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OVRS is a VECCS Level 1 certified referral hospital that has a large and diverse caseload to support teaching with many opportunities to hone your technical skills. Under the supervision of the Critical Care Specialist responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:
1. Assisting the ICU technicians with in-hospital patient care
2. Assisting with outpatient recheck appointments and referral patients
3. Performing history taking and obtaining vitals
4. Record physical examination findings and initial diagnostic results on patient visit summary
5. Present case summary to criticalist on staff and go into the exam room with the criticalist to discuss diagnostic and treatment plans with client
6. Assisting with diagnostics/anesthesia/minor procedures (vascular assess, central line placement, feeding tube placement (naso-gastric tubes, Esophagostomy tubes, etc.)
7. Assist in making treatment sheets for in-hospital ICU patients
8. Assist with patient discharges from hospital
9. In additional to the above responsibilities, veterinary students would be expected to perform the following:
a. Perform physical exam on assigned patients and record daily patient SOAP
b. Record physical examination data, record findings on referring veterinarian radiographs/diagnostics, list problems and differentials or diagnosis if applicable, diagnostic plan, and therapeutic plan prior to presenting case
c. Patient discharges from hospital –after client has check-out with reception staff, student would go over discharge instructions with client, give client personal belongings, medications and referral radiographs
The Taronga Wildlife Hospital (TWH) is responsible for the health of Taronga Zoo's animal collection. There is a strong emphasis on preventative medicine and animal welfare. The Zoo’s veterinary team has a wealth of experience in all aspects of zoo, wildlife and conservation medicine, including reproductive management, nutrition, physical and chemical restraint and clinical medicine and pathology. An advanced level of veterinary care is maintained by continuous critical evaluation against current best practice in zoo and wild animal medicine and pathology.
TWH also accepts sick, injured and orphaned native wildlife for treatment, rehabilitation and release back to the wild where possible. A wide range of native wildlife including marine wildlife is admitted from the greater Sydney region and beyond. Advice and veterinary services are provided to wildlife conservation and recovery programs, internal and external Taronga approved research projects, marine animal stranding/rescue events, and animal confiscations. The TWH also provides consultancies to other zoos, fauna parks and aquaria, and quarantines animals coming into the collection from within Australia and overseas.
Externships are for a period of 4 weeks (18 days). Only final year veterinary students are accepted since basic skills in clinical medicine, surgery and necropsy techniques are a prerequisite. A basic knowledge of animal biology and the principles of zoo and wildlife medicine are assumed. Students will be supervised by the clinical veterinarians and may spend time with any of the TWH staff in order to gain the maximum exposure to all aspects of zoo and wildlife medicine.
A Student Information and Skills Book will be provided on commencement of the externship, which includes a Skills list that sets out the general learning objectives of the externship program. Completion of the skills list will require some background reading and research by the student as well as the undertaking of practical skills under the guidance of zoo staff. Students actively participate in clinical procedures and are given opportunities to perform skills such as venipuncture, injection, radiology and basic surgery. Where possible, wildlife cases are allocated to students. Students also participate in necropsies and pathology rounds, clinical pathology and nutrition. Additional learning opportunities may arise depending on cases and students are encouraged to gain as much experience as possible through observation, self driven research and discussion with staff.
Wherever possible, students will be given the opportunity to fulfil all requirements stipulated by their University. If there are no specific requirements, students will:
· Complete a communications task (eg. give a presentation to staff, produce an information brochure, or write a short article for publication in a newsletter).
· AND undertake a brief investigation of a topic of significance to zoo and wildlife
medicine (a list can be provided prior to commencing an externship).
· OR write up at least two case reports
Clinical experience in aquarium/zoo facility (birds, land and marine mammals, reptiles, fish) and wildlife rehabilitation facility primarily dealing with raptors and shorebirds (rarely includes sea turtles and marine mammals). Externs observe and assist in public facility and may have opportunity to practice case management in wildlife rehabilitation facility, according to experience and demonstrated skills.
