterinary Services (VS). Experiences include field activities that support stakeholders prevent and contain infectious disease incursions, routine surveillance sampling, and import export services, to name a few. Experiences will vary depending on the time of year and agency priorities.
Students who enter the Externship Program are expected to assist the attending doctor or intern with management of hospitalized or out-patient horses including overnight care of critical cases and assistance with emergency surgeries. The students will also be exposed to all aspects of equine ambulatory medicine, and are allowed to participate in the treatment of cases based upon the individual’s knowledge base and level of experience.
AbbVie is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois. We generally provide two veterinary exterships per calendar year that are meant specifically for 4th year veterinary students with an interest in pathology and/or laboratory animal medicine. Our goal is to expose the students to these specialties within a pharmaceutical company setting. The students generally spend the first three weeks in the pathology section where they interact with anatomic and clinical pathologist involved in both drug safety evaluation and investigative toxicologic pathology. They also meet scientists in other areas within Preclinical Safety (PCS), such as toxicologists, to learn about the variety of roles within the department. The students participate in meetings and discussions regarding drug discovery and drug development, and are also exposed to some histopathologic evaluation of tissues from laboratory animal species. In the comparative medicine section, the students work with laboratory animal veterinarians and veterinary technicians in their daily duties. The students generally select a topic or project to research that they then present to both departments at the end of their externships.
Shadow and participate in day-to-day activities of private practice veterinarians specializing in production medicine for swine and poultry.
Externs will come to a busy sports medicine, surgery, and reproduction clinic. The extern may choose which doctor they will follow for the day and may rotate through every facet of the clinic. The extern will be able to see many different types of procedures and learn equine medicine in a western performance horse practice.