Veterinary Emergency Group, TX

Description of Elective Experience: 

VEG’s Externship Program gives students hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working right alongside our expert emergency doctors. Students will focus on learning how to effectively communicate with clients, diagnose a variety of emergent conditions, develop emergency treatment plans and collaborate with support staff in a fast-paced environment. If you’re as dedicated to emergency medicine as we are, we’d love to have you!

 

Flexibility: YOU choose the length of your externship (from 2 days to 2 weeks) 

Location: YOU choose which hospital location you want to extern at. 

Mentorship: YOU will be supported by a senior ER doctor for the duration of your externship

Focus: YOU will be fully-immersed in what emergency medicine truly entails

Housing: Housing assistance is available upon request.

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

Our Externship Program gives students intensive hands-on emergency medicine experience and the chance to work alongside skilled emergency doctors. Students will focus on learning how to communicate effectively with our clients, diagnose a variety of emergency conditions, develop emergency treatment plans, and collaborate with support staff in a fast-paced environment.

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

What to Expect:

  • A warm, VEGified welcome from our amazing Doctors, Technicians, and Assistants
  • A hands-on experience that will allow you to gain more confidence than when you first walked through the door

 

Your role as an Extern:

  • Shadow and observe our ER doctors
  • Help out doctors and staff 
  • Scrub into surgery
  • Assist with medical records
  • Communicate with clients 
Student Housing (include costs, amenities, pet friendly, contact info if different from elective contact info): 

Assistance upon request. 

Supervisor: 
Caroline Bearden
Website: 
www.veg.vet
Contact email: 
Address: 
9101 North Fwy
Fort Worth, TX 76177
United States
Specialties: 
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
Yes