Offsite Electives

We are a privately owned 3 doctor small animal veterinary clinic. The student would experience a mix of wellness & illness appointments and surgical procedures alongside one of our veterinarians. We are heavily focused on dental care and uphold high standards across the board. In addition to our medical care, we also offer feline and canine boarding, also overseen by the doctors. 

Externs need and want hands-on experience from a doctor’s perspective.  We will make efforts to provide opportunities to students to perform the following: 

Observe/assist doctors in providing care to hospitalized patients

Observe and participate in office calls with staff doctors

Observe special procedures - i.e., ultrasound

Scrub in as second assistant in surgeries on a case by case basis.  Students may not be left unsupervised, must have licensed DVM present in surgical/anesthetized cases

Attend daily hospitalized patient rounds

Assist hospital team with exceptional patient and customer care

Assist with patient management 

Observe and participate in client communication

Attend all hospital seminars and rounds

Learn pain management guidelines and discuss analgesia protocols

Perform venipunctures, place catheters, and assist with anesthetic induction with appropriate oversight

Create a diagnostic plan, treatment plan and financial plan for patients of interest

Follow-through with cases from start to finish

Examine drop-off patients and develop treatment plans 

The Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (Heeke ADDL) is a small, branch laboratory of the Indiana ADDL, which is the state-funded veterinary diagnostic laboratory for Indiana. The Heeke ADDL is located in rural southwestern Indiana, an important center of poultry production for the state. The laboratory employs two diagnostic veterinary pathologists, four technicians, and one office support staff member. Staff perform necropsies, microbiology, serology, and parasitology on a range of veterinary species. Necropsy load is mostly livestock and poultry species, with the three most commonly-examined species being turkeys, cattle, and small ruminants. The student will participate in necropsy each afternoon, and various other activities during the morning that may include histopathology review, report writing, and observation of ancillary testing.

We are an urgent care who is dedicated to providing affordable and efficient care. We practice medicine based on clients financial abilities and range from full workups to supportive therapy. We are hoping to show students that good medicine can be practiced despite the clients budget. 

This elective immerses the student in a dynamic small animal private practice in a suburban demographic. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of cases including, but not limited to: 

• Preventative care medicine
• Dermatology
• Imaging Diagnostics (Radiology, Ultrasound, etc.)
• Dentistry
• Ophthalmology
• Gastroenterology
• Cardiology
• Soft-tissue Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Neurology
• Clinical Pathology

• Some Exotic Medicine (Rabbits, etc.)

   

We are a large animal ambulatory clinic that services southern Ohio.  The student will enjoy lots of hands on practical experience working with a variety of livestock.

At Powell Veterinary Clinic, we build meaningful relationships with our clients to take only the best care of their fur babies! Students will learn how our Veterinarians practice high-quality medicine with the freedom of personalized touch and individuality. We are an outstanding, non-corporate Veterinary Clinic here to inspire students through a life-changing career. Our Veterinarians practice excellent medicine with unparalleled mentoring within an uplifting team environment.

The student will work alongside the Veterinarians in routine, medical , wellness and consultation appointments. We run appointments and surgery almost every day, therefore, the student willgain experience in routine small-animal surgeries as well. The student will be expected to per‐form the duties similar to the those of a Veterinary Assistant, Veterinary Technician and ClientCare Specialist. In addition to hands-on skills, the student will be challenged to connect with clients and communicate with pet owners in a way that they understand.

Powell Veterinary Clinic is a small animal clinic located in Powell, Ohio. Powell is located in the Olentangy Valley between the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers. We are a quick twenty-five-minute drive to downtown Columbus, Ohio. Whether it is shopping for a one-of-a-kind gift in our historic downtown or exploring the Olentangy Indian Caverns, there is something for everyone to see and do! It is just the right area for the student to relax and decompress after a productive work day.

At Pet Community Center, we believe every pet deserves access to high-quality, affordable veterinary care, and we work hard to make that possible for all pets in our community. Pet Community Center is a non-profit veterinary clinic and is dedicated to strengthening the human-animal bond through accessible veterinary care and support services. Pet Community Center provides low-cost, high-quality care and offers spay/neuter surgery, in-clinic wellness services, and community outreach services. We are considered a HQHVSN (high-quality, high-volume, spay/neuter) Clinic as a member of the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance and partner closely with Nashville’s Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC). PCC also participates in the Pet’s for Life Program founded by the Humane Society of the United States, and we operate an independent Community Cat (Trap, Neuter Return) Program. 

The student will experience our wellness clinic which consists of physical exams, vaccinations, heartworm testing, FeLV/FIV testing, microchips, and dispensing parasite preventatives. The student will also observe surgery rechecks, heartworm treatment with melarsomine, and occasional sick visits (we do not see public animals for sick/injured visits, however we will assess Pets For Life pets and community cats for illness/injury).

The student will also experience our surgery clinic while at PCC. This will include preoperative examinations of all surgery patients, premedication/induction/intubation of surgery patients, IV catheter placement, and mentorship on HQHVSN surgery techniques. The student will be allowed to perform surgery under the supervision of the Medical Director. The student will become familiar with our TNR/community cat program as they are a large portion of our surgery patients.

We strive to educate our students on the importance of HQHVSN programs. We hope they leave with an understanding that our work decreases animal overpopulation, improves the quality of life of both our patients and their families, and increases access to care for underserved populations.

Students are exposed to shelter medicine from veterinary perspective. They will able to learn how the structure is set and how each individual employee and volunteers make up the organization and working together. 

Students will get opportunities to do intake exams after training with a shelter veterinarian, working closely with a veterinarian at most times. Students can also shadow HVHQ spay/neuter surgeries and/or dental procedures. 

Visiting veterinary students will be immersed in a collaborative learning environment consisting of multiple facets including the DoDs veterinary pathology residency training program, the Joint Pathology Center (JPC) case consultation service and extramural research. While here, students will be attending various pathology residency classes (general pathology, systemic pathology, gross pathology), participating in book club , journal club and Wednesday slide conferences, as well as receiving, trimming, evaluating and reporting their own pathology cases.