The clinical rotation in zoological medicine and surgery at Zoo Miami is designed to give senior veterinary students hands-on introductory veterinary experience in clinical zoo animal medicine and surgery and exposure to a large variety of zoo animal species. Students will participate in zoo animal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, preventive medicine, clinical pathology, gross pathology, husbandry, nutrition, and conservation medicine. Students help prepare for and assist with planned medical procedures and emergencies, care of hospitalized animals and monitoring their status, necropsies, and participate in record-keeping, journal reviews, and topic rounds. At the conclusion of the externship, students also give a presentation to zoo staff about a predetermined topic or the results of a small project completed during the externship.
5 veterinarians (4 which are clinical)
5 CVTS
Large volume of textbooks and other learning resources
Equipment: ultrasound, digital rads, endoscopy, CO2 laser, laser therapy, etc.
Students help prepare for and assist with planned medical procedures and emergencies, care of hospitalized animals and monitoring their status, necropsies, and participate in record-keeping, journal reviews, and topic rounds. At the conclusion of the externship, students also give a presentation to zoo staff about a predetermined topic or the results of a small project completed during the externship.
Monday- Friday; 8 hours
Shadowing and hands on experience.
12400 SW 152nd St.
Miami, FL 33177
United States