Veterinary Student Externships @ Bond:
➔ Our goals for hosting Veterinary Student Externships at Bond is to provide a
comprehensive hands-on clinical experience to help their growth and
development during their final years of veterinary school.
➔ While these students are with us, we want to ensure they are exposed to a
variety of urgent care cases and routine wellness scenarios. It is important that
we use this time to properly engage these students with our best practices of
medicine and communication.
➔ Externs will be from veterinary schools across the country, primarily ranging
from 3rd to 4th year. You will be responsible for appropriately guiding them
through the various skills they are expected to develop while spending time in
our clinics.
➔ Below is an outline of what our externs can be performing and observing,
as well as tasks and actions we should avoid having them perform while
spending time with us.
Allowed to:
● Appointments
○ Perform: Writing all medical records for any doctor whose appointment
for which they are present (scribe role, including
history-taking/presenting case to DVM).
○ Observe: Estimate creation and Presentation by VA/DVM.
○ Observe: Development of treatment plan.
○ Perform: Physical examination with oversight of veterinarian when
appropriate
○ Observe: Appropriate restraining techniques for animals.
● Treatments
○ Perform: Blood pressure (doppler, indirect under supervision of
LVT/DVM)
○ Observe: Assist treatment team administering medications, SQ fluids,
IV fluids,etc.(Under direct supervision of LVT or DVM)
○ Observe: Radiograph interpretation by DVM.
● Procedures (Perform)
○ Perform: Place urinary catheters in male dogs (under direct supervision
of LVT and/or DVM)
○ Perform: Draw blood on stable animals from Cephalic, and Saphenous
veins, under supervision by a nurse (2 attempts maximum per pet)
○ Observe: Cystocentesis (DVM/LVT to perform), extern can help in use of
ultrasound to identify anatomy
● Surgeries
○ Perform: Scrub in and assist in any procedure as long as they are fully
overseen by the Doctor who is performing said procedure.
○ Perform: Scale and polish under the supervision of an LVT or DVM.
○ Perform: Assist anesthetic team (documentation, checking blood
pressures).
● Laboratory Tests
○ Perform: PCV/TS, USG, Azo strips, Lactate, BG (under supervision of an
LVT or DVM)
○ Observe: Sample preparation for reference laboratory testing
○ Perform: Prepare and review ear cytology samples. (under guidance/
supervision of an LVT or DVM)
○ Perform: Prepare and review blood smear samples. (under
guidance/supervision of an LVT or DVM)
○ Observe: Diagnostic interpretation by DVM.
● Client Communication
○ Observe: Surgical discharge of patients.
Not Allowed to:
● Appointments
○ See appointments on their own.
● Treatments
○ Administer IV treatments.
○ Administer vaccines.
○ Perform treatments of any kind without direct supervision by LVT/DVM.
● Procedures
○ Perform cystocentesis
○ Place IV catheters
○ Perform procedures of any kind without direct supervision by LVT/DVM.
● Surgeries
○ Perform surgeries on any client owned animals
○ Assist with any dental extractions
○ Administer anesthetic medications
○ Intubate or extubate any client owned animals.
● Client Communication
○ Communicate financial information or code status
40 hours per week, M-F, subject to clinic bandwidth/staffing, shadowing with supervised support
640 Bloomfield Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042
United States