Offsite Electives

We are an 8 doctor, small animal, veterinary hospital.  We offer care for dogs and cats Monday-Saturday.  Four of our doctors offer reproduction services.  These services include breeding exams, progesterone testing, semen collection, semen evaluations, AI's, TCI's, shipping semen, and more.  The veterinary student will have the opportunity to experience reproduction as well as general medicine and surgery.  

The veterinary student will be provided with the opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience in a mixed animal veterinary practice while working directly under the supervision and mentorship of licensed veterinarians. The student will be exposed to both small and large animal medicine, with experiences tailored to the practice caseload and the student’s current level of training. With six veterinarians on our team, the student will have the opportunity to learn from a diverse range of clinical experiences, perspectives, and areas of expertise.

Clinical experiences may include observing and assisting with patient examinations, history taking, diagnostic testing, development of differential diagnoses and treatment plans, preventive medicine, client communication, medical record documentation, surgical and dental procedures, anesthesia and patient monitoring, emergency and urgent care, and hospitalized patient management.

Large animal experiences may include farm calls, equine and livestock examinations, preventive health care, vaccinations, lameness evaluations, diagnostic procedures, field treatments, minor surgical procedures, and emergency cases when available.

The student will work alongside veterinarians and veterinary support staff to gain a better understanding of the daily operation of a mixed animal practice, including case management, communication with clients and team members, time management, professional decision-making, and continuity of patient care.

We are a poultry company growing broilers to feed communities around the United States. We grow both parent stock and broilers. We have a veterinary team of 5 that oversees the health, welfare, and biosecurity of these birds.

General practice clinic with case load mix of healthy pets, preventative medicine, sick/illness, surgery (soft tissue, dentals).

Our five-doctor, privately owned small animal practice offers vet students an immersive, hands-on clinical experience in a supportive family atmosphere. Located in Oakdale, California, Family Veterinary Care of Oakdale provides comprehensive exposure to full-spectrum medicine, including wellness and preventative care, senior pet management, diagnostic workups for acute and chronic illnesses, routine and complex dentistry, soft tissue surgery, and outpatient urgent care.

Veterinary externs will actively participate in daily case management alongside our experienced associate veterinarians and dedicated support staff. Students will gain practical, real-world experience conducting physical exams, formulating diagnostic and treatment plans, practicing client communication, participating in surgical/dental procedures alongside our associate veterinarians, and handling urgent care triage. Our goal is to provide a collaborative, low-pressure mentorship environment where students can refine their technical skills and build clinical confidence before entering practice.

Providing veterinary students with hands-on experience in a mixed-animal practice. Students have opportunities to participate in examinations, diagnostics, treatments, surgery, anesthesia, dentistry, herd health, and farm calls. We can also offer exposure some aspects of practice ownership being a privately owned clinic.

Externs are encouraged to ask questions, develop clinical reasoning skills, and gain experience with client communication and day-to-day veterinary practice. Our goal is for students to gain practical clinical skills and a realistic understanding of community-based, rural mixed-animal veterinary medicine.

The student will act as the veterinarian at a general practice clinic that services small and exotic animals.  The student will gain experience with annual/preventative medicine appointments, sick appointments and recheck appointments.  The student will assist or be guided through scheduled surgeries to include dental cleanings, ovariohysterectomies, castrations, mass removals and possibly other soft tissue surgeries. 

 Student will participate in a variety of different aspects of a small animal veterinary clinic. Student will accompany DVM into examination rooms. Student will perform physical examinations and come up with diagnostics/treatment plans under the supervision of a DVM. Student will have the opportunity to participate in routine surgeries such as spays, neuters, and dental cleanings. Student will get to interpret cytologies, radiographs and other diagnostics with DVM. Our DVM will have medical case discussions with the student. The student will gain experience in talking to clients, explaining preventative medicine benefits such as vaccination protocols and spay/neuters. The student will have a wonderful opportunity to work and learn alongside a DVM and our experienced veterinary technician/assistant team. 

North Side Animal Clinic is a three doctor, mixed animal general practice. During the internship, the student will gain experience performing exams on well and sick patients, collecting lab samples, running diagnostic tests, and taking radiographs. They will also observe and participate in a variety of surgical procedures both in the clinic and at client farms. They will interact with clients from different backgrounds and with varying financial abilities.

A hands-on clinical elective in small animal emergency and critical care at Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG). Students work alongside emergency veterinarians in VEG’s open-concept ER environment and are exposed to a wide variety of emergency presentations, diagnostics, treatment plans, procedures, surgery, and client communication. The experience emphasizes learning through direct participation in clinical cases, with students encouraged to identify learning goals and actively seek opportunities to practice skills. VEG specifically describes the DVM externship as an opportunity to work one-on-one with emergency doctors, develop treatment plans, diagnose emergent conditions, and gain real-world experience in an open-concept ER.

The externship materials emphasize a structured learning experience with opportunities to participate in history-taking, physical examinations, case discussions, medical records, procedures, surgery, CPR, vascular access, anesthesia, point-of-care ultrasound, and other emergency procedures under direct supervision