Offsite Electives

Experiences will include multiple facets including emergency (and STAT) animal care, client communication, interpersonal skills and buisness ownership. 

On the Spot Mobile Specialty and Veterinary Services is a mobile veterinary team that travels to partnering veterinary facilities throughout Central Ohio. We provide elective orthopedic surgeries to our canine and feline friends including TPLO Surgery, Luxating Patella Corrections, Lateral Suture Corrections, Joint Explore Surgery, Femoral Head Ostectomy and various soft tissue surgeries. The student will have the opportunity to assist with patient consultations, assist during the surgical procedures as well as performing post-op recheck appointments with the primary veterinarian. The goal is for the student to be immersed in a traveling veterinary surgery experience and learn how integrated our services are with general veterinary practices.

We are a large small animal hospital in Peachtree City, GA.  Externs are given the opportunity to interact with clients, examine pets, develop diagnoses and treatment plans in conjunction with our licensed veterinarians. There is also the opportunity to assist in surgery and with other procedures. 

Small Animal hospital with focus on dentistry, diagnostic ultrasound, and general medicine/surgery

Private practice and CE conference with team building with our vet techs

Student will be shadowing doctors in exam rooms and surgeries.  They will be allowed to examine client pets of various health conditions and report their findings.  They will be allowed to formulate diagnostic and treatment plans which may be implemented based on doctors approval.  They will be allowed hands on surgery experience as cases allow under immediate supervision of attending veterinarian.  Case load is routine preventative care, out patient illness, chronic disease, soft tissue surgery and simple dental procedures.

Our three doctor small animal practice is located in Springfield Ohio.  We will provide students with the opportunity to treat patients, assist in surgeries and dentals, and work one on one with our veterinarians.  We believe in quality medicine on a personal level, and strive to provide excellent care to our patients and their owners.  

Bishop Ranch Veterinary Center & Urgent Care offers veterinary student externship opportunities year-round for periods of 1-4 weeks for 3rd and 4th-year veterinary students. Only one extern is present at any given time to provide each student with the most hands‐on experience possible. Veterinary students are also offered the opportunity to learn about business operations, client communications, and specialized areas of the practice – Holistic, Internal, Exotic and Reproductive Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.

Goals of Externship Experience: In addition to giving students experience by assisting with general surgery, specialty surgery, advanced procedures (laparoscopy), and diagnostics (ultrasound), students will also receive exposure to and assistance with other areas of Veterinary Medicine

Students will be working full time next to a veterinarian for small animal general practice. Students will be exposed to both wellness and sick visits including follow up exams for chronic conditions such as skin/ear/vomiting/diarrhea problems as well as cardiac disease, diabetes, endocrine issues, etc. Midtown Veterinary Hospital prides itself on excellent client communication and gentle animal care. Students will learn to become comfortable explaining disease processes to owners and recommending good preventative medicine. Students will also have experience with soft tissue surgeries and dental procedures. 

Externs will shadow and observe our ER doctors, help out doctors & staff, scrub into surgery, assist with medical records, and communicate with clients.

Externs may see bite wounds, choking or respiratory distress, toxin ingestion, shock, DKA, heat stroke, reproductive emergencies, seizures, pancreatitis, and hemoabdomen.