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Boulevard Veterarinary is a full service small animal general practice in Chicago, IL. We are an AAHA accredited practice and have three locations throughout the city. Students are expected to rotate between at least 2 but preferably all 3 locations. They will be shadowing DVMs for appointments and surgeries and will be encouraged to perform physicals, name differentials, develop treatment plans, and possibly assist in surgery.
Our hospital features a forward-thinking approach to equine practice and utilizes the latest in technology and equipment. Our practice also includes an off-site breeding facility along with a full rehabilitation clinic. We are a full-service practice providing routine/preventative care, internal medicine and surgery with a focus on sports medicine for our western performance horse athletes.
The goals of the externship are to provide a high level of exposure to broaden the interests and skills of veterinary students.
The extern will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, friendly environment. This program will provide the extern with enough clinical exposure to pursue further studies in areas of interest in equine medicine.
Our programs focus on:
- Further enhancing diagnostic skills.
- Increasing hands-on knowledge base in areas including sports medicine, internal medicine, surgery, reproduction, and imaging.
- Sharpening client relationship, management, and communication skills.
- Exposure to staff and procedures not found anywhere else.
The student will be evaluated on their clinical level and then be given tasks according to the level shown. If capable of performing simple type laceration closure and drain placement, then the student will be given more surgical freedom and allowed to perform basic spay and neuter procedures. Taking advantage of the externship experience to shadow the DVM in exam rooms and if shows clical and verbal skills, for the DVM to shadow the student.
Small animal general practice with small percentage exotics (reptiles, pocket pets, birds). In-house laboratory including bloodwork, urinalyses, complete fecal examinations, cytology, etc. On-site diagnostics including digital radiography and ultrasound. Many advanced surgical procedures performed in-house as well as orthopedic procedures (TPLO) performed in-house by traveling surgeon.
Student will shadow veterinarian(s) in all aspects of practice, including outpatient appointments, procedures, client correspodance, emergencies. Additionally, student will particiapte in veterinary technical responsibilites- providing primary patient care, administering treatments, taking samples, etc.
All Creature Features Animal Hospital is a five doctor AAHA accredited small animal veterinary clinic. We have a busy daily caseload which will provide a veterinary extern a good opportunity to gain a lot of exposure to daily veterinary practice. The extern will be allowed to assist the veterinarians with appointments, surgeries, and medical workups. During appointments the extern will be given the opportunity to interact with clients, perform examinations, and begin a medical workup for the case. We schedule surgeries ever day, Monday through Friday, and can easily provide the extern with adequate surgical opportunity. On difficult cases our veterinarians work together as a team and we would gladly welcone input from a senior veterinary student. We promote thorough exams and workups with sick patients. Also, we promote yearly wellness exams to try to identify problems that may be subclinical. We feel that an externship in our practice would prove to be a very rewarding experience.
We are a HVHQSN low cost clinic that focuses on spay/neuter, but we also do many other kinds of surgery because of our large rescue base. We do dentals and rabbits as well. It would be a fast paced, packed learning experience with a lot of surgical experience. A lot of perfecting your surgical technique, hands on dental work, and constant learning in a fun, supportive environment.
We are a newly remodeled facility. We have six exam rooms, a large treatment area, a surgical suite, along with seperate dog and cat wards. We service a large clientele of mostly dogs and cats. We do all in-house labs with Idexx CBC Procyte and Catalyst, that offer telemedicine capabilities. We have digital radiology and will be getting an ultrasound machine in the near future. We offer full dental cleanings and extractions. There is a comference room for students/doctor case review. Student housing is available. We are also one of two clinics that students would have access to work at with both having the same equipment. The clinic has full clinic alarm system for added security and safety. The future plan is to make this a 24 hour hospital when staffing allows. The website has not been updated yet. It will be after the first of the year.
Learning Outcomes: 1) The student will develop analytical and data management skills, including data cleaning, data collation, and risk and epidemiologic analyses related to antimicrobial resistance in animal and human populations. 2) The student will get exposure to methods of how to understand the link between the use of antimicrobials in animal agricultural to antimicrobial resistance in humans, and related human health effects. 3) The student will develop competency in collaborating with a group of diverse research scientists in a private organization. 4) The student will learn the basic principles of writing research reports, and conducting government-funded research.
Assessments: The student will be assessed subjectively throughout the rotation and briefed about his performance by his preceptor at the end of every week of the rotation. Such assessments are to include: base knowledge of subject matter, development of subject matter expertise, proficiency of epidemiological skillset, work efficiency, effective communication, and professional conduct."
Daily Schedule: The student will participate in weekly, or bi-weekly, calls or online video meetings with the project team to discuss daily and weekly objectives, with additional calls as needed. The timing of these meetings may vary according to the schedule of staff members. Objectives may include tasks dealing directly with team members' needs, or they may include tasks specific to the student's responsibilities within the project, such as data management and analysis. As the entire EpiX staff is working primarily remotely, student learning and engagement will be self-driven, but the collaborative and communicative culture of EpiX should be appreciated, with the student striving to contribute to a productive work environment. Email and messaging app (Microsoft Teams) updates to the project supervisor at regular and short intervals are encouraged early on in the internship while workflow is established.
Lexington Hospital for Cats is a feline exclusive, gold standard Cat Friendly Practice. We follow guidelines adapted from those developed by AAFP, AVMA, AAHA, and WVC. Our focus is internal medicine, dermatology, dentistry, nutrition, and behavior. You will be exposed to wellness care including senior cat protocols, curbside outpatient visits, management of dental and ear disease, balancing complicated cases, soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, as caseload allows, and direct patient care. We see complicated cases with many comorbidities.