Offsite Electives

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.  

Wisconsin Equine Clinic and Hospital has a single goal – to provide the most up-to-date, comprehensive and compassionate treatment for our equine patients. Our Externship program is designed to give you a chance to learn from the diverse group of veterinarians and staff, as well as, for us to learn from your experiences and your education. At WECH, we provide both ambulatory and in hospital services to our clients and act as a referral center. We have a total of 11 veterinarians on staff, which consists of one surgeon, one boarded theriogenologist, 1 boarded internal medicine specialist, 5 ambulatory/hospital veterinarians and 2 Intern veterinarians. The Externship program at WECH will expose you to a wide range of cases and clientele however, being a private clinic and hospital your hands-on experience may be more limited than in academic settings. Please feel free to ask questions whenever they come up. We hope that your time with us is as fun as it is informative and don’t forget you get out of an experience what you put into it.

Veterinary Student Externship
The Animal Health Department is currently accepting externship applications for fourth-year veterinary students (third-year students will be considered if in their clinical year). The Animal Health Department serves the medical and surgical needs of the mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and fish that make their home at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

Interested students should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, veterinary school transcripts, letters from two professional references, and 2-3 potential time slots to Dr. Ginger Sturgeon via Colleen Yeany (Administrative Assistant) at vethsp@pittsburghzoo.org.

The student will work alongside our specialists during cageside patient rounds, patient SOAPs, consults/recheck exams, and surgical procedures 

We are a 24/7 emergency and critical care hospital practicing top quality medicine and client service.  Our externs are treated in the same manner as 4th year students in school.  They are given primary case responsibility for a new patient and expected to work it up properly.  This is done one on one with the help of a mentor doctor on shift every shift.  We encourage learning and critical thinking through experience.  The extern will have exposure to all types of cases, including but not limited to intense medicine cases, trauma cases, triages, multiple types of surgeries as well as the simple outpatient cases.