Description of Elective Experience:
Externs should be enrolled as a third or fourth year veterinary student.
Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.:
Our hospital facility is located on ten acres. The building includes a surgical suite with two padded induction and recovery stalls, a large clinical treatment hall, a radiology room with digital radiography and a high frequency 650MA, 150KVP radiology machine, an eight stall barn and turn out paddocks. We offer digital ultrasound with color flow doppler, digital radiology, extracorporeal shockwave treatment, endoscopy, gastroscopy as well as in-house hematology, clinical chemistry and basic microbiology capabilities.
Student Responsibilities - what is expected of students in terms of hours, days of the week, shadowing or actual support?:
Student responsibilities include in-hospital treatments, patient monitoring and assisting doctors with farm calls, clinical cases and surgeries.
Supervisor:
Running 'S' Equine Veterinary Services
Contact email:
Address:
118 FAIRMOUNT ROAD WEST
CALIFON, NJ 07830
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Practice or Institution Type:
Is student housing available?:
Yes
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week:
40+
Global engagement opportunity:
No