Our Externships
About our Externship
The goal of the externship is to provide veterinary students with aspirations for a career in equine medicine and surgery an opportunity for an in depth clinical experience in a private referral hospital. The practice is committed to providing the extern with a rewarding clinical educational experience. The scope and depth of any hands-on experience will vary with the maturity, aptitude, clinical skills, and “common sense” of each extern. The extern’s primary responsibilities will involve assisting the interns, specialists, and technicians with the evaluation, management, and care of hospital patients, as well as participating in surgery and anesthesia for cases that require it. Externs may have the opportunity to assist with surgical procedures and anesthesia. The externs are also responsible for assisting with the administration of treatments, application of bandages, and performing other tasks in the hospital. While accompanying ambulatory clinicians, the externs will become familiar with ambulatory emergencies, routine health care, theriogenology, and lameness evaluations. The externship also provides an excellent opportunity for a mutual assessment of good fit for an internship.
The extern will be expected to be available to assist the interns, specialists, and ambulatory doctors with all emergencies. When multiple externs are scheduled, emergencies may be seen on a rotating schedule.
Schedule and Accommodations
We are welcoming externs to the practice and they will have the opportunity to work with ambulatory and hospital doctors. Students may come for 1-4 weeks. A minimum of a 2-week visit is recommended. Our program runs Sunday (arriving after 12 noon) to Sunday (departing by 12 noon). We currently have accommodations in the clinic building for up to three externs at one time. Additional externs may be accepted if they have off-site housing. Externs will have the opportunity to work with the hospital and ambulatory doctors.
Application Process
All veterinary students are welcome to apply; however, third-year students considering an internship will be given preference. Follow the steps below to apply:
Step 1 - Check the Extern Calendar to find available dates that work for you. If there are less than 3 students booked in a given week or you have off-site housing available, you may select that week. Each blue box marked “busy” represents one student.
Step 2- Fill out the application form to apply. You will need:
A brief letter of intent
Your CV
Proof of liability insurance
