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Fast-paced exposure to urgent care, critical care, soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries, wellness and some behavior cases. Mainly focusing on feline and canine companion animals.
Brookside Animal Hospital is the third longest continuous running hospital in Texas. We've been providing care since 1955. Brookside is an established small animal general practice that also sees exotic animal species, along with the occasional large animal patient. We’re in a small town that is 30 minutes South of the DFW metroplex. Our clinic sits on 22 acres. We have a separate boarding facility, a barn, stalls, cattle chute, and pens.
Students would work closely with the veterinarian on staff. They would assist in triage, surgical procedures, appointments, client communication, charting, and clinical work-ups.
Docton Animal Clinic is a 5 doctor, 4 RVT small animal general practice located in Xenia, Oh, about 1 hour southwest of Columbus. We serve the clients in and surrounding Xenia, which not only gives us a variety of cases, but also a variety of clientelle. We offer wellness services, daily urgent care, senior care, end-of-life care, general surgery, such as spays, neuters, mass removals, foreign body exporatory; routine dental care with digital dental x-ray and dentistry including extractions; in-house laboratory, ultrasound technology, digital x-rays and a fully stocked pharmacy. DVM students can expect to be involved with all of the above under close supervision and mentorship. Although our doctors are general practitioners, they each have their own areas of interest they will share with the student; areas of personal interest include cytology, feline medicine, geriatric medicine and dentisty. Students will be directly involved with client education, performing exams on wellness and ill/urgent care patients, making recommendations for diagnostics, creating treatment plans, administer vaccines/other injectables and discussing possible diagnosis and/or prognosis with clients. Students will draw blood, place catheters, anesthetize and/or intubate patients, assist in surgery, perform dental cleanings and extractions, and be involved with any emergencies that occur within the course of business hours.
Busy general practice with a lot of internal medicine and surgical experience. Client communications and specialists for internal medicine, ultrasound and echocardiograms frequently travel to this hospital.
The Advanced Equine Reproduction elective at Mississippi State University CVM is a 4 week long experience. Students will help with and follow clinical cases in the hospital. This includes mare breeding management, problem mare, behavior issues, stallion collection, semen processing for cooled shipment and cryopreservation. Students will have opportunities daily to perform rectal exams on mares as well as use ultrasound to stage cycle for management. Students will be able to perform transcervical inseminations of cooled and fresh semen. Students will be exposed to frozen semen breeding and assisted reproductive techniques. Students will have opportunities to perform diagnostics such as uterine biopsies, culture, and cytology.
Adobe Animal hospital has 2 locations - a day practice in Los Gatos and a day practice with ER Capability and overnight hospitalization in Los Altos, CA. Students shadow veterinarians, take histories, do exams, come up with treatment plans for preventative care and urgent care. They may also assist in surgery and dentistry.
Students will rotate through two hospitals that offer everything from critical care, emergency, surgery, and general wellness. Students will have the opportunity to learn in a fast-paced work environment that will provide a unique and well-rounded experience. We see a wide range of appointments including wellness, emergency, medical illness, critical care, surgical, and behavioral. Students will also rotate through surgery including spay/neuter, soft tissue, and orthopedic. We average 6-10 surgeries a day and 5-10 inpatients that students will be able to round on. We have in-house radiology which includes X-ray, ultrasound, and the only whole-body CT in northwest Ohio. Students will also be involved with Dentistry in which we utilize our CT machine for imaging. We also have many specialties including PRP, acupuncture, laser, cryotherapy, chiropractic, hydrotherapy, orthopedic and arthritic rehabilitation, and behavioral training.
The elective includes shadowing, paperwork, rounds for prep and follow up of appointments and taking the lead on student led community appointments with supervision and guidance (Entrustable Professional Activities)
Student will initially shadow current veterinary doctors and staff with the intent to increase student involvement in all areas of patient care moving forward as allowed by law. These may include: assisting in surgeries, perform dental cleanings, execute blood draws, anesthetize and/or intubate patients, administer vaccines and/or injections in the course of an appointment, initiate or assist in treatment of sick patients.