Offsite Electives

Veterinary students will rotate amongst the field and hospital clinicians at Piedmont observing, assisting, and performing clinical skills as appropriate and dictated by the supervising veterinarian. The clinic provides a well rounded experience, having access to most specialists (on staff or visiting) as well as heavy GP and sports medicine case loads in the heart of horse country. Equine disciplines seen are mostly English with some flat and steeplechase racing and occasional Western disciplines. Students work about 40 hours Monday to Friday with opportunities for additional experience after hours present but not required.

General small animal practice. Experience will include medicine, imaging (radiography, ultrasound, and CT) and surgery.  Some of the medicine, imaging, and surgery will be working with specialists in that field.  Some of the medicine, imaging, and surgery will be with a general practitioner.

The student will shadow with our emergency service, a selected speciality service, or a combination of both for an ~40 hour week. They will have interactions with clients, animals, and procedures. 

The Postgraduate Essentials in Animal Chiropractic Course is designed as continuing education for chiropractors and veterinarians. The curriculum meets the standard of education put forth by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA), the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA) and the Kansas Board of Regents. Its purpose is to provide exceptional education in Animal Chiropractic to ensure that its graduates can practice with the highest Standard of Care.

• The course curriculum consists of at least 210 hours. A minimum of 135 hours are lecture and a minimum of 75 hours are is hands on. For curriculum details please see below.

Hobart Animal Clinic is a high-volume, 24-hour emergency and general practice hybrid. The clinic operates as a walk-in–only facility during daytime hours and transitions to emergency services overnight and on weekends. Our caseload is diverse and includes everything from routine wellness care and vaccines to orthopedic cases and advanced soft-tissue surgeries.

With 7–8 veterinarians on staff during daytime hours, students have access to a wide range of experienced doctors who provide daily guidance and mentorship. The clinic is fully equipped with digital and dental radiography, endoscopy, orthopedic surgery capabilities (including fracture repair and TPLOs), abdominal ultrasound, echocardiography, and a broad variety of soft-tissue surgical procedures.

Companion Animal Veterinary Hospital is a small animal practice located in Centennial, Colorado. We have been a staple in the community for over 43 years and as such have a very strong and loyal client base. We offer a full spectrum of wellness, medical, and surgical services. Our mission is to educate and partner with pet owners so they can confidently make the best choices for their pets at every stage of life.

Students will train directly with our skilled veterinarians, gaining practical experience in both medicine and surgery while also strengthening their ability to communicate effectively with clients. This program is structured to build clinical competence and prepare participants for a successful transition into their careers as veterinarians. When possible, we also aim to support individual areas of interest based on case availability and scheduling.

Animal Care Mobile is a mixed animal single doctor practice located in Millersport, Ohio approximately 40 minutes east of Columbus, OH. The practice sees approximately 80% small animal species (cats & dogs) and 20% large animal species (goats, cattle, horses, etc). The practice is majority mobile/ambulatory in nature providing wellness/preventative care, urgent/sick care, and hospice/euthanasia services. 1-2 days per month the practice performs routine surgeries in a clinic setting (spay/neuter, dentals, mass removals, etc) with the assistance of a registered veterinary technician.

Our practice is located in the North Central Valley of California. We are heavily influenced by dairy medicine. In addition to that, we have developed our own in house IVF laboratory for Bovine, Ovine, Caprine and Equine species. This has allowed us to delve into advanced reproductive procedures. Everything from Laparoscopic Artificial Insemination (LapAI), LapET, LapOPU etc. We are also a well trusted practice for internal medicine of small ruminants and are at times responsible for treating expensive show animals. We experience a large number of porcine, bovine, ovine, and caprine surgeries on a monthly basis. With that, we also have an in-house milk laboratory that runs thousands of samples a week from our clients. This allows students to fine tune their mastitis diagnostic skills and relevant pathogens seen on dairies. 

Participation in the daily necropsy service including, but not limited to:

Working up cases based on history; performing gross necropsy; writing gross necropsy reports; reviewing microscopic findings.  Annual lab caseload 3000 necropsies. 

We are a low-cost veterinary clinic and animal shelter located in East St. Louis, Illinois—one of the most economically disadvantaged communities in the United States, with an average household income of approximately $30,000. Our mission is to increase access to veterinary care and reduce animal suffering by providing free spay/neuter services and low-cost medical care to members of our community.

Our clinic is fully equipped with ultrasound, digital radiography, in-house bloodwork analyzers, and dental equipment, allowing us to provide a wide range of diagnostics and treatments comparable to those offered by general practice veterinary hospitals. We operate on a walk-in model, enabling us to accommodate urgent cases, walk-in emergencies, and same-day surgical procedures when needed.  

In addition to serving the public, our facility also functions as an open-admission, no-kill animal shelter. Due to significant underfunding of local animal control services in East St. Louis, we effectively serve as the city’s primary animal control resource. Our shelter has an annual intake of approximately 1,800 animals, providing lifesaving care, sheltering, and placement services for dogs and cats in need. The majority of our intakes (and owned animals) are heartworm positive so we also do 6-12 heartworm injections a day as well.