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Mixed animal practice focused on too quality medicine, surgery, herd health, and reproductive practices
Elective in anatomic pathology at a veterinary diagnostic laboratory. Opportunities are available for necropsy and/or surgical pathology experience.
During our lambing period. Working with Research Sheep. All hands-on experience. Will do necropsies and needed medical help for lambs and ewes. We have a veterinarian here during this period of time for guidenance as needed.
The visiting student will work with, and be given the same responsibilities as our in-house students. Students will be responsible for being the primary point person for initially taking patient histories, performing physical exams and proposing treatment plans. Students will perform dental cleanings, local blocks and position for dental radiographs. Students will help with post-operative patient care and discharges. Fridays afternoons students will have an opportunity to practice dental extractions on cadavers.
VCA Hollywood Animal Hospital (VCA HAH) provides externships to multiple students annually. Ideally these are a maximum of two weeks. The program is designed for the self-guided individual. This is an opportunity for the extern to get out what they put in. We are here to guide and facilitate in the externs education and we take it quite seriously. The student is given freedom of the entire clinical and surgical facility and it us up to that individual to self design their day. Our multiple veterinarians enjoy the assistance of the extern and in return are very willing to discuss their cases and treatment plans. Students are given the authority to enter any exam room with the practitioner. Most of our guests spend time in the mornings assisting the associate veterinarians in th exam room endeavors. The more in-depth surgeries are performed at or shortly after the noon hour with the extern as a second set of hands. The afternoon is again in the exam room. Over-night and Sunday emergencies are common at VCA HAH and many students spend one or more shifts assisting during those hours. General office hours are from 7:30AM until 7:00 PM with a staff doctor present throughout the night. The digital radiology reports are an excellent additional method of training for both positioning technique and the following of radiologist interpretation in conjunction with the case chart. We are very proud of our laboratory and the four technicians in there. They are always willing to assist and train in slide preparation and cytology reading.
Equine exclusive ambulatory practice in central Kentucky, emphasis on reproduction during breeding and foaling season, general herd health, lameness, some internal medicine. Externs are expected to attend all cases, assist with procedures, interact with farm personnel and staff, ask questions and contribute to discussions of the cases.
Thoroughbred predominant, also QH, ASB, TWH horses seen by practitioner.
Expect to see 60+ broodmares daily, with assorted foal medical problems, and some emergency duties
Students will have the same responsiblities as our senior students, including primary patient care, treatments, medical records and working with owners.
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.