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| Taronga Wildlife Hospital, Taronga Zoo, Taronga Conservation Society Australia Description of Elective Experience: The Taronga Wildlife Hospital (TWH) is responsible for the health of Taronga Zoo's animal collection. There is a strong emphasis on preventative medicine and animal welfare. The Zoo’s veterinary team has a wealth of experience in all aspects of zoo, wildlife and conservation medicine, including reproductive management, nutrition, physical and chemical restraint and clinical medicine and pathology. An advanced level of veterinary care is maintained by continuous critical evaluation against current best practice in zoo and wild animal medicine and pathology. TWH also accepts sick, injured and orphaned native wildlife for treatment, rehabilitation and release back to the wild where possible. A wide range of native wildlife including marine wildlife is admitted from the greater Sydney region and beyond. Advice and veterinary services are provided to wildlife conservation and recovery programs, internal and external Taronga approved research projects, marine animal stranding/rescue events, and animal confiscations. The TWH also provides consultancies to other zoos, fauna parks and aquaria, and quarantines animals coming into the collection from within Australia and overseas. Externships are for a period of 4 weeks (18 days). Only final year veterinary students are accepted since basic skills in clinical medicine, surgery and necropsy techniques are a prerequisite. A basic knowledge of animal biology and the principles of zoo and wildlife medicine are assumed. Students will be supervised by the clinical veterinarians and may spend time with any of the TWH staff in order to gain the maximum exposure to all aspects of zoo and wildlife medicine. A Student Information and Skills Book will be provided on commencement of the externship, which includes a Skills list that sets out the general learning objectives of the externship program. Completion of the skills list will require some background reading and research by the student as well as the undertaking of practical skills under the guidance of zoo staff. Students actively participate in clinical procedures and are given opportunities to perform skills such as venipuncture, injection, radiology and basic surgery. Where possible, wildlife cases are allocated to students. Students also participate in necropsies and pathology rounds, clinical pathology and nutrition. Additional learning opportunities may arise depending on cases and students are encouraged to gain as much experience as possible through observation, self driven research and discussion with staff. Wherever possible, students will be given the opportunity to fulfil all requirements stipulated by their University. If there are no specific requirements, students will: |
| Texas State Aquarium Description of Elective Experience: Clinical experience in aquarium/zoo facility (birds, land and marine mammals, reptiles, fish) and wildlife rehabilitation facility primarily dealing with raptors and shorebirds (rarely includes sea turtles and marine mammals). Externs observe and assist in public facility and may have opportunity to practice case management in wildlife rehabilitation facility, according to experience and demonstrated skills. Proximity: |
| Brook-Falls Veterinary Hospital & Exotic Care, WI Description of Elective Experience: Small animal private practice, 50% avian & exotic Surgical Procedures & Denistry Proximity: |
| Avian and Exotic Animal Care, NC Description of Elective Experience: Practical experience in 100% avian and exotic veterinary hospital Responsibilities Expected of Participating Students: Assist with examination, diagnosis, treatment, anesthesia, surgery, and support of companion avian and exotic specie
Telephone Number: 919-844-9166 Fax Number: 919-844-0925 Email Address: Website Address: Proximity: |
| Pacific Crest Equine, CA Description of Elective Experience: Pacific Crest Equine is a progressive equine veterinary practice located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Exeter, CA. We have a full service hospital facility complete with surgical, ICU, imaging, and reproduction facilities. We have a diverse caseload including surgery, medicine, sports medicine, reproduction, neonatal, and preventative care cases. Our caseload consists of approximately 60% in hospital and 40% ambulatory cases. We have four equine veterinarians at our practice including one surgeon and one intern veterinarian. We are very enthusiastic about having students visit our facility and are dedicated to making the externship a valuable learning experience. Our veterinarians greatly enjoy teaching and fostering the next generation of veterinarians.
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| Rascal Unit, OH Description of Elective Experience: Opportunity for the senior veterinary student to perform sterilization procedures in a high volume mobile clinic that provides services in Franklin County and throughout the State of Ohio. This allows the student to develop skills and confidence in routine surgical procedures. Proximity: |
| Troy Animal Hospital and Bird Clinic, OH Description of Elective Experience: We are a general practice in Troy, Ohio seeing small animals, exotics, and caring for the wildlife at nearby Bruckner Nature Center Proximity: |
| VSH of the Carolinas, NC Description of Elective Experience: The Veterinary Specialty Hospital (VSH) offers short term externships to students actively pursuing a veterinary degree so that students gain insight on the operations of a specialty hospital. Students may also pursue an externship to determine if a future internship at VSH would be a good fit. VSH provides specialty services in internal medicine, surgery, emergency and critical care medicine, radiology, cardiology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. We also share a facility with Animal Eye Care and a full service Antech Diagnostic Laboratory with four on-site board certified clinical pathologists. |
| Mystic Aquarium, a division of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., CT Description of Elective Experience: Since its inception in the mid 1970's, the veterinary externship program offered by the Veterinary Services Department at Mystic Aquarium, a division of Sea Research Foundation, Inc. has welcomed scores of veterinary students and veterinarians from institutions worldwide. Our current veterinary externships are available to qualified veterinary students with an interest in aquatic animal medicine. Veterinary externships are clinically-focused, and externs are required to complete a literature review or research project during the externship, the results of which are presented in lecture format to our staff. Veterinary externships are available for periods of time ranging from three weeks to four months and are available during both the fall and spring semesters (we do not offer veterinary externships over the summer). Veterinary externs are encouraged to come for the longest possible period for maximum opportunity and exposure. Only one veterinary extern will be present at any given time to provide each extern with the most hands-on experience possible. Veterinary externs are also offered the opportunity to learn about the aquarium’s husbandry operations through short (half to whole day) rotations through our water quality laboratory and penguin, fish, invertebrate, herptile, and marine mammal husbandry areas as time allows. Depending on the length of externships, short rotations in our research lab may also be available. To accommodate the different methods whereby students are allocated blocks of time for preceptorships, externships etc., we accept students on a rolling admissions basis. Applications for veterinary externships frequently exceed available openings and positions are often filled over a year in advance. Interested potential veterinary externs are encouraged to submit their application early. Proximity: |
| Aquarium of the Pacific, CA Description of Elective Experience: The Aquarium of the Pacific is offering 4 externship/preceptorship programs in the veterinary services department for 3rd and 4th year veterinary students. Each position is a minimum of 3 weeks and a maximum of 6 weeks depending on the students’ availability. Accepted students will train under the supervision of the veterinary and husbandry staff during administration of the facilities preventative animal healthcare program and any current medical cases. Students will be expected to develop and present a case report or review of an applicable topic in aquatic medicine to the aquarium staff. No stipend is provided. Housing and transportation are not provided and are the responsibility of the student. The Aquarium of the Pacific’s animal collection of approximately 12,500 animals consists of pinnipeds, sea otters, marine birds, psittacine birds, raptors, reptiles, amphibians, marine fish, and invertebrates. The majority of cases presented are fish and birds. The veterinary staff consists of one full time veterinarian, one part time veterinarian, one full time specialty intern, and two veterinary technicians. Positions are available January –February, March- April, August-September, November-December. Applicants must indicate which time period(s) they are available, highest ranked applicants for each time period will be selected. The Application deadline is October 31 of the academic year prior to externship (Example October 31, 2017 is the deadline for positions May 2018 –April 2019). Applicants will be notified of acceptance by November 31. Applicants are required to submit the following:
Please go to our intern page on our website to download the application: http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/info/veterinary_externship_p…; Submit completed application and all supporting documentation to: Aquarium of the Pacific |