Offsite Electives

Shadowing our vets during regular appts. for ambulatory and in-hospital care. 

We are a two-doctor practice in Fullerton, NE. Fullerton is a town of around 1,500 people. We are a true mixed animal practice. We see about 65% large animal, with 50% of that being cattle, 10% equine and 5% small ruminants. Our cattle clients are mostly cow-calf with a little bit of feedlot medicine. We also take care of two sale barns. One large sale barn in Kearney, NE and a smaller one in Fullerton, NE. We have two portable hydraulic chutes for farm calls to preg check cattle, process calves, ect. We also have a haul-in facility with two hydraulic chutes. One in a tilt chute for lameness and foot trimming work. The other is surrounded by many pens for haul-in appointments. Our small animal clients make up around 35% of the clinic business. We have a boarding facility, a surgery room with two surgery tables, bloodwork machines, urinalysis machines, radiographs, an ultrasound for large and small animal use. 

Shadow and receive mentorship from criticalist and emergency veterinarians in a private practice ER/specialty hospital. 

Broken Bow Animal Hospital is a three-doctor large animal practice in central Nebraska offering elective experiences for veterinary students looking to gain skills in large animal practice. Our workload is >95% beef cattle with some equine, small ruminant, and the occasional ranch dog or cat. 

Exposure to AAHA small animal practice with many routine and urgent cases. The DVMs practice high quality medicine with thorough workups and diagnostics. We would expect the student to contribute to history taking, some communication with clients, review of lab work, X-rays and ultrasound findings, developing differential diagnoses as well as treatment plans. Students will have exposure to soft tissue surgeries, which may include spay, neuter, cystotomies, growth removals. We do a large amount of dental cleanings with oral surgery. 

General Practice/Urgent Care Externship

Pet Derm: Allergy, Skin, and Ear Specialists provides veterinary students with a comprehensive, hands-on experience in a busy referral dermatology practice. Externs work directly alongside board-certified veterinary dermatologists, participating in the evaluation and management of a wide variety of skin and ear disorders, including allergic dermatitis, chronic otitis, autoimmune diseases, infectious skin conditions, alopecia disorders, and complex referral cases. Students gain experience performing and interpreting dermatologic diagnostics such as cytology, skin scrapings, trichograms, biopsies, and otoscopic examinations while developing diagnostic and treatment plans through case discussions with clinicians. In addition to clinical training, externs observe client communication, long-term disease management strategies, advanced procedures, and specialty practice operations. This elective is designed to strengthen clinical reasoning, diagnostic skills, and confidence in dermatology while providing valuable mentorship for students interested in specialty medicine or pursuing a career in veterinary dermatology.

Avian & Exotic Animal Hospital of Louisiana, formally West Esplanade Veterinary Clinic, is Louisiana’s only veterinarian that provides specialized care exclusively to avian and exotic pets. From parrots to rabbits and ferrets to a wide variety of reptiles, as well as a multitude of small mammal exotic pets, they welcome them all to their practice. This sometimes can include the local wildlife which may be in need of medical supportive care. Located in Metairie, LA, we proudly service the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area as well as South Louisiana and the Mississippi Coast. The following is a short list of services the practice offers to all of their clients’ exotic pets:

• Preventative medical care for avian and exotic pets
• Boarding (unique housing for each species)
• Specialized training, equipment, medical care, and surgical procedures for avian and exotic pets
• In-house diagnostic testing
• Emergency services

Scheduled alongside doctors who provide mentorship and education in the area of focus (GP vs ER) during their rotation.

AMC is a 24/7 ER with GP appointments and surgery with complex and general dentistry.

Experiences: full in-house lab, digital radiography, in-house ultrasound/echo tech, critical care, 24-hour ICU, general/emergency/ortho surgery, blood transfusions, client education, estimate building, Smartflow whiteboards, etc.

Five student externs will be working with four seasoned small animal veterinarians daily on case work ups as well as small animal soft tissue surgery (canine and feline spay and neuter) and dentistry (cadaver work as well as live animal). Each day live patients will be coming from local animal shelters for either surgery or exams/diagnostics that the externs will perform. The goal is for each extern to have two cases a day (surgical or medical) to work through. The goal of the program will be to elevate surgical/dental, specifically dental extraction, confidence as well as increase comfort in anesthetic planning and delivery. Additionally, attendees will work on client communication by working directly with our shelter partners on sick animal case work ups. There will also be educational sessions on nutrition (presented by Hill's DVMs) as well as heart disease and diabetes given by specialists from BI.