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We are an AAHA accredited practice, and have been so for 27 years. This is a general small practice hospital, but are high volume for a rural area and rarely do any referrals out of hospital. We have a mixture of routine elective surgical procedures, and moderate internal medicine load. Available equipment includes in-house labs, ultrasound, digital radiography, including dental radiography, and radiosurgery.
I would expect an upcoming veterinary candidate to be able to take exam histories, perform exams, etc and have the ability to participate in routine surgery with supervision and anesthetic monitoring.
We work with many colleges to help prepare students with general practice experience. Yearly we have 3-4 students here for credit hours and many more just looking to increase knowledge or learn alternative medicine.
Students will be riding with a veterinarian on their daily rounds and emergency calls.
Students will be exposed to routine/non-routine surgeries and procedures as well as routine and non-routine appointments
Extern will gain experience in all aspects of equine practice, including both inpatient and ambulatory cases. Bi-weekly rounds address a variety of topics in general practice. Extern will spend time rotating among veterinary staff.
Mixed animal practice. Heavy emphasis on bovine reproduction, palpation, and herd health. Student will have opportunity to help scrub-in on surgeries.
Students well be imersed in a Mixed Animal hospital atmosphere with a variety of cases occuring daily. Large animal includes equine, bovine, caprine, and ovine on the road. Small animal is busy with wellness and sick animal cat and dog appointments in house, routine surgeries, radiographs, ultrasounds, and more. We also have a third branch to our practice working closely with the local animal shelter where we perform spays, neuters, and exams every day for animals getting adopted through the county. Students will be able to shadow closely with the doctors through their daily routines, many opportunities to interact with clients, and even have some possibilities to scrub in for spays and neuters.
PVSEC is Western Pennsylvania’s largest and most comprehensive multi-specialty referral hospital – offering small animal Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Dentistry, Dermatology, 24-hour Emergency, Internal Medicine, MRI & CT Imaging, Medical Oncology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Rehabilitation Services, and Surgery. Our 35,000 square foot facility, is home to over 40 board-certified specialists, emergency veterinarians, emergency and critical care residents, surgery residents, and rotating interns. We provide care for approximately 1000 animals weekly amongst our services. We offer a wide variety of diagnostics including in house and send-out laboratory, MRI, CT, ultrasound, endoscopy, fluoroscopy, and digital radiography.
Externships are available to students in their clinical year(s) of study, in the following specialties depending on availability: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Dentistry, Emergency, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, and Surgery.
Extern responsibilities vary from observation with teaching discussion, to patient handling and client interviews (similar to a university experience) dependent upon the service visited and individual ability. Hours are variable depending on the service, but are typically constrained within normal medical business hours, except for the emergency department, where students can elect to attend their preferred 12 hour shift (day, noon, night). Students can apply for variable duration externships (2-4 weeks is typical). No stipend or housing are currently available to externs. PVSEC requires an unofficial transcript and three professional references for all externs. Please check us out at www.pvs-ec.com. You can find an extern application under “Educational Opportunities” on our webpage.
Final year student will be involved with day-to-day clinic life. Duties will include thorough history taking, restraint of patients, physical examinations and assisting for procedures.
Willow Creek Veterinary Service is a 2 doctor practice in Medina, OH. Our caseload is approximately 60% equine (primarily ambulatory) and 40% small animal (in clinic). In addition, we see a small number of camelids and ruminants. Students will shadow doctors on ambulatory and in-clinic appointments, as well as assist in surgery and with hospitalized patients.