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Community Medicine externs will gain first-hand experience in providing affordable and accessible veterinary care in communities that experience persistent poverty or have demonstrated other barriers to accessing care. Externs will help provide basic medical care for common illnesses such as eye or ear infections, obtain medical histories, draw and administer vaccinations, and other non-invasive diagnostics. Externs will also have the ability to shadow our HQHVSN (high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter) programs and spend a day working alongside our Community Engagement (CE) team.
An ASPCA APCC Externship provides fourth-year veterinary students with clinical toxicology experience. During your two-week externship, you'll listen to live toxicology consultation calls and attend DVM rounds and lectures. We'll also introduce you to critical analysis of journal articles and offer you a small research project with the opportunity to pursue publication of the results. This program is completely remote and can be done anywhere in the United States.
Our veterinary externship program provides quality exposure to a varied caseload that includes access to veterinary care, surgery, internal medicine, veterinary forensics, and cruelty intervention. You'll observe emergency medicine, surgeries, dentistry, and inpatient care. Our externs leave with medical training, stress-free handling techniques, and an understanding of the various veterinary career paths available in animal welfare.
What You’ll Learn:
- Infectious diseases information - Calicivirus, Parvovirus, Distemper, Ringworm
- Disease prevention starting at intake
- Best Practices for managing high volume shelter cases
- Protocols: using them effectively for maximum efficiency
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Triaging of critical/emergency cases in a high volume shelter setting
- Trauma - head trauma, wounds, fractures, etc
- Parvo puppies in shock
- “Fading” neonatal kittens and puppies
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Surgeries (based on current case-load)
- Spay/Neuter techniques (this will not be a heavy focus)
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Emergency Surgery
- Diaphragmatic surgery repair
- Abdominal explores, RnA
- Esophageal tube placement
- “Elective” Surgeries - enucleation, amputation, mass removal
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Practice Clinical Skills
- Bandage/splint changes
- IV catheter placement
- If time/cases allow, assisting in surgeries listed above
- Efficiency in physical exam
The student will work with all four veterinarians in the practice, traveling on large animal calls as well as working within the clinic. The student will be involved in on farm pregnancy checks, individual animal exams and treatment, as well as discussions with owners and herd managers on farm management pertaining to animal health. In the small animal clinic the student will be involved in physical exams and surgeries. The student will be encouraged to use surgical skills and provide differential diagnoses.
The Banfield Externship Program provides veterinary students in their clinical year the opportunity to practice medicine one-on-one alongside an experienced coach veterinarian as a “doctor-in-training” to develop medical and surgical skills. Each extern is assigned a DVM coach and is expected to complete an individual set of weekly goals based upon their interests and Banfield hospital procedures. Externs will be exposed to a wide range of experiences geared towards developing their clinical skills in a nurturing, supportive environment, ranging from technical applications to inter-personal relationship techniques.
In accordance with the State Practice Act, Externship participants are provided with the opportunity to:
· Gain experience in general Pet medicine in a bond-centered practice.
· Understand Banfield’s best practice standards, code of conduct and ethics.
· Understand the concepts of quality medicine and preventive care.
· Understand how both high quality and high case load can complement each other.
· Learn to perform a physical exam and to record a thorough medical history.
· Improve technical skills such as: drawing blood, placing catheters, giving injections, starting fluids, assisting with anesthesia and surgeries under the mentor doctor’s direct supervision.
· Collect and interpret laboratory specimens.
· Learn how to order the appropriate diagnostic tests.
· Learn to establish effective therapeutic plans.
· Learn how to properly restrain dogs, cats and exotic pets for different medical procedures.
· Learn how to efficiently and effectively use hospital equipment.
· Learn how to charge appropriately for services provided and why this is important.
· Learn and practice effective client and team communication skills.
· Learn to work effectively with hospital associates and others critical to their success.
The Banfield Externship Program provides veterinary students in their clinical year the opportunity to practice medicine one-on-one alongside an experienced coach veterinarian as a “doctor-in-training” to develop medical and surgical skills. Each extern is assigned a DVM coach and is expected to complete an individual set of weekly goals based upon their interests and Banfield hospital procedures. Externs will be exposed to a wide range of experiences geared towards developing their clinical skills in a nurturing, supportive environment, ranging from technical applications to inter-personal relationship techniques.
In accordance with the State Practice Act, Externship participants are provided with the opportunity to:
· Gain experience in general Pet medicine in a bond-centered practice.
· Understand Banfield’s best practice standards, code of conduct and ethics.
· Understand the concepts of quality medicine and preventive care.
· Understand how both high quality and high case load can complement each other.
· Learn to perform a physical exam and to record a thorough medical history.
· Improve technical skills such as: drawing blood, placing catheters, giving injections, starting fluids, assisting with anesthesia and surgeries under the mentor doctor’s direct supervision.
· Collect and interpret laboratory specimens.
· Learn how to order the appropriate diagnostic tests.
· Learn to establish effective therapeutic plans.
· Learn how to properly restrain dogs, cats and exotic pets for different medical procedures.
· Learn how to efficiently and effectively use hospital equipment.
· Learn how to charge appropriately for services provided and why this is important.
· Learn and practice effective client and team communication skills.
· Learn to work effectively with hospital associates and others critical to their success.
The Banfield Externship Program provides veterinary students in their clinical year the opportunity to practice medicine one-on-one alongside an experienced coach veterinarian as a “doctor-in-training” to develop medical and surgical skills. Each extern is assigned a DVM coach and is expected to complete an individual set of weekly goals based upon their interests and Banfield hospital procedures. Externs will be exposed to a wide range of experiences geared towards developing their clinical skills in a nurturing, supportive environment, ranging from technical applications to inter-personal relationship techniques.
In accordance with the State Practice Act, Externship participants are provided with the opportunity to:
· Gain experience in general Pet medicine in a bond-centered practice.
· Understand Banfield’s best practice standards, code of conduct and ethics.
· Understand the concepts of quality medicine and preventive care.
· Understand how both high quality and high case load can complement each other.
· Learn to perform a physical exam and to record a thorough medical history.
· Improve technical skills such as: drawing blood, placing catheters, giving injections, starting fluids, assisting with anesthesia and surgeries under the mentor doctor’s direct supervision.
· Collect and interpret laboratory specimens.
· Learn how to order the appropriate diagnostic tests.
· Learn to establish effective therapeutic plans.
· Learn how to properly restrain dogs, cats and exotic pets for different medical procedures.
· Learn how to efficiently and effectively use hospital equipment.
· Learn how to charge appropriately for services provided and why this is important.
· Learn and practice effective client and team communication skills.
· Learn to work effectively with hospital associates and others critical to their success.
We are a community-driven, small-animal veterinary hospital in the heart of Grandview Heights. We see a multitude of different cases each day, ranging from dermatology, to ophthalmology, and wellness. We offer behavior consultations and Eastern Medicine options, including acupuncture. We perform surgery/dentistry 3 days per week. We offer digital radiology and perform full-mouth dental radiographs on each patient scheduled for a dental procedure. We strive to educate our clients surrounding preventative care and disease management. We have a phenomenal clinic culture and team of intelligent, hard-working, and compassionate individuals. We hope to support and oversee our externs in completing patient workups from start to finish so that you can develop confidence in case management. We pride ourselves on medical excellence and superior patient care.
The Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine (CBEAM) is a very busy, exotics-exclusive emergency and routine care practice that is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Our externs spend 5 days a week with us, shadowing and participating in rooms, as well as assisting with routine and emergency cases (including performing treatments and helping in surgery). We are happy to have students with a strong interest in exotics spend time at our hospital.