Offsite Electives

We work on all species.  Spring in Montana presents with quite a few bovine caesareans, colic horses and small animal work.  There will be medicine and surgery work as it comes in.  Students work up to their abilities and all leave with more abilities than when they came!  Work is very hands on.

The extern will rotate through 5 of the VWP small animal practices.  This gives the extern the opportunity to see medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and learn from the experiences of several different veterinarians. 

Production medicine is the application of a wide array of knowledge and skills to dairy herd management with the aim of optimizing animal health and welfare, production, and profitability on the dairy. Dairy veterinarians must utilize this wide variety of knowledge and skills to best serve their dairy clients in a constantly changing dairy economy. Simply diagnosing pregnancy, performing surgeries and treating sick cows will not be enough to maintain the veterinarian's role on the dairies of tomorrow. These are for-credit rotations and students will be evaluated based on their participation and academic performance. To that end, this program aims to increase the proficiency and confidence of veterinary students to serve the dairy industry at a higher level.

Second Chance Animal Services is a non profit organization geared toward helping the underserved community.  Our community medicine program offers subsidized pricing to low income families. We offer both sick and wellness appointments. Emergency. Surgery. Dental. Radiology and Ultrasound.

In working general small animal clinic experience including surgery and dental

The student will assist and participate in the case loads of all three doctors.  This is a "hands on" opportunity.  Our State Board has approved veterinary students to participate to the level of Registered Vet Techs provided they are under the direct supervision of a Veterinarian.  Vet students are expected to participate in medical discussions and decision making along with the professional staff.  Students are given assignments, responsibilites and are held accountable.  Client communication is part of their job. 

Full service animal hospital with general surgery, dentistry, ICU, Internal Medicine, Boarding.  Candidate will be involved in all aspects of the hospital.  Exposure will include behind the scenes day to day of running the hospital.

Northwest Mobile Vet is a mixed animal practice located near Portland, Oregon with a focus on backyard/hobby farms. Llamas, alpacas, goats, sheep, pet pigs, cattle, and chickens comprise the majority of our workload. We perform everything from routine preventative care to complicated field surgery. 

Externs will shadow and observe our ER doctors, help out doctors & staff, scrub into surgery, assist with medical records, and communicate with clients.

Externs may see bite wounds, choking or respiratory distress, toxin ingestion, shock, DKA, heat stroke, reproductive emergencies, seizures, pancreatitis, and hemoabdomen.

Small animal predominate general practice. This experience would include exposure to genral veterinary medicine practices like vaccine schedules, and general surgeries. Exposure to business managment practices for interested students.