Seven Hills Pet Clinic, OH

Description of Elective Experience: 

SHPC is a fast paced, busy general small animal practice in the Greater Cincinnati suburbs. We see both routine visits and emergencies regularly. Our hours do extend into the late evening, which enables us to provide comprehensive care to a larger population of clients. Routine visits for canines and felines and are tailored to the specific pet and owner. We do see some exotics for routine care (check ups, tooth, beak, nail trims). Emergency care for canines, felines, and some exotics is a point our practice takes pride in. We will always squeeze in sick pets whether they are new or existing clients. These range from simple diarrhea cases to full surgical emergencies. We triage, stabilize, treat within our clinic however we do have good relationships with local specialists and ERs. Therefore critical cases needing a specialist opinion or intensive overnight care are referred out. Our surgical caseload is diverse. We do elective routine surgeries, many orthopedics, and emergency surgeries as indicated.

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

We have a surgical suite, dental table/suite, dental rads, basic ultrasound, X-ray, in house bloodwork, hospitalization, orthopedic surgical equipment. Our main location has 7 exam rooms, satellite clinic has 4. We have 6 RVTs, ~4 RVT candidates, ~2 unregistered experienced techs, ~5 assistants rotating between the two clinics.

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

We expect our student to show up at the time of the doctor's shifts to total a 40 hour work week. Days typically start around 8-10 am and end around 6-8p depending on Dr/day. A day off per work week and off weekend(s) will be happily coordinated.

Students are expected to dress business casual or in matching scrubs and wear facemasks while on shift. Professional demeanor towards associate doctors, support staff, clients, and patients required at all times. We will do our best to keep students out of harms way from dangerous patients but this is not a guarantee; therefore we ask that students respect our RVTs professional judgement.

Students will follow through appointments and cases and allowed to scrub in. We will also ask that student make a brief presentation or medical minute to educate about a particular disease or condition that interests them. Students will be expected to be engaged and learning while here; it would be wise for students to bring their laptop/notes with them to better facilitate learning. Student-client interactions will be closely supervised.

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

However we may be able to coordinate housing for special circumstances.

Supervisor: 
Renu Ramesh, DVM
Website: 
https://sevenhillspet.vetsfirstchoice.com/
Contact email: 
Address: 
10376 St Rt 28
Loveland, OH 45244
United States
Animal Type: 
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
40