Offsite Electives

90% mixed small animal, some exotic, equine, food animal. Experience would include medicine and surgery. This will be hands on, to prepare students for practice. 

2 week Necropsy floor rotation. 10-20 animals/day

Mixed animal practice

Students are given the chance to observe and assist with office and field activities.  Office work can involve observation and discussion with our import/export veterinary medical officers and epidemiology officers.  Field work may include visits to livestock auctions, slaughter facilities, or various animal agriculture related businesses.  Students may have the opportunity to attend meetings with representatives from various livestock commodity groups.

Proctoville Animal Clinic is a full-service small animal veterinary hospital in Proctorville, Ohio. In addition to traditional veterinary service, this clinic also sees a growing client base of exotics, and provides emergency services. Proctorville Animal Clinic is also a registered Cat Friendly Practice, which is a certification program run by the American Association of Feline Practitioners. 

Students will learn how to perform an exam and localization of the problem. Depending on the specialty department students will be able to observe procedures like ultrasounds, echos, scopes, MRI, CT, chemo treatments, radiation therapy and surgeries. 

Students will have the opportunity to shadow specialists and observe appointments and procedures.  The individual elective experience will vary depending on the specialty. 

To participate in day to day activities of a small animal hospital

Direct observation of veterinarians (surgery-both orthopedic and soft tissue, dental procedures and extractions, routine appointments and physical exams, medical charting, etc). 

May be asked to help restrain animals, draw blood, place catheters, monitor anesthesia, recover animals from anesthesia, basic care of animals while in hospital (feed, water, walk, clean).

May be asked to assist on large animal calls.

Fox Valley Animal Referral Center (FVARC) is a 24 hour specialty and emergency hospital.  We have a number of different specialists such as Emergency/Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Radiology.  Externs can rotate through the specialties or focus on a specialty that they are more driven towards upon graduation.  We allow our externs to be a part of our highly skilled medical team in order to learn and grow within their skill set.

Externs will work alongside our DVM team in exam rooms, surgical suties and procedure rooms.  They may place IV catheters, draw blood and be involvoed in the nursing care of our patients.  Externs are welcome to join in our journal club meetings, intern rounds and any other educational meetings held at the hospital.

It is important that externs understand that the success of their externship lies within themself. Their ability to learn and gain experience during the extern experience is largely determined by their own initiative and drive to obtain knowledge.