Small animal private practice, 50% avian & exotic
Surgical Procedures & Denistry
Practical experience in 100% avian and exotic veterinary hospital
Responsibilities Expected of Participating Students:
Assist with examination, diagnosis, treatment, anesthesia, surgery, and support of companion avian and exotic specie
Telephone Number:
919-844-9166
Fax Number:
919-844-0925
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Pacific Crest Equine is a progressive equine veterinary practice located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Exeter, CA. We have a full service hospital facility complete with surgical, ICU, imaging, and reproduction facilities. We have a diverse caseload including surgery, medicine, sports medicine, reproduction, neonatal, and preventative care cases. Our caseload consists of approximately 60% in hospital and 40% ambulatory cases. We have four equine veterinarians at our practice including one surgeon and one intern veterinarian. We are very enthusiastic about having students visit our facility and are dedicated to making the externship a valuable learning experience. Our veterinarians greatly enjoy teaching and fostering the next generation of veterinarians.
The goal of our externship program is to provide veterinary students with the opportunity to gain experience in a private practice setting. Our externship program is designed to give every extern a very “hands-on experience” and access to a large selection of cases typical of equine practice. Doctors, interns and staff make every effort to make externs feel welcome and to include them in hospital cases as well as ambulatory and field services. Externs work closely with all our veterinarians during the course of their visit. We offer externships of one to four weeks duration (we recommend 2 weeks or more for the best possible experience). During their externship, externs participate in inpatient care and treatments as well as being involved with outpatient cases. Onsite housing is provided for externs. Pacific Crest Equine is located close to Sequoia National Park and we encourage externs to visit during their externship. For more information on our externship and internship programs please visit our AAEP Avenues page. To apply for an externship, please e-mail a cover letter and CV to: amanda@pacificcrestequine.com
Opportunity for the senior veterinary student to perform sterilization procedures in a high volume mobile clinic that provides services in Franklin County and throughout the State of Ohio. This allows the student to develop skills and confidence in routine surgical procedures.
We are a general practice in Troy, Ohio seeing small animals, exotics, and caring for the wildlife at nearby Bruckner Nature Center
The Veterinary Specialty Hospital (VSH) offers short term externships to students actively pursuing a veterinary degree so that students gain insight on the operations of a specialty hospital. Students may also pursue an externship to determine if a future internship at VSH would be a good fit.
VSH provides specialty services in internal medicine, surgery, emergency and critical care medicine, radiology, cardiology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. We also share a facility with Animal Eye Care and a full service Antech Diagnostic Laboratory with four on-site board certified clinical pathologists.
VSH is open 24/7 with our emergency service providing ongoing continuity of care for hospitalized patients while serving as an emergency and referral service for primary care veterinarians in the surrounding areas. With an active rotating internship program and a partnership with NCSU for surgical residencies program, VSH is committed to providing educational experiences to veterinary students so they gain exposure to private practice, specialty and emergency medicine. If selected to participate in an externship, students must show proof of health insurance and complete a release form prior to arrival.
Since its inception in the mid 1970's, the veterinary externship program offered by the Veterinary Services Department at Mystic Aquarium, a division of Sea Research Foundation, Inc. has welcomed scores of veterinary students and veterinarians from institutions worldwide. Our current veterinary externships are available to qualified veterinary students with an interest in aquatic animal medicine. Veterinary externships are clinically-focused, and externs are required to complete a literature review or research project during the externship, the results of which are presented in lecture format to our staff. Veterinary externships are available for periods of time ranging from three weeks to four months and are available during both the fall and spring semesters (we do not offer veterinary externships over the summer). Veterinary externs are encouraged to come for the longest possible period for maximum opportunity and exposure. Only one veterinary extern will be present at any given time to provide each extern with the most hands-on experience possible. Veterinary externs are also offered the opportunity to learn about the aquarium’s husbandry operations through short (half to whole day) rotations through our water quality laboratory and penguin, fish, invertebrate, herptile, and marine mammal husbandry areas as time allows. Depending on the length of externships, short rotations in our research lab may also be available. To accommodate the different methods whereby students are allocated blocks of time for preceptorships, externships etc., we accept students on a rolling admissions basis. Applications for veterinary externships frequently exceed available openings and positions are often filled over a year in advance. Interested potential veterinary externs are encouraged to submit their application early.