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Clinical Experience. Not limited to but including surgery, dental, radiographs, bloodwork. Canine and Feline vaccinations, testing when necessary. Will have the opportunity to assist and/or view the doctors depending upon situation with general care and/or emergency.
This veterinary externship experience is specifically designed for students with an interest in animal welfare and how it applies to a large public aquarium setting. The student will work alongside our Animal Health Department with the core goal of evaluating the challenges and opportunities in assessing and maintaining the welfare of a wide range of exotic species including bony fish, sharks, bats, birds, reptiles, amphibians, sloths, and marine mammals.
The student will be exposed to discussions and evaluations of the environmental, economic, and ethical trade-offs involved in caring for a wide variety of animals. Additionally the student will have the opportunity to observe preventive and clinical medicine of the aquarium collection, and hands-on opportunities will be provided whenever possible depending on the experience of the student and the comfort level of the staff. In order for the student to successfully complete this externship, they will collect data for a retrospective review and present a presentation to the husbandry staff regarding an animal welfare issue. Due to the wide range of species and welfare topics pertaining to these species, the specific activities and issues the extern will be involved in will depend on the priorities of the Aquarium at the time and the specific area of interest or area of expertise of the student.
Applicants for this externship program must be a student in good standing enrolled in an AVMA- accredited school of veterinary medicine and must have completed the first two years of basic courses. Externs will be selected on the basis of interest in the field, quality of their course work in veterinary school, and strength of recommendations. Each student will be assigned a 2-4 week time block. Applications will be accepted on a rolling admission basis.
A private poultry exclusive veterinary clinic serving turkey, chicken and game bird clients throughout the upper midwest. We also have an internal diagnostic lab that conduct food safety compliance testing. Blue House veterinary also conducts reseach trials in the experimental facility and produces custom vaccines for clients.
Blue House Veterinary also works closely with several large integrators who can provide additional field experience within an integrated food system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.