VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital, CA

Description of Elective Experience

The VCA WLA Rotating Externship is set up so that you will rotate through multiple different services, attend patient rounds, attend didactic rounds, and interact with current house officers and senior clinicians. The services available for direct rotations include: Emergency, Critical Care, Neurology, Oncology, ZooMed, Dentistry, Surgery, Internal Medicine, and direct time with our on-site social worker (LCSW), current interns, and residents. 

If you are looking to do a veterinary externship, please follow the link below and fill out the application below.

https://vcastudentapplication.marsvh.com/student/dvm-externship-applica…

If you have any other questions in the meantime please feel free to reach out!!

Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.

Didactic and patient rounds daily. Intermittent hands-on training during the day per service in addition to case discussions, client communications, and diagnostic interpretation. 

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

Monday through Friday
7am-6pm

Supervisor
Joseph Masciana, DVM DACVECC
Website
https://vcahospitals.com/west-los-angeles
Contact email
Address

1900 S Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
United States

Is student housing available?
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week
All
Global engagement opportunity
No
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