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Veterinary students will be able to experience shelter medicine practice. This includes performing spay/neuter surgeries, performing intake exams on new arrivals to the shelter, reviewing preventative medicine protocols, riding along with the animal control officer, and providing medical and surgical care to our shelter/zoo residents. I directly supervise the students and we will round on cases and protocols daily.

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Our multi-doctor mixed animal practice provides care for dogs, cats, birds, pocket pets, exotics and large animals.  Students will have exposure to routine wellness visits, medical cases, emergency and critical care cases, soft tissue and emergency surgeries/anesthesia, laser surgery, laser therapy, digital x-ray, and ultrasound. In addition, students will gain experience in our on-site laboratory and pharmacy. The experience will be as interactive and fully encompassing as possible. Students are encouraged to visit our website at www.sacpets.com to learn more about our practice.

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Students can gain experience in emergency medicine, general practice, internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, reproduction, and business/practice management. We have 18+ doctors to learn from, and the elective can be as hands-on as the student would like. We are a 24/7 practice, with a high caseload and practice high quality medicine. 

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Student will be involved in working with our DVMs in all facets of practice -- appointments, surgery, rehabilitation, acupuncture,emergency medicine,  etc -- she will be encouraged to assist at whatever level is comfortable. 

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The elective experience will be split between two Pet Partners hospitals. Boone Animal Hospital is a progressive general practice that houses a surgeon in a suburb of Chicago, Western Springs.  City Pet Hospital was a feline only practice currently transitioning into a multi-pet small animal practice in the heart of downtown Chicago.  Both practices are Feline Friendly and Fear Free and have opportunity for routine wellness and complex medical case loads. City Pet has a large feline dental case load while Boone has a mix of feline and canine dental and surgical procedures.

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We are a 50/50 mixed animal clinic.  We are a general practice that practices basic medicine and surgery and focus on preventative medicine and also provide emergency.  Externship students are allowed to help with surgeries, practice palpation and ultrasound; help perform basic treatments; help with records and consultation.  

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The veterinary student would have the opportunity to work at this high volume small animal practice under the supervision of three practioners with over 75 years of clinical experience.  Students would have exposure to routine preventiative visits, medical cases, soft tissue surgery, digital x-ray, digital dental x-ray. ulta-sound, accupuncture, and on-site labratory services.  Students would have the opportunity to be fully engaged with all aspects of the patient care as well as client interactions.  

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The student will expand their knowledge in poultry production systems, in both broiler and turkeys. The student will aid in sample collection for disease monitoring, pre-processing, and general flock health evaluaitons. The student will be familarized with hatchery and plant processing and performance evaluations. 

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Our mixed animal practice would allow for a variety of farm call expericenes as well as seeing multiply large animals come into the hospital.  We have began working with the local animal shelter and could have it arranged to allow them to spay and neuter dogs and cats.  We are a 2 doctor practice that generates a large case load of small animals for well checks and preventive care as well as working up multiply patients each day.

 

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Student will pair with a doctor on staff for the day and will shadow in exam rooms and assist in surgeries.  Medical and surgical cases will be reviewed from history to outcome.  Student will interact with all staff members and with clients associated with any patient the student is involved with.  The experience will be as interactive and fully encompassing as possible.

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