Offsite Electives

An elective at Leighow Veterinary Hospital will enable the student to see "real world" small animal practice where we strive for quality veterinary medical care.   Our clientele includes a variety of loving care owners, as well as shelter organizations.  As a student, one will be able to work with those clients that are able to do anything and everything for their pets including referral to a specialty clinic as needed.  In contrast, the student will interact with those clients who have limited funds and we have to "think outside the box" to help the pets.  The practice is a busy practice and we encourage all of our veterinarians and students to "think on their feet" throughout the day.  With a staff of 3-4 veterinarians and an excellent support staff, mentoring young students is a priority.

The student will be exposed to all aspects of a 24/7 general practice. Our 8 doctors and 13 registered techs provide high quality medicine and surgery. In additon we offer day care, physical rehab, boarding and grooming. We expect to expose students to all aspects of our busy practice. We will make an effort to allow them to do minor surgeries and work in the exam room.  In addition I hope to expose students to the realities of the veterinary business. 

Shadowing the doctors of Rivergate Veterinary Clinic through their appointments, diagnostics, and surgery.

Student will get first hand experience in the art of working in and running a solo small animal veterinary hospital. Given the volumes of academic material necessary to properly educate a veterinary student, there are aspects of the profession that receive little to no attention.This is essential information that one must know in order to run a successful business as well as being a successful practitioner. Experience will focus primarily on the solo practitioner and the unique challenges that are faced on a daily basis. Student will learn to cope with an extremely limited staff and space and how to deal with emergency situations and sudden changes to schedules while trying to practice a high level of quality care. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of when to properly refer cases as well as successfully practicing without the benefit of a fellow colleague.Student will also experience the business aspects of the profession, including inventory, cost of materials, pricing goods and services, salaries, expenses, building maintenance, safety, and employee issues.

100% bovine practice, 70% Dairy and 30% Beef. Traditional sick cow work, with a great deal of time spent on production medicine and records analysis

We are a 100% bovine practice located in southeastern New Mexico, but provide large animal veterinary services to west Texas and western Oklahoma. Approximately 90% of our work focuses on dairy cattle reproduction, nutrition, management, herd health, milking protocols, and treatment protocols. The other 10% of our focus is beef cow work, including cow calf management and stocker management. We also have an in house milk lab for culturing samples and troubleshooting mastitis issues. 

Students will have the opportunity to accompany one or more of our six veterinarians to interact with our producers/clients on daily scheduled farm appointments. They will be able to aid in pregnancy detection, breeding soundness exams, lameness evaluations, routine vaccinations,  as well as the evaluation/diagnosis of sick cattle and dermination of surgical or medical treatment. Students will also be able to accompany our veterinarians on emergency calls to aid with emergency surgery, necropsy,  dystocias, laceration repair, etc...

Times and dates available are on a first come first serve basis. We are already scheduling out to 2018. 

At McAfee Animal Hospital, we offer pet health care for small animals and exotics. We provide preventative care, medical care, and perform surgery.  Surgeries include minor (dental procedures, growth removals, etc) and major procedures (orthopedics, splenectomies.etc).  We are AAHA accredited, members of the IVMA, AVMA, and CAVMA.

The extern may be able to have a large degree of hands on experience or may only be able to observe depending on their skill level.   

Primary Care Small Animal Clinic

AAHA Accredited, 3 doctors.  Student would get to be part of daily activities and happenings at the clinic to include surgeries and medical treatments.

Exposure to a busy practice with food animal, exotics, small animal, and shelter medicine care.  Utilizing laser surgery, cold therapy laser, digital radiographs, ultrasound, etc. and laboratory diagnostics to care for our patients in a small town and farming area.

New England Animal Medical Center offers 1 or 2 week rotations in emergency & critical care, surgery and general practice.  Clinical year students are invitied to participate in case evaluation, work-up and treatment with the oversight of senior staff and specialists.