Offsite Electives

The student will have exposure to Emergency and critical care cases including but not limited to emergency surgeries/anesthesia, emergency procedure, evaluation of lab testing (including CBC, Chemistry, Blood gases, Viscoelastic coagulation tracings), imaging (plain radioigraphs, ultrasound) and patient monitoring.

The Purdue University Avian block focuses on teaching poultry medicine, diagnostics and treatment at the commercial and backyard level. This block utilizes hands-on teaching and provides various opportunities to practice Avian Influenza testing, PT testing, common diagnostic sampling procedures, humane euthanasia, client education, necropsy, as well as feed and environment evaluation (additional educational opportunities focused on pathology are offered to students interested). Important topics such as the National Poultry Improvement Plan, biosecurity, disease prevention, diagnostic testing, and more are covered as students travel across Indiana to small flocks and commercial industry. Indiana offers a wide variety of commercial visit opportunities such as layers, broilers, turkeys and ducks (Indiana is #1 in duck production).

At Hillcrest Animal Hospital students will gain the experience of our exceptional culture and high-quality medicine.  Our facility is located in an east side suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.  Cleveland is quickly becoming known for its theater district, beaches, restaurants and more. 

With our diverse clientele students will experience preventative care, urgent care, dental care, dermatology, behavior, disease management and more. 

Our single-doctor companion animal practice sees dogs, cats, birds, pocket pets and exotics.  In addition to time in out-patient appointments and surgeries, students will gain experience in our on-site laboratory and pharmacy.  We will also share our “best practices” in leadership and staff communication.  

At Animal Hospital Inc. students will gain the experience of our exceptional culture and high-quality medicine.  Our state-of-the-art facility is located in an east side suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.  Cleveland is quickly becoming known for its theater district, beaches, restaurants and more. 

With our diverse clientele students will experience preventative care, urgent care, dental care, dermatology, behavior, disease management and more. 

Our multi-doctor companion animal practice sees dogs, cats, birds, pocket pets and exotics.  In addition to time in out-patient appointments and surgeries, students will gain experience in our on-site laboratory and pharmacy.  We will also share our “best practices” in leadership and staff communication.  

Students are encouraged to visit our website at www.animalhospitalinc.com to learn more about our practice.

MiVU PLLC is a mobile veterinary ultrasound service, consisting of 5 doctors, who serve other Virginia/Washington DC/Maryland area veterinarians. Our veterinarians conveniently offer advanced diagnostic ultrasound capability in over 230 hospitals. This allows our clients to preserve and maintain their doctor / client / patient relationship. The services we provide are, but are not limited to, abdominal ultrasound, echocardiogram with cardiologist interpretation, fine-needle biopsies, tru-cut biopsies, and cavity centesis. The student will ride along and shadow our doctors. Throughout the day, the student will discuss case findings with the doctors and develop a recommended treatment plan. Our patients include mostly small animals (dogs and cats), with the occasional horse.

We are a full service veterinary hospital. The intern will experience all facets of well care, surgery and sick pet care as well. 

Internal Medicine/Oncology (with a Board Certified Internist)

Surgery

• Spay/Neuter
• Dental
• Exploratory
• Lumpectomy

Radiology

Ultrasound

Client Communications

• Discuss diagnostics
• Discuss Treatment Plans
• Discuss Finances

Small animal ophthalmology clinical and surgical rotation.

DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital invites fourth-year students to practice their knowledge and clinical skills in one of the most highly esteemed emergency and critical care veterinary hospitals in the region. In our well-equipped 24-hour hospital, an extern can expect to learn the art of triage as well as the ability to recognize and treat certain key emergency and critical care situations such as shock, respiratory distress and GDV. In addition, DoveLewis gives students the opportunity to learn the value of a team approach while working with doctors, technicians and nurses in the management of critically ill animals. Externships are available to fourth-year veterinary students currently enrolled in an accredited college of veterinary medicine. Externs must be eligible to work in the United States. This is a 40-hours-per-week commitment. Externships are scheduled for a two-week period of time and start on every other Monday. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and positions are available throughout the year excluding the end of June and December.

The San Francisco SPCA offers students a chance to experience a large-scale, busy, full-service, general practice facility.  We are unique in that our public medical services integrate with our shelter and community programs introducing veterinary students with an interest in rescue and welfare to a modern, progressive shelter model. We have a medical staff of 20+ DVMs, including a veterinary behaviorist and an internist, both board certified.  

At the Mission Campus of the SF SPCA externs are scheduled according to their interests within the following modules, based on availability:

Preventative Care, Emergent/Urgent Services, & Surgery/Procedures/Dentistry

Our Mission campus hospital serves patients seven days a week from 8am – 6 pm. We provide preventive care, emergency/urgent care, dentistry and surgery to over 25,000 patients per year.  In addition, we offer public behavior consults, with a board certified behaviorist and internal medicine specialist appointments on site.

Students will be paired with a specific doctor each day depending on particular interests.   However, case load can vary from day-to-day, so they will have the opportunity to follow cases that interest them. Depending on  level of experience, they may be asked to obtain patient histories, complete physical exams and discuss treatment plans with a staff veterinarian. They will be expected to attend cage-side rounds, which occur at 6:15 pm daily.

Please note that per the California Veterinary Medical Board, Business and Professions Code section 4830(e), only University of California at Davis or Western Health University students can participate in diagnosis and treatment as part of their externship program. This means that only students from the California schools are allowed to perform surgery, and only on shelter-owned animals. However, there are opportunities for all visiting students to scrub in on a variety of surgeries.

Spay/Neuter

The Spay/Neuter Clinic performs sterilization procedures 5 days per week currently. We sometimes perform other procedures on SPCA animals. These may be enucleations, amputations, mass removals, etc.

Community Cares Program

Our Community Cares Program offers a mobile vaccine clinic to underserved animal populations on the 2nd and 4th Saturday each month.  This is a excellent opportunity to participate in community outreach.  We also provide feral cat services.   The CCP team welcomes students participation at the vaccine clinics.

Shelter Medicine and Adoptions

The shelter medicine department cares for over 5000 dogs and cats each year. We work closely with SF Animal Care and Control and other shelters/rescue groups. At any given time, there may be over 400 animals in the care of the shelter. Shelter medicine houses the newly arrived animals in quarantine, as well as those needing medical or behavioral intervention on their way to adoptability and spay/neuter surgery.  Once the animals have a clean bill of health, they are ready to head to our Adoption Center.

Students on a shelter medicine career path may spend time at the shelter observing intake procedures, learning about our ringworm treatment program, observing intake assessments, participating in shelter rounds, or attending public dog training classes.

There are other departments and progams availabile to visint students including infectious disease programs and wards, shelter medicine behavior/enrichment programs, and intake procedure shadowing.