Veterinary Student Externship- Mid Island Animal Hospital

Community Options, Inc.; Hicksville (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Options, Inc. is offering a unique veterinary student externship at Mid Island Animal Hospital, a full-service facility in Long Island. Students will gain hands-on experience, working alongside experienced veterinarians while treating a diverse range of species and services. This externship is designed for students to apply clinical knowledge in a practical setting, enhancing their skills in veterinary medicine.

Benefits

Stipends to help offset travel and lodging costs

Mentorship from experienced veterinarians

Opportunity to engage with various cases

Qualifications

• Veterinary students in their 3rd or 4th year.
• Interest in animal treatment and surgery.
• Desire to learn and improve practical skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in surgical cases, dental procedures, and routine medical appointments.
• Discuss patient history and formulate treatment plans.
• Engage with clients and enhance case discussions.

Skills

Clinical experience

Active participation in cases

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Veterinary student in clinical years

Job description

Veterinary Student Externship- Mid Island Animal Hospital

Veterinary Student Externship- Mid Island Animal Hospital

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Overview:

United Veterinary Care is delighted to host veterinary students for externships! This valuable clinical experience will let you take what you’ve learned in the classroom and put it to the test in an animal hospital of your choice. Our hands-on externships are designed for veterinary students in their clinical years, typically meaning their 3rd or 4th year of vet school. Since every student has different interests, we are excited to offer these programs at a wide variety of our amazing partner hospitals. We know that travel and lodging expenses for externships can often be cost-prohibitive on a student’s budget. To make our externships as accessible as possible, we offer stipends to externs to help offset these costs (unless prohibited by the veterinary school you are attending).

Description

Overview:

United Veterinary Care is delighted to host veterinary students for externships! This valuable clinical experience will let you take what you’ve learned in the classroom and put it to the test in an animal hospital of your choice. Our hands-on externships are designed for veterinary students in their clinical years, typically meaning their 3rd or 4th year of vet school. Since every student has different interests, we are excited to offer these programs at a wide variety of our amazing partner hospitals. We know that travel and lodging expenses for externships can often be cost-prohibitive on a student’s budget. To make our externships as accessible as possible, we offer stipends to externs to help offset these costs (unless prohibited by the veterinary school you are attending).

Hospital Information

Mid Island Animal Hospital is a full-service, AAHA accredited and Feline Friendly practice centrally located in Long Island, New York. Since day one, our hospital has had a commitment to mentorship and helping to usher in the next generation of this profession. As such, our team thoroughly enjoys hosting both veterinary student externs and technician student externs. Our team has a variety of interests and has built a reputation for providing comprehensive service to both our pet parents and their treasured companions. We have a large surgical and dental caseload, including orthopedic surgery. If you are looking to spend your externship increasing your comfort level and confidence in all areas of general practice, with a team that will enthusiastically welcome you in, Mid Island Animal Hospital would make the ideal choice!

Species Treated

Dogs; Cats; Pocket pets/small mammals

Services Offered

Ultrasound; Soft tissue surgery; Orthopedic surgery; Dentistry; Wellness/Preventative care; Medical appointments

Full-time Doctors

5

What To Expect From Your Externship

We want to hear from you about your professional goals for your externship experience! Please indicate your top priorities in your application, so we can tailor the experience to meet your needs.

During your externship, you can expect to actively participate in cases and further your development towards becoming a veterinarian. Throughout your time with us, you will always be supervised by an experienced veterinarian and skilled support staff. This team will serve as your mentors for your externship experience. Expect to be included in surgical cases, dental procedures, emergencies, sick patient workups, and routine medical appointments. If there are certain technical skills you are looking to improve on, let us know so we can place emphasis on these areas! We encourage active participation from externs, introduce them to our clients, and truly make them part of our team. Listening to the patient history, conducting a preliminary exam, and formulating a plan for diagnostics and treatment are a great way to put your education to the test and help prepare you for the real-world of veterinary medicine. You will discuss these cases with your supervising veterinarian and have them confirm your exam findings to verify whether are on the right track with your plans before moving forward with the case as a team. This dynamic creates the ideal environment for you to grow in your confidence and skill with managing both routine and complex cases. We encourage externs to select one case per week to further research and engage the veterinarians in further case discussion with this additional information. These case discussions help our teams learn and grow together; further emphasizing that mentorship is a two-way street.

We truly enjoy hosting externs and having new graduates join our teams since with new team members always comes new shared knowledge!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Internship

Employment type

• Employment type

  Other

Job function

• Job function

  Education and Training

• Industries

  Veterinary Services

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