Veterinary Emergency Group, TX

Description of Elective Experience

VEG’s Externship Program gives students hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working right alongside our expert emergency doctors. Students will focus on learning how to effectively communicate with clients, diagnose a variety of emergent conditions, develop emergency treatment plans and collaborate with support staff in a fast-paced environment. If you’re as dedicated to emergency medicine as we are, we’d love to have you!

 

Flexibility: YOU choose the length of your externship (from 2 days to 2 weeks) 

Location: YOU choose which hospital location you want to extern at. 

Mentorship: YOU will be supported by a senior ER doctor for the duration of your externship

Focus: YOU will be fully-immersed in what emergency medicine truly entails

Housing: Housing assistance is available upon request.

Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.

Our Externship Program gives students intensive hands-on emergency medicine experience and the chance to work alongside skilled emergency doctors. 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.

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

What to Expect:

  • A warm, VEGified welcome from our amazing Doctors, Technicians, and Assistants

  • A hands-on experience that will allow you to gain more confidence than when you first walked through the door

 

Your role as an Extern:

  • Shadow and observe our ER doctors

  • Help out doctors and staff 

  • Scrub into surgery

  • Assist with medical records

  • Communicate with clients 

Student Housing (include costs, amenities, pet friendly, contact info if different from elective contact info)

Assistance upon request. 

Supervisor
Caroline Bearden
Website
www.veg.vet
Contact email
Address

9101 North Fwy
Fort Worth, TX 76177
United States

Specialties
Practice or Institution Type
Is student housing available?
Yes
Global engagement opportunity
Yes
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