Offsite Electives

Students will be expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner.  They will be shadowing doctors thru appointments and surgeries.  They can discuss situations and collectively put together treatment plans.

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.

During the externship, the student will work closely with and under the direct supervision of our experienced mentor Dr. Colleen Mullen, DVM. The program gives externs the opportunity to actively participate in a wide array of veterinary medicine. From wellness or sick visits to alternative care such as acupuncture & laser therapy.  Students will assist with daily patient treatments, diagnostics (including radiology, hematology, parasitology, and cytology), hospital maintenance, record d-keeping, surgery prep, animal husbandry, and enrichment. 

Five doctor practice.  Have more equipment than most clinics.
Very busy and will be monitored or observed at all times.

Fast-paced mixed-animal practice located in Southeast Missouri. Approximately 70% small animal and 30% beef cattle. 

Scope of practice: routine wellness, sick-visits, general surgery, herd work, etc. 

Working with and shadowing doctors during exam, appointments, laboratory, and surgery. Learning skills essential to performing the duties of a small animal clinician. working closely with support staff to gain insights from their experiences. Interacting with clients to gain more client-facing experience, including obtaining histries. 

We are a 1 doctor 5 year old small animal practice that uses fear free protocols.  Currently we are practicing curbside medicine to ensure the safety of staff and clients.  Most communication currently is done over the phone.  We have provided externships for RVT students (1 student at a time) where they perform technical skills, history, client communication, medical record input (supervised).

Noah's Animal Hospitals is a group of privately-held small-animal veterinary hospitals in the Greater Indianapolis area.  Within our hospitals, we offer General Practice, Emergency/Specialty and Low-Cost practice modatlities.  Students' experiences can be tailored to meet their interests, with time in each practice type or alternately concentrated in one hospital.  

See the workings of small animal hospital.

Examinations from wellness to working up non-wellness, diagnostics-bloodwork, X-rays, and ultrasound. Surgeries-spay/neuter to major surgeries. Dentals.

The practice, mostly ambulatory, consists of a solo practitioner working in a rural area with pleasure and work horses and broodmares. Emergency workload is high depending on the season.