Veterinary Emergency Group, Charlotte, NC

Description of Elective Experience

The VEG Externship Program provides students with an exciting, well-rounded emergency medicine experience. Students in the program work alongside our skilled emergency doctors and support staff, and may even have hands-on learning opportunities. Emergency medicine is unpredictable in nature, it keeps you on your paws! Students will focus on learning how to communicate effectively with our clients, diagnose a variety of emergency conditions, develop emergency treatment plans, and collaborate with support staff in a fast-paced environment- all the while being fully immersed in the VEG culture.

a role as an extern includes:

  • A chance to work alongside highly skilled emergency doctors
  • Potential opportunity to scrub in for surgery
  • Learning to diagnose a variety of emergent conditions
  • Opportunity to develop treatment plans & assist with medical records
  • Learning along side our VEGgies how to effectively communicate with clients
  • Collaborating with staff in a fun, fast-paced environment
Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.

Staffing: 11 emergency veterinarians, 20 licensed vet techs, 15 veterinary assistants, and 5 receptionists; one internal medicine specialist who comes in for ultrasound + consults 

Equipment: ligasure, cautery, ultrasound, digital radiography, transfusion equipment, incubator, snyder o2 cage, and more!

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

We tailor the schedule to the student and provide a mix of day, swing, night emergency experience. We are flexible with schedule and aim for 36-40 hours based on shift types (our doctors typically work 10-12 hour shifts). This tends to mean 3 shifts/week. A student extern is always paired to an emergency veterinarian, and it is a 1 on 1 experience. 

Supervisor
Ashley Gray
Contact email
Address

4716-A Sharon Road
Charlotte, NC 28210
United States

Practice or Institution Type
Is student housing available?
Yes
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week
24/7 supervision
Global engagement opportunity
No
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