Offsite Electives

Externships are available to veterinary students in any year of school. Student externs gain broad experience working in the Emergency department of a busy emergency/referral setting. Externs work in the ER department primarily unless a specialty focus is prearranged. 

Externs shadow veterinary interns and emergency and critical care staff veterinarians, as well as learn from our experience technical staff. Externs are expected to be interactive with the staff, attend DVM rounds when available, proactively discuss cases, and actively contribute to the general workload as appropriate. Hands on experiences are dependent on the individual, caseload, and supervising veterinarians.

Availability permitting, externs can gain exposure to additional specialties during their externship or specialty externships can be arranged with critical care, surgery, oncology, dermatology, neurology, cardiology, ophthalmology, and/or internal medicine.

Mixed animal practice including dog, cat, bovine cow-calf, stocker, feedlot, salebarn, equine.

Daily observation and participation in private small animal surgical specialty practice, with an emphasis on orthopedic, soft tissue, surgical oncology and emergency cases.

Small animal general practice- wellness care, spay/neuter, dentals, urgent care visits, routine sick visits.

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

Wayne Sanderson Farms (WSF) is the third largest US broiler chicken producer.  Internships are offered to qualified students to participate in daily activities of specialty boarded poultry veterinarians (American College of Poultry Veterinarians).

Student will be working with Dr. David Kilian to treat a variety of animals. The average day might include herd checks on beef or dairy cows, emergency and preventative care on horses, and routine and orthopedic surgery in small animal. 

Daily immersion in 2 doctor swine consulting practice.

Calving and possibly foaling, though foaling is generally later, and semen testing bulls. Ambulatory and haul in practice. 

We encourage you to check out our practice and hopefully set up a visit. You will find our Externship is a high quality, hands-on experience where you will be included in a warm, supportive environment.  Externships are not only a means of recruiting future interns, but are also a great opportunity to build a relationship with the next generation of horse loving veterinarians.

Our practice philosophy centers on creating a supportive, positive work environment with specific attention to work / life balance.  We promote teamwork and encourage our veterinarians to pursue their specific areas of interest in equine medicine.