Tristate Bird Rescue (TSBR) is accepting applications from 4th year veterinary students attending veterinary school in the United States for a 3-6 week externship. TSBR has two main programs: 1. a wild avian rehabilitation clinic that admits approximately 3,000 cases per year as well as 2. an oiled wildlife response team. TSBR employs 1 full time veterinarian. Externs will work closely with the veterinarian to perform the care, treatments, procedures, and husbandry of approximately 5 assigned cases. In addition, the extern will be involved in admission of new patients; diagnostics such as radiography, fecal examination and basic bloodwork; surgeries; recheck examinations; avian ophthalmology; and medical record keeping. Applicants must be in their 4th year of veterinary school (or the equivalent) in the United States. Applicants must have completed at least 1 clinical rotation within their school’s hospital prior to the TSBR externship. Interested applicants should email Dr. Cristin Kelley at ckelley@tristatebird.org.
Staff extern will work closely with:
1 full-time staff veterinarian
4 full time staff supervisors (perform admits, treatments, and husbandry and oversee voluteers to perform treatments and husbandry)
Equipment: digital radiography, surgical suit with isoflurane anesthesia, capnograph, esophageal ecg, autoclave, centrifuge, microscope, direct ophthalmoscope, panoptic ophthalmoscope, indoor and outdoor caging for a variety of bird species including pools and flight cages, purpose built facility for oil spill response (student may or may not work in this facility)
Students arrive at 8am and leave when work is completed (approximately 6pm) 5d/week. Students will be assigned ~5 cases for which they will have primary responsibility (treatments, husbandry, procedures, and treatment plans) which they will provide with oversight from the veterinarian. In addition to those 5 cases, they will participate in the care and treatment of all other birds in the hospital including: treatments, husbandry, admit exams, diagnostics (fecals, bloodwork, radigraphy, cytology, etc), ophthalmic exams, recheck exams, necropsies, etc. Students that demonstate competency will be given more independence. Students may be asked to complete a special project if time allows.