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Medicine amd surgery
Observational rotations through internal medicine, surgery, emergency, and general practice. Students rotate with both specialists, staff doctors, and current interns.
To provide students with broad exposure to general small animal practice with heavy emphasis on small animal (primarily canine) reproduction. We also can provide experience in canine breeding and breeding management, performing vaginal, surgical and transcervical inseminations, c-sections, pregnancy ultrasound, prostatic and testicular ultrasounds, semen collection, evaluation and freezing, ovarian sparing surgery and vasectomies.
Overall experience will encompass preventive care medicine, routine surgeries (OVH, castration, mass removals), dental prophylactic care, medicine in primary care setting.
Extern works with all the veterinarians in the practice and get to see a wide range of cases. The extern also helps the interns with emergencies and hospital patients.
Student will gain experience in a busy (40-50 patients per day) walk-in clinic.
The practice operates as an urgent care/emergency clinic as well as seeing routine
Preventive care. Student will also participate in a variety of surgeries including
Sterilizations, dental care, mass removals and whatever else needs care.
Gain hands on experience honing your technical ability assisting our doctors and support staff with daily duties. You'll have the opportunity to work with a number of our diversely experienced veterinarians discussing cases, reviewing diagnostics and being asked to come up with your own plan. Our doctors will coach you through your decision making process and test your critical thinking ability. You will be able to assist in surgery with the opportunity to perform surgery to allow for your confidence to build. You will be able to assist with dental radiographs, nerve blocks and dentistry. You will be provided with access to our robust protocol guide to familiarize yourself further with common general practice presentations.
Routine small animal practice: surgery, dental, wellness and sick patient appointments
Will include exposure to a vast array of equine cases. Our specialties include internal medicine and surgery as well as general practice and a busy emergency caseload. Students will be involved in all aspects of evaluation and management of cases and will get lots of hands-on experiences if they are engaged and participate in the program.
Cedar Animal Hospital is a 6 doctor small animal practice with urgent care hours located north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are offering to pay for 7-14 of hotel stay at a Holiday Inn Express less than 1 mile from the practice for senior externship students.