Offsite Electives

Work side by side with Doctor during all exams, emergencies and surgeries. Discuss each case/diagnosis/treatment with doctors on staff. Client interaction for history and treatment plans. Work with technicians and assistants during treatments and estimate creation. Work to understand workings of practice from scheduling to medical care. 

Boarding, dermatology, dental care, digital radiograph, heartworm testing and treatment, In-Clinic diagnostics, laser surgery, laser therapy, nutritional counseling, pain management, pharmacy, surgery

Boulevard Veterarinary is a full service small animal general practice in Chicago, IL. We are an AAHA accredited practice and have three locations throughout the city. Students are expected to rotate between at least 2 but preferably all 3 locations. They will be shadowing DVMs for appointments and surgeries and will be encouraged to perform physicals, name differentials, develop treatment plans, and possibly assist in surgery.

Our hospital features a forward-thinking approach to equine practice and utilizes the latest in technology and equipment. Our practice also includes an off-site breeding facility along with a full rehabilitation clinic. We are a full-service practice providing routine/preventative care, internal medicine and surgery with a focus on sports medicine for our western performance horse athletes.

The goals of the externship are to provide a high level of exposure to broaden the interests and skills of veterinary students.

The extern will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, friendly environment. This program will provide the extern with enough clinical exposure to pursue further studies in areas of interest in equine medicine.

Our programs focus on:

• Further enhancing diagnostic skills.
• Increasing hands-on knowledge base in areas including sports medicine, internal medicine, surgery, reproduction, and imaging.
• Sharpening client relationship, management, and communication skills.
• Exposure to staff and procedures not found anywhere else.

The student will be evaluated on their clinical level and then be given tasks according to the level shown.  If capable of  performing simple type laceration closure and drain placement, then the student will be given more surgical freedom and allowed to perform basic spay and neuter procedures.  Taking advantage of the externship experience to shadow the DVM in exam rooms and if shows clical and verbal skills, for the DVM to shadow the student.  

Small animal general practice with small percentage exotics (reptiles, pocket pets, birds).  In-house laboratory including bloodwork, urinalyses, complete fecal examinations, cytology, etc.  On-site diagnostics including digital radiography and ultrasound.  Many advanced surgical procedures performed in-house as well as orthopedic procedures (TPLO) performed in-house by traveling surgeon. 

Student will shadow veterinarian(s) in all aspects of practice, including outpatient appointments, procedures, client correspodance, emergencies. Additionally, student will particiapte in veterinary technical responsibilites- providing primary patient care, administering treatments, taking samples, etc. 

All Creature Features Animal Hospital is a five doctor AAHA accredited small animal veterinary clinic.  We have a busy daily caseload which will provide a veterinary extern a good opportunity to gain a lot of exposure to daily veterinary practice. The extern will be allowed to assist the veterinarians with appointments, surgeries, and medical workups.  During appointments the extern will be given the opportunity to interact with clients, perform examinations, and begin a medical workup for the case.  We schedule surgeries ever day, Monday through Friday,  and can easily provide the extern with adequate surgical opportunity.  On difficult cases our veterinarians work together as a team and we would gladly welcone input from a senior veterinary student.  We promote thorough exams and workups with sick patients.  Also, we promote yearly wellness exams to try to identify problems that may be subclinical.  We feel that an externship in our practice would prove to be a very rewarding experience.

We are a HVHQSN low cost clinic that focuses on spay/neuter, but we also do many other kinds of surgery because of our large rescue base. We do dentals and rabbits as well. It would be a fast paced, packed learning experience with a lot of surgical experience.  A lot of perfecting your surgical technique, hands on dental work, and constant learning in a fun, supportive environment. 

We are a newly remodeled facility. We have six exam rooms, a large treatment area, a surgical suite, along with seperate dog and cat wards. We service a large clientele of mostly dogs and cats. We do all in-house labs with Idexx CBC Procyte and Catalyst, that offer telemedicine capabilities.  We have digital radiology and will be getting an ultrasound machine in the near future. We offer full dental cleanings and extractions. There is a comference room for students/doctor case review. Student housing is available. We are also one of two clinics that students would have access to work at with both having the same equipment.  The clinic has full clinic alarm system for added security and safety. The future plan is to make this a 24 hour hospital when staffing allows. The website has not been updated yet. It will be after the first of the year.