The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of MN

Description of Elective Experience: 

The student will be working in the treatment room the entirety of the externship working alongside the veterinarians and technicians assisting with and performing:

- Admission and physical examination of new patients, including diagnosis and starting appropriate treatment

- Recheck exams of current patients, including modifying treatment plan as necessary and performing pre-release evaluations

- Fracture diagnosis and immobilization

- Wound management

- Drug and fluid administration, including calculating dose, route and frequency

- Radiographic interpretation

- Anesthesia induction and monitoring

- Orthopedic and soft tissue surgery

- Hematology analysis

- Parasite identification

- Physical therapy

- Necropsy

Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.: 

Leslie Reed, DVM

Renee Schott, DVM

Agnes Hutchinson, DVM

Alison Demir, DVM

The center is equipped with digital radiology, a full pharmacy, surgery suite with monitoring equipment, surgical microscope, panophthalmoscope, ultrasound, endoscopy, and in-house laboratory capabilities.

Students will have access to a full library of books pertaining to exotic and wild animal medicine (including online books/references)

Student Responsibilities - what is expected of students in terms of hours, days of the week, shadowing or actual support?: 

The student should expect to spend 40-45 hours/week (which includes evening, weekend, and holiday shifts), no on-call. The first day or two will be shadowing the med staff and other students and then the student will gain more independence 

Student Housing (include costs, amenities, pet friendly, contact info if different from elective contact info): 

A document listing some nearby, affordable housing options can be provided upon request

Supervisor: 
Leslie Reed, DVM
Website: 
www.wrcmn.org
Contact email: 
Address: 
2530 Dale St N
Roseville, MN 55113
United States
Animal Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
Yes
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
40