Offsite Electives

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.

Small animal private practice, 50% avian & exotic

Surgical Procedures & Denistry

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:

info@avianandexotic.com

Website Address:

www.avianandexotic.com

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. 

The goal of our externship program is to provide veterinary students with the opportunity to gain experience in a private practice setting. Our externship program is designed to give every extern a very “hands-on experience” and access to a large selection of cases typical of equine practice. Doctors, interns and staff make every effort to make externs feel welcome and to include them in hospital cases as well as ambulatory and field services. Externs work closely with all our veterinarians during the course of their visit. We offer externships of one to four weeks duration (we recommend 2 weeks or more for the best possible experience). During their externship, externs participate in inpatient care and treatments as well as being involved with outpatient cases. Onsite housing is provided for externs. Pacific Crest Equine is located close to Sequoia National Park and we encourage externs to visit during their externship. For more information on our externship and internship programs please visit our AAEP Avenues page. To apply for an externship, please e-mail a cover letter and CV to: amanda@pacificcrestequine.com

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. 

We are a general practice in Troy, Ohio seeing small animals, exotics, and caring for the wildlife at nearby Bruckner Nature Center

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.

VSH is open 24/7 with our emergency service providing ongoing continuity of care for hospitalized patients while serving as an emergency and referral service for primary care veterinarians in the surrounding areas. With an active rotating internship program and a partnership with NCSU for surgical residencies program, VSH is committed to providing educational experiences to veterinary students so they gain exposure to private practice, specialty and emergency medicine.  If selected to participate in an externship, students must show proof of health insurance and complete a release form prior to arrival.

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.

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:

• Proof of enrollment in a college or school of veterinary medicine with 2 years completed with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (official transcript required)
• Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of intent that details pertinent past experience and training in aquatic animal medicine, reason for pursuing aquatic animal training, future goals, and prioritized available time periods
• Letter of recommendation from a professor or veterinarian supporting the students’ academic professionalism and demonstrated interest in aquatic animal medicine
• AOP veterinary extern application

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

c/o Internship Coordinator

100 Aquarium Way

Long Beach, CA 90802

The student will be working in a 24/7 emergency clinic. We handle small companion animals including dogs, cats, pocket pets, avian and reptile patients. We are up to date and fully equipped to handle a wide variety of emergency and critical care cases.