Northwest Florida Animal Clinic, FL

Description of Elective Experience

We are a small privately owned mixed practice with a 50% small animal (dogs/cats) and 50% large animal (horses, cows, goats, sheep, pigs, and the occasional camillid).  We see in clinic appointments and go out for farm calls with our ambulatory truck for large animals. Emergency services are provided for our large animal patients to haul in or a farm call if needed as time permits with our one doctor practice. Dr. Thompson is on call with a technician for assistance 24/7. 

 

 

 

Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.

Currently we have one doctor, practice manager, and five technicians.

Our clinic has a stocked pharmacy and ambulatory truck, inhouse Idexx lab to run bloodwork and urinalysis samples, Vetscan Imagist for cytology, blood smears, and fecal diagnostics. We also have inhouse xray as well as portable xray & ultrasound machine, and a Terafloat full dental equipment for our equine patients. Our large animal treatment room has stocks & large animal scale and a cow chute and cattle system for bovines on the premises. We also have our own coggins lab on site. 

Student Responsibilities - what is expected of students in terms of hours, days of the week, shadowing or actual support?

Appointments are scheduled between 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday. First Sat. of each month we are open 8:00am-12:00pm. Closed on Sundays.

Mondays-appointments all day, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday-afternoon appointments. Surgical & anesthetic procedures (spays/neuters, castrations, mass removals, dentals (small animals), porcine hoof trims, etc.) are always on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. Rotational farm calls in areas farther away from our clinic are on Wednesdays. The doctor and two technicians are on the truck for the day. Friday mornings are tech appointments. Our clinic is open every first Saturday of the month 8:00am-1200pm for in clinic appointments only. Emergency services are after hours Sunday-Saturday. 

Our students are highly encouraged and expected to participate in all services we provide to our patients. We want them to have the full TRUE mixed practice experience! 

 

Supervisor
Dr. Tabetha Thompson and Stacie Nelson-Practice Manager
Contact email
Address

6736 Quintette RD
Pace, FL 32571
United States

Animal Type
Practice or Institution Type
Is student housing available?
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week
30+ hours weekly
Global engagement opportunity
No
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