Offsite Electives

This 2-week, 40-hour-per-week externship at a busy municipal animal shelter in South Florida offers fourth-year veterinary students an intensive, hands-on introduction to shelter medicine in a high-volume, public-facing environment. The shelter manages over 12,000 animals annually, providing a broad scope of services including high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter (HQHVSN) surgeries, community medicine, neonatal kitten/puppy rearing, animal cruelty investigations, foster wellness appointments, and public vaccine clinics.

The student will primarily focus on performing and assisting with routine sterilization surgeries (spays and neuters) in a fast-paced HQHVSN setting, gaining efficiency and proficiency in these high-volume procedures while maintaining excellent patient care standards. Additional core experiences include:

• Conducting animal assessments and triage of common over-the-counter emergencies and shelter intakes.
• Performing and assisting with routine physical exams and health evaluations.
• Learning safe and effective techniques for handling and working with difficult or fractious animals.
• Collaborating closely with Animal Control Officers and Animal Crimes Detectives on field cases, cruelty investigations, and evidence collection.
• Potential opportunities to observe veterinary testimony in courtroom proceedings related to animal cruelty or neglect cases.

This externship provides invaluable exposure to the unique challenges and rewards of public shelter veterinary practice in a region with high animal intake volumes, emphasizing population control, preventive medicine, forensic veterinary skills, and community outreach. It is ideal for students interested in shelter medicine, public health, or animal welfare law enforcement.

Ambulatory large and exotic animal medicine

I am a one doctor small animal practice. I do general surgery, spay and neuter, mass removal, teeth cleanings. I see patients for wellness care and sick appointments. I have one registered technician, an office manager, and a practice manager, that form our veterinary team. I have in-house laboratory equipment as well as radiograph and ultrasound capabilities. Emma will experience a small animal, rural veterinary practice. 

Teton Equine is a mobile equine veterinary practice, we travel to various ranches and provide equine services. Specializing in the performance horse, sports medicine, lameness, internal medicine and repro. We also provide emergency services and have haul in clinic facilities. 

8 Doctor, food animal exclusive(95% dairy) veterinary practice located in east central Wisconsin where we provide mobile services to clients in a 5 county area.   Our clients range in size from 50-8000 cows and represent some of the most productive and well managed dairies in Wisconsin.    

Students will experience riding along daily with staff veterinarians and assisting in services provided.

Our elective experience gives students a hands-on look at a busy, family-run small animal practice right here in Boca Raton. You'll get to see everything from routine wellness exams to complex surgeries not normally done by regular DVMs, we do a wide range of soft-tissue and orthopedic surgery. We pride ourselves on providing highly personalized veterinary services to our community.Melissa will get a unique perspective on both specialized surgical care and the day-to-day operations of running a family veterinary business.

As a small animal general practice, we are able to provide veterinary students with the an externship opportunity to gain hands-on clinical experience in a state-of-the-art hospital. During the externship, students are integrated into the daily operations of the practice and work closely with veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and support staff to observe and participate in patient care.

Students are exposed primarily to the medical management of canines and felines only. The externship allows students to apply knowledge gained during their veterinary training while developing practical clinical skills in a real-world practice environment.

Typical experiences during the externship may include assisting with physical examinations, observing and participating in diagnostic procedures, interpreting laboratory results, assisting in surgical and dental procedures, and contributing to the development of diagnostic and treatment plans under veterinary supervision. Students may also observe client communication, participate in case discussions, and learn about the workflow and decision-making processes involved in general practice.

In addition to clinical exposure, the externship offers insight into the day-to-day operations of a small animal veterinary practice, including teamwork among veterinary staff, medical record keeping, client education, and practice management. The goal of the experience is to enhance the student’s clinical confidence, strengthen practical skills, and provide a deeper understanding of the role of the veterinarian in delivering compassionate, high-quality care to companion animals and their owners.

This externship provides veterinary students with hands-on exposure to the daily operations of a small animal general practice. Externs will observe and participate in patient examinations, diagnostic procedures, treatment planning, and client communication under the supervision of licensed veterinarians. The experience includes exposure to preventive care, internal medicine cases, surgery, dentistry, and basic diagnostics such as laboratory testing and imaging. Students will have the opportunity to assist the medical team, practice clinical reasoning, and gain insight into the workflow of a community small animal hospital. Our goal is to provide a supportive learning environment that encourages questions, discussion of cases, and development of practical veterinary skills.

We are a 2 doctor small animal practice seeing dogs and cats only. We see routine adult wellness visits, geriatric visits, puppy visits, and  non-urgent sick/problem visits that include urinary concerns, dermatology, masses/lumps and bumps, mobility, and minor injuries. We perform dental cleanings, often with extractions, spays/neuters, mass removals. Rarely cystotomy, enucleation, toe amputations, tail amputations ("Happy Tail")

Opportunity in assisting cardiologist and staff members in whole process of cardiology workup for new patients and developing plan for treatment and follow up visits.