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Care First Animal Hospital is a full service veterinary hospital with focus on customer service, client education, and clinical excellence. Comprised of four locations, each of the 17 veterinarians is encouraged to pursue their passion in veterinary medicine and develop a niche within the team of doctors. As a result of this synergy and collaboration, Care First Animal Hospital is well respected within the veterinary community for clinical excellence. Bi-weekly rounds give clients more than a second opinion, but rather, many opinions. For continuity of care, the group includes a 24 hour emergency practice that also serves exotics. The practice is well equipped with ultrasound, endoscopy, laparoscopic surgery, and laser therapy. The pet physical therapy department includes an underwater treadmill and offers acupuncture as well as adjustments.
Care First Animal Hospital is active in community service and provides over 1/4 million dollars in veterinary services to the SPCA of Wake County annually, in addition to serving numerous area rescue groups. One of our partners leads our community outreach to Second Chance that enables hundreds of stray cats to be spayed/neutered at Care First annually. The experience is a collaboration between North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine students, Second Chance, and Care First that provides spay/neuter experience to the students and reduces the over pet population in Wake County. The surgery experience gives students the opportunity to perform laparoscopic spays.
The flagship location is undergoing a re-building project on two adjacent lots next to the original structure, and will be the first Passiv Haus animal hospital in the United States. Passiv Haus technology enables energy savings of up to 85-90% and provides a healthier, more comfortable, and sustainable environment in which to work.
Raleigh, NC is the capitol of NC, and is the home of North Carolina State University. The "Triangle" area encompasses Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Nestled within the Triangle is the Research Triangle Park that houses the area's research and development firms. With the medical schools, veterinary school, universities, and Research Triangle Park, the area boasts more PhD's per capita than any other area within the U.S.
North Carolina is a lovely state that enjoys four seasons with mild winters. Raleigh is two hours away from the coast and three hours away from the mountains. Quality of life is abundant in the area, as Raleigh, NC is continually voted as one of the top places to live.
Students will be involved in a program of strictly feline medicine and surgery. The facility offers high quality medicine and surgery including complete dental and surgical services. There is also a special emphasis on preventative Feline Medicine and correction of behavioral problems. A high volume of broad spectrum (i.e. primary and referral) cases will be experienced by the student. Students are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the practice including a full discussion of practice management.
We are a four DVM general practice is a suburb of Los Angeles, California. We exclusively see cats and dogs. We are fully equipped with digital radiology, ultrasound, digital dental radiology, and video otoscopy. Our case load is substantial and varied. We do quite a bit of dermatology and surgery. Students will be able to shadow veterinarians in examination rooms, scrub in and assist in surgeries, and help provide treatments to dogs and cats.
Externs participate in laboratory animal medicine activities and comparative medicine research, but may emphasize one or more areas depending on their interests.
LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE: externs participate in the day to day activities of providing clinical veterinary care to research animals. They assist and participate in routine health care and diagnosis and designing treatment plans for a diverse group of animals including dogs, cats, rabbits, swine, rats, mice and genetically-engineered animals. Externs gain experience in laboratory animal practice/facility management by observing interactions and problem solving between laboratory animal veterinarians, research staff and animal care staff. Externs may also participate in experimental surgeries and facility inspections if the latter are ongoing during the externs visit.
COMPARATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH: Externs are assigned a research project, depending on project availability. The extern conducts a literature review, implements the project, analyzes data generated and gives a short presentation at the completion of the externship. Externs can also rotate with post-DVM trainees of the CMP who are actively engaged in research projects. During these rotations, externs discuss projects and participate in laboratory procedures.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES: Externs may also participate in a variety of ongoing activities such as seminars, review of pathology slides, lab meetings, journal clubs, animal handling laboratories and rounds. Externs are under the direct supervision of clinical veterinarians, research scientists, comparative pathologists and post-DVM trainees throughout the externship.
Board Certified Specialists
We offer the following services that students will participate in:
- Complete medical and preventative health care individualized for each patient
- Behavioral counseling and low stress handling
- Nutritional counseling
- Occular Pressure testing
- Electrocardiograms
- Consulting services with cardiologists, an orthopedic surgeon and radiologists
- In-house pharmacy stocked with over 200 different medications
- Exotic animal care, including rabbits, ferrets, rodents and small birds
Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine Externship Program Columbia University offers an externship program to provide Veterinary students with experience in clinical laboratory animal medicine and surgery and veterinary pathology through participation in our comparative medicine residency. Externs will:
- Gain hands on experience in surgical and medical management of research species by accompanying veterinary staff on daily rounds
- Will participate in journal club, seminars, veterinary ground rounds, and IACUC protocol reviews
- Learn about facility design and management
- Understand preventative health programs applied to rodents
- Discuss the laws and regulations that govern the care and use of laboratory animals
Columbia offers a 2-4 week externship period. Please submit a letter of intent, resume, and 3 references. If you have any questions, please contact: Rivka Shoulson, DVM, MPH, DACLAM
The Animal Emergency & Referral Center of MN is located in the east metro of the Twin Cities. We are a small animal clinic that started as an emergency clinic 30 years ago, and has morphed into an emergency and referral center, offering complete patient care with multiple specialties. We are a team of highly skilled veterinarians,
specialists, and technicians, who work together to provide quality patient care. We place an emphasis on learning and have a strong program for veterinary student externs and vet tech interns. We have had vet student externs from throughout the country. We limit the extern rotation to 2 students per 2 week rotation, on alternating
schedules, to maximize individual learning. Each extern will get one on one time with various criticalists and multiple ER veterinarians. This allows exposure to a variety of practice methods. Other specialties are available as well.
Externs are expected to be able to interact with clients, take histories, perform physical exams, perform minor procedures, scrub in on surgeries, and take part in rounds. We have an extremely positive work environment and are very welcoming to students. Our primary hospital is in Oakdale, MN, which is open 24/7, with a satellite clinic in St. Paul, also open 24/7. Students spend a majority of the time at our Oakdale clinic, but also will spend at least 2 shifts at our St. Paul clinic. Students can customize their schedule. Each shift is up to 8 hours long, with a mix of days, evenings, weekends and holidays, for a total of about 40 hours per week.
Well-qualified externship candidates should have a declared interest in equine sport horse and reproductive medicine, have career ambitions to join an ambulatory practice, and have demonstrated experience in handling and assisting with treatment of horses. Externs are expected to assist the veterinarians in daily work, and to be available for emergency calls at night and on weekends. Externs should also have a good work ethic and positive attitude. Successful completion of an externship at ODEA is a pre-requisite for those candidates interested in pursuing a future internship with our practice.
We have a 24 hour veterinary hospital. During the day we operate as a traditional hospital seeing routine and non-routine cases(vaccines, dermatitis etc...). We see quite a few emergency walk ins during the day also. In the evening(after 7pm) we transition to an emergency hospital and everything is walk in only. We have an in house lab with 2 Med Techs running it, digtal x-ray and ultrasound, digital dental x-ray with multiple high speed units, endoscopy and a traveling surgeon who handle our more involved surgeries. A typical externship involves some time on day shift, some time spent on weekend shift and some time spent on overnight/emergency shifts. We try to expose the students to all aspects of our practice.