Offsite Electives

Extern will received a comprehensive experience of GP medicine and surgical experience.  Some shelter medicine as we work with a few rescues within the central Ohio area.  

Multi-doctor, two location veterinary practice offering veterinary student
(fourth year) internship opportunity. We are located in Dearborn County,
Indiana, just outside of Cincinnati and combine a great staff, excellent
doctors, and modern equipment and facilities with a small town
atmosphere. We see all species of animals, and work with local wildlife
rehab facilities.

An externship at VCA is an opportunity to practice and gain constructive feedback working along with our medical teams in case management and procedural skills. It involves immersion in daily operational tasks such as medical rounds, client communications, diagnostics acumen, and patient planning. It introduces WoofWare and WoofU, our custom medical record management system and educational support platforms. 

This is a hands-on ER rotation. Student is expected to host client communications, develop treatment plans, write charts and discharges, and perform procedures under direct veterinary supervision.

Veterinary Emergency Group has one mission: to help people and their pets when they need it most. VEG is a fast-growing group of hospitals that has completely overhauled pet emergency and urgent care with a progressive and client-centered approach, rapid response times, and a highly-focused emergency-only team. 

Our Externship Program gives students intensive hands-on emergency medicine experience and the chance to work alongside skilled emergency doctors. Students will focus on learning how to communicate effectively with our clients, diagnose a variety of emergency conditions, develop emergency treatment plans, and collaborate with support staff in a fast-paced environment.

MVH is a large, high volume, SA and exotics general practice that sees a wide variety of cases. In addition to general practice, we also offer emergent overnight care and hospitalization. Students will have the experience to tailor the externship to their interests, choosing to shadow veterinarians in examination rooms, perform physical examinations, develop treatment plans, assist in a variety of procedures and surgeries, or even shadow our emergency veterinarian overnight. 

As part of the professional veterinary curriculum, colleges encourage off-campus educational experiences in practices outside of the teaching hospital. Practical experience in a well-run and contemporary practice can be a valuable component of your veterinary education, preparing you to deliver better care after graduation. Our program is dedicated to contributing to your practice-readiness and to help you hit the ground running after graduation.

We are Veterinary Emergency Group, an organization founded on a single mission: helping people and their pets when they need it most. VEG's rapidly growing group of hospitals has revolutionized pet emergency and urgent care with a client-centered approach, rapid response times, and a highly focused-emergency-only staff. With multiple locations, we offer the flexibility, mentorship, and diverse learning experience you want. Our industry-leading compensation, unlimited CE, and growth opportunities are just part of what makes VEG the place for emergency doctors to work.

VEG's Externship Program allows students to gain hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working right alongside our skilled emergency doctors. Students will focus on learning how to effectively communicate with clients, diagnose a variety of emergency conditions, develop emergency treatment plans and collaborate with support staff in a fast-paced environme

Experiences gained at York Animal Hospital will include much hands on participation in the aspects of a food animal, zoo and wildlife species veterinary practice. The student will treat, anesthetize, perform surgery and develop preventative and outbreak programs under the direct guidance of a veterinarian. The student will also develop animal welfare and public perception of zoos and animal agriculture knowledge. 

Experiences will include the overseeing of animal welfare in the public setting of two county fairs. The collection of samples for drug testing, the public perception of animal welfare and the knowledge of what drugs may or may not be used in the given situations such as close to slaughter, while keeping animal welfare a priority. The monitoring of animals for possible zoonotic disease and the programs in place to help prevent such an occurrence. Included are teaching opportunities for the public perception of farms and agriculture. 

The overseeing of exotic animal welfare and treatment of a drive through zoo, including both domestic and zoo species. The development of preventative medicine programs, treatment of sick or injuries species, the monitoring of diseases such as HPAI and the development of programs in case of an outbreak following the USDA guidelines. 

The student will evaluate swine herd settings including environmental, disease, swine welfare and public perception of a large scale swine operation.  The student will perform pregnancy herd checks, evaluate nutrition, address environmental and animal welfare concerns as well as public perception of  swine operations. 

We are a mixed animal (predominantly beef) practice with Veterinarians that have emphasis in area of interest of bovine, equine or small animal. The species percentages are as follows: cattle, 60%; equine 4%; small ruminants 1%; and small animal 35%. Our clinics are located in Northeast Missouri allowing us to serve Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. The student will gain experience in clinic work, farm calls, and sale barns that we service most Fridays and Saturdays in Iowa and Missouri.