Offsite Electives
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Bartels Busack Pet Hospital Resort & Spa, OH Description of Elective Experience: We offer the following services that students will participate in: - Complete medical and preventative health care individualized for each patient - Behavioral counseling and low stress handling - Nutritional counseling - Occular Pressure testing - Electrocardiograms - Consulting services with cardiologists, an orthopedic surgeon and radiologists - In-house pharmacy stocked with over 200 different medications - Exotic animal care, including rabbits, ferrets, rodents and small birds Proximity: |
Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine, NY Description of Elective Experience: Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine Externship Program Columbia University offers an externship program to provide Veterinary students with experience in clinical laboratory animal medicine and surgery and veterinary pathology through participation in our comparative medicine residency. Externs will:
Columbia offers a 2-4 week externship period. Please submit a letter of intent, resume, and 3 references. If you have any questions, please contact: Rivka Shoulson, DVM, MPH, DACLAM Proximity: |
Animal Emergency & Referral Center of Minnesota Description of Elective Experience: The Animal Emergency & Referral Center of MN is located in the east metro of the Twin Cities. We are a small animal clinic that started as an emergency clinic 30 years ago, and has morphed into an emergency and referral center, offering complete patient care with multiple specialties. We are a team of highly skilled veterinarians, Externs are expected to be able to interact with clients, take histories, perform physical exams, perform minor procedures, scrub in on surgeries, and take part in rounds. We have an extremely positive work environment and are very welcoming to students. Our primary hospital is in Oakdale, MN, which is open 24/7, with a satellite clinic in St. Paul, also open 24/7. Students spend a majority of the time at our Oakdale clinic, but also will spend at least 2 shifts at our St. Paul clinic. Students can customize their schedule. Each shift is up to 8 hours long, with a mix of days, evenings, weekends and holidays, for a total of about 40 hours per week. Proximity: |
Old Dominion Equine Associates, VA Description of Elective Experience: Well-qualified externship candidates should have a declared interest in equine sport horse and reproductive medicine, have career ambitions to join an ambulatory practice, and have demonstrated experience in handling and assisting with treatment of horses. Externs are expected to assist the veterinarians in daily work, and to be available for emergency calls at night and on weekends. Externs should also have a good work ethic and positive attitude. Successful completion of an externship at ODEA is a pre-requisite for those candidates interested in pursuing a future internship with our practice. Proximity: |
Grady Veterinary Hospital, OH Description of Elective Experience: We have a 24 hour veterinary hospital. During the day we operate as a traditional hospital seeing routine and non-routine cases(vaccines, dermatitis etc...). We typically have 3 or 4 doctors seeing regular appointments. We see quite a few emergency walk ins during the day also and have 2-3 doctors dedicated to the ER side during the day. In the evening(after 7pm) we transition to an emergency hospital and everything is walk in only. We have an in house lab with 2 Med Techs running it, digtal x-ray and 2 ultrasound units, digital dental x-ray with multiple high speed units, and endoscopy . A typical externship involves some time on day shift, some time spent on weekend shift and some time spent on overnight/emergency shifts. We try to expose the students to all aspects of our practice. We also have an internal medicine specialist here 4 days a week and a surgeon here 3 days a week. Proximity: |
Dells Veterinary Services, SD, (PC) Description of Elective Experience: Dells Veterinary Services is a mixed animal facility in SE South Dakota. Our practice is 40% dairy, 30% beef and 30% companion animal. We currently serve 25% of the dairy cows in SD (250-5500 head facilities). Dairy services include reproductive, calf raising, heifer ranch, milk system evaluation and ventilation. Beef services include cow calf to feedlot. Breeding soundness exams and ob's will be the primary in the spring and additional services follow seasonally. As a companion animal facility we are AAHA members and starting the AAHA accreditation process. We have a full line of diagnostic evaluation tools from blood work to digital x-ray and digital dental x-ray. We offer bone pin/plating and other orthopedic surgery services as well. Expectations are that this will be a hands on experience. Proximity: |
Pet Poison Helpline, MN Description of Elective Experience: Pet Poison Helpline (PPH) is a 24-hour animal poison control service available throughout North America for pet owners and veterinary professionals who require assistance with treating a potentially poisoned pet.
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San Luis Rey Equine Hospital, CA Description of Elective Experience: San Luis Rey Equine Hospital offers 2-4 week externship rotations. On-site housing is provided when available. Externs participate in twice daily rounds, assist in case work-up, journal club, and observe in all surgeries, lameness evaluations and imaging procedures. They are present for the work-up of all emergency cases and gain a vast array of experience in medicine, surgery, sports medicine, lameness and anesthesia. Opportunity for exposure to rehabilitation facility associated with practice. Proximity: |
San Luis Rey Equine Hospital, CA Description of Elective Experience: San Luis Rey Equine Hospital offers 2-4 week externship rotations. On site housing is provided when available. Externs participate in twice daily rounds, assist in case work-up, journal club, and observe surgeries and lameness evaluations, and imaging procedures. They are present for the work-up of all emergency cases and gain a vast array of experience in medicine, surgery, sports medicine, lameness and anesthesia. Opportunity for exposure to rehabilitation facility associated with practice. Proximity: |
Banfield Pet Hospital- Clearwater, FL Description of Elective Experience: The veterinary student will be mentored alongside our doctors and caseload depends on the day; provide experience in general practice including medicine, surgery, lab testing, routine bloodwork, urinalysis, etc, skin/ear diagnostics, radiology, client communication, proper handling, discuss cases and work in a team environment. Proximity: |