Externships & Internships
DESERT PINES EQUINE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CENTER
Las Vegas, Nevada
Veterinary Externships
Let us share our knowledge and passion for the horse with you by completing an externship at DPE. Under direct supervision, veterinary students will be able to observe and interact during case diagnosis both in the clinic and during ambulatory services.
Veterinary Internships
The internship opportunities at Desert Pines Equine have been designed to provide the hands-on learning experience and knowledge-base growth needed by first year veterinarians to become skilled general practitioners or advance into residency programs.
Veterinary Assistant Rotating Internship
Whether you’re considering a career as an equine veterinary technician or veterinarian, this well‐rounded internship will provide you with the hands‐on experience necessary to further your career aspirations. This six‐month, full‐time, paid internship allows graduates to take the skills they’ve learned in the classroom and apply them in the real world. Assist with surgeries, monitor neonatal foals, support ambulatory doctors in the field; at Desert Pines Equine, you’ll see it all!
INTERSTATE EQUINE HOSPITAL
Goldsby, Oklahoma
Veterinary Externships
The Externship Experience will focus on performance horse medicine with a heavy emphasis on lameness evaluation ranging from straightforward diagnosis to complex, multi-limb issues. In addition to lameness evaluation, experience high-quality medicine through exposure to premier horse management at exceptional ranches while learning about herd health and preventative care, sport horse reproduction, young horse training and development, and pre-purchase exams.
TRYON EQUINE HOSPITAL
Columbus, North Carolina
Veterinary Externships
We feel our externship positions will provide you with thorough insight into and hands-on experience in a clinic setting, thereby, providing a solid foundation for future education and career development. Tryon Equine Hospital is an equine lameness, medicine and surgical referral and ambulatory practice. Our practice has the privilege of treating a wide variety of horse breeds as well as camelids and small ruminants. Horses are our primary clientele.
Veterinary Internships
At Tryon Equine we offer a wide variety of exposure to different caseloads to include surgery, sport horse lameness, internal medicine and ambulatory cases that will help further our interns’ expertise in the areas of equine veterinary medicine they wish to pursue in their careers. We offer on-site housing and didactic training including weekly journal club presentation/discussion and case presentation as an important component of the training program. Our interns are considered very important members of our team. We offer a wonderful support staff as well as mentorship through our owners and associates.
Veterinary Assistant Internship
Each semester we offer the opportunity for two ambitious undergraduate students to join our team as veterinary assistant interns. Interns will work with hospitalized patients under the supervision of doctors and experienced nurses and will be exposed to a variety of medical and surgical cases. This hands-on learning environment will allow students to build their experience in equine veterinary medicine while earning academic credit.
STEINBECK PENINSULA EQUINE CLINICS
Salinas & Menlo Park, CA
Veterinary Externships
Our externship program gives students exposure to a balance of medical, surgical and ambulatory practice. Our externs generally rotate through each area of the practice, however students may request an emphasis on one particular area.
Veterinary Internships
The goal of our internship program is to produce well-rounded equine veterinarians. Our internship allows new doctors to gain valuable experience and mentorship in a collaborative team atmosphere.
Veterinary Residency Program
We accommodate a limited number of resident veterinarians on a very select basis. We have graduated ABVP (American Board of Veterinary Practitioners), ACVIM (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine), and ACVS (American College of Veterinary Surgeons) residents.
Veterinary Technician Student Externship Program
We offer a limited number of externship opportunities to those currently enrolled in accredited veterinary technician programs. To be eligible, students must have liability insurance provided through their college, previous horse handling experience, and be available for a working interview.
