Offsite Electives

The student will be submerged into both small and large animal work. They can chose to go on large animal call or stay in house for surgeries or appointments with small animals. We have 4 doctors in the practice that the student will work with. We start the students with shadowing, but as they gain comfort, will be allowed to lead an appointment along side another vet guidance. We also have local farmers that will bring in barn cats for students to gain experience in spay/neutering.  We have numerous herd healths performed weekly for the student to gain palpating experience with the potential of also learning with an ultrasound. 

Student will be permitted to shadow and participate as she is comfortable under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.

South Maui Animal Clinic is a 2 doctor practice in Maui Hawaii. We practice in a remote area of the USA and are required to be generalist. We provide preventative medicine, emergency medicine, avian and exotic medicine. We do many surgical procedures here from mass removal, exploratory laparotomies, brachiocephalic procedures, orthopedic procedures (fracture repairs, TPLO, CBLO, TTT/trochleoplasty), Lap Spays/gastropexy/assisted cystoscopy. We have a flexible endoscope as well. We also provide avian, exotic and small mammal preventative and ER services. We also work locally with NOAA and the local aquarium, the Maui Ocean Center to provide medical and surgical (typically flipper amputations) for the resident sea turtle population in all of Hawaii.

• Students will gain exposure to the different aspects of technical service and consultant poultry medicine. Most flock visits will be within Pennsylvania and students will learn about various commercial poultry species and production types throughout the central and eastern regions of the state.  
• Students will have opportunities to gain experience with the following commercial poultry species: turkeys, broilers, laying hens, game birds, and breeding flocks of each respective species. These flocks are reared to meet a variety of different consumer markets including conventional, NAE/ABF, organic, live bird markets, caged layers, cage-free layers, embryo egg layers, pasture raised, game birds raised-for-release, and others. 
• Students must be prepared to actively participate during visits to farms, hatcheries, processing plants, feed mills, and other facilities involved in poultry production. Specific visit schedules will vary depending on client needs and regional disease challenges.
• Students may also have out-of-state travel opportunities with the veterinarian to meet technical service demands for other BVS territories, where commercial poultry production is prevalent. 

Small animal GP/UC Externship Opportunity with Housing Provided

LVP is a 4 doctor practice (looking for a 5th!) Small Animal General Practice clinic in Maryland in the rural-suburbs of Washington, DC (think lots of horses and breweries, with easy metro access to the capital). 

Our practice has been family owned and operated since 1988, and offers a mix of general practice, urgent care, surgery, dentistry, and some emergency / critical care – without the overnight shift. We have contracts with the local police K-9 unit, as well as several rescues. Our veterinarians are an equal mix of recent graduates and veteran practitioners, and we all work together in a collaborative environment. 

Our staff is fun and friendly with a variety of experience levels. We have a 20-person technician team, who will work with you so that you can spend time engaging with cases alongside DVM mentors, rather than performing tech duties.

As part of your externship, you will have opportunities for:

- Experience in a wide variety of cases, ranging from routine wellness, to internal medicine, urgent care and emergency, dermatology, surgery, dentistry and more

- Spay / neuter on rescue animals

- Scrubbing in to assist during soft tissue surgeries

- Dental extractions and interpreting dental radiographs

- Preventative medicine

- Urgent and Emergency Care

- Daily use of modern digital imaging equipment, including ultrasound, and digital rads

- Working alongside doctors to research cases and create treatment plans

- Performing diagnostic checks in our fully outfitted Idexx lab

Career Opportunities:

The potential for an Associate Veterinarian position upon graduation is certainly an opportunity for the right candidate. This position offers schedule flexibility, competitive salary plus production, a comprehensive benefits package, mentorship and support.

Housing details:

Housing for the duration of externship may be provided at the practice owner’s house at no cost, in a private apartment with a separate entrance and parking pad. The basement apartment features plenty of light, a full kitchen and fully furnished bedroom, bathroom, spacious living room, laundry room, and study nook. Outside views overlook a wooded backyard and the practice owner’s horse field. Must love dogs!

Please contact our office manager Kate at lvpkate@gmail.com for additional information.

Student will have an opportunity to shadow and participate with all sick and wellness exams and treatments, surgery and dental care, ultrasounds, etc.

Observe and participate in general shelter medical operations including: soft tissue surgery (primarily spay/neuter), pre-surgical exams, HQHVSN surgical and anesthetic techniques, clinic morning and post-surgical rounds, shelter animal exams, medical and surgical record entry, shelter rounds, weekly pathway meeting, etc.

Private practice, family owned true mixed animal practice in Arizona. We are ambulatory as well as I clinic. Hands on mentorship will be provided and is very important to the clinic owners and doctors. Students will be challenged but also get experience working with multiple species. 

Mixed Behavior + Small Animal GP externship on Cape Cod

Massachusetts Veterinary Behavior is a behavior-only small animal referral practice owned by an American College of Veterinary Behavior Resident in Private Practice. Caseload is primarily dogs (90%) with aggression, phobias, compulsive disorder, anxiety, etc. Externs will be involved in the entirety of the behavioral consultation (two hours) with complete discussion of behavioral history, medical co-morbidities, differential diagnoses, treatment plan (both psychopharmacological/neutraceutical options and behavior modification) discussed. Time will be provided for at the end of appointments to discuss key concepts and strategies. 

The Animal Hospital of Orleans is a 3-doctor, small animal general practice that is a Fear Free Certified Practice (the first and only on Cape Cod). Externs will have the opportunity to participate in a range of activities (dentistry, dental radiographs, spay/neuter/other first option surgeries) as well as annual examinations, sick/urgent appointments, etc. Fear Free handling and rewards-based handling methods are incorporated into all aspects of primary care.

This combination elective rotation can be tailored to focus more on behavior (up to 4 days per two-week period) or more on GP primary care (up to 8 days per two-week period). Forty hours per week, Mon-Fri. Both offices are located on Cape Cod, MA (Orleans and Dennis Port). Housing is not included, but special arrangements possible. 

We are a small animal hospital located in Colorado with locations in Parker and Highlands Ranch (next to Denver). Our hospital is a very busy practice with brand new, state-of-the-art equipment. We see both general practice and emergencies Monday through Saturday. A boarded Internal Medicine Specialist and boarded Surgeon are routinely called in to assist with cases. Students will be able to assist with laparoscopic and emergency surgeries, help work-up a large variety of cases, interpret blood, practice their communications with clients and routine physicals, observe full abdominal ultrasounds, echocardiograms, and FAST scans that are performed daily. Students will be covered under our workman’s compensation while on site. Our two practices are less than 30 minutes from the front range. During weekends, and depending on the season, students can enjoy hiking/biking/snowboarding/skiing!