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The Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Comparative Medicine Unit provides clinical veterinaary care to the laboratory animals used for research, teaching, and testing for 5 state universities in North East Ohio including NEOMED, Kent State University, University of Akron, Youngstown State University, and Cleveland State University. The participating universities utilize a wide variety of different species including fish (multiple species), amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders), reptiles (snakes and lizards), birds, laboratory rodents, rabbits, sheep, swine, dogs, and non-human primates. The student will have an opportunity to experince the veterinary care and husbandry activities of all of the forementioned species. They will also have an opportunity to work with muliple IACUCs and their oversight of the research programs.
The student will spend time on calls with staff veterinarians. There will be a fair amount of reproductive work as well as various other bovine tasks including record nalysis usind DC305. Some milk quality work as well as office laborartory work depending on scheduling and time of year.
The extern will shadow the DVMs and learn in exam rooms, assist in surgery and dentsitsy and lean basic skills.
Interactive case management with mutiple experienced veterinarians acting as mentors.
Externs will participate in daily clinical duties alongside laboratory animal residents and faculty veterinarians, including handling, physical exams, and common diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in a variety of laboratory animal species. The extern will also participate in the following activities:
DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY: Externs will gain hands-on experience in necropsy and will be exposed to in-house diagnostic methodologies including serology and PCR.
PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AND RODENT COLONY MANAGEMENT: Externs will spend time within the unit managing health surveillance of the rodent colonies (sentinel program, quarantine, outbreak management, etc.) and providing breeding colony management services for investigators.
INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE: As scheduling permits, externs will attend monthly IACUC meetings and resident training sessions that cover federal regulations and guidelines in the use of laboratory animals and provide training in protocol review. Opportunities may also be available to attend protocol start-up meetings and observe post-approval monitoring activities.
DIDACTIC TRAINING SESSIONS:
- Resident seminars covering information essential for the practice of laboratory animal medicine are held twice weekly during the academic year and are presented by Comparative Medicine faculty and residents.
- Weekly slide sessions are given by ACLAM diplomates for the purposes of ACLAM board examination preparation. The slide sessions, presented in a question-answer format, utilize material from mock exams and various slide sets.
JOURNAL CLUB: The extern will attend the bi-weekly journal club covering relevant laboratory animal journals, and may be expected to review and present an assigned article. Guidance on article review will be provided by the faculty veterinarians.
We are a busy general practice that provides small animal and exotic pet care. We are open to see patients from 7AM to 5 PM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 7 AM to 6 PM Tuesday and Thursday, and 7 AM to noon on Saturdays. There are no after hours emergencies.
AAHA accreditited, small animal, day time medical and general surgical facility. We have scheduled appointment hours Monday through Saturday and perform scheduled surgical procedures including medical dentals with digital oral radiography 2 days a week.
We schedule wellness and illness appointms dailty and have open time for work in cases and drop off medical assessments. Our clients are present for all examinations and encourage bonding with our cleitns and community. We offer a full array ofvaccination and health care assessments for client and paitent lifestyle needs.
Additional details are located at https://buckeyevetclinic.com
The candidates will shadow the clinical veterinarians (faculty, staff and residents) on their rounds caring for the animals used in research at UPenn. There is a very large variety of species the students will be exposed to (NHP, swine, dogs, cats, rats, mice, rabbits) and a variety of animal models (Gene therapy, cardiovascular, neurology, oncology, infectious diseases, etc). The students also attend our pathology rounds, weekly clinical rounds for the veterinarians, IACUC training and didactic training program with our residents. Lastly, the students will actively work with our pathologist performing necropsies and histopath.
Wildlife Safari is an AZA accredited institution with over 500 animals, situated on over 600 acres. The park is located 10 minutes off of I-5 in south-central Oregon, just 1.5 hours from Eugene. The park consists of three major drive-thru sections, where the hoof stock are in a mixed species free range setting, along with four additional areas of non-free range animals (Lions, Brown Bears, Black Bears, Cheetahs/tigers). Wildlife Safari’s large walk through section includes over 100 small animals (mammals, birds, reptiles and a petting zoo). Wildlife Safari is known for having the most successful cheetah breeding program in the United States. The park currently has 16 cheetahs spread between a large, off exhibit breeding area and the drive-thru area. The hospital is staffed by one full time veterinarian and one veterinary assistant. The extern will observe and assist procedure preparation, catheter placement, blood collection, physical examinations, anesthesia monitoring, case analysis/diagnosis/treatment, etc.
UrgentVet is an outpatient, acute care practice model that was the first in the US to operate like a human urgent care. Patients are seen on a walk-in basis and examined, diagnosed, and treated in an hour or less. Students work side by side with the staff veterinarian, caring for patients suffering from a wide variety of mild illnesses and injuries. We rely on physical examination findings, point of care diagnostic testing, full in-house laboratory, and digital x-ray to develop a differential diagnoses list for patients. Cases are worked up in SOAP format on a cloud-based EMR. More than 90% of patients are treated in-house. Critical cases are referred to 24-hr specialty for ongoing hospitalization and/or surgery. The vast majority of pets recheck with their primary care veterinarian within two weeks of their UrgentVet visit. Students will become proficient at writing discharge instructions (to clients) and referral reports (to referring general practices). UrgentVet is a unique and rewarding educational experience that enhances 4th year clinical skills.