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Location

Saint Petersburg, FL | United States

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Job description

During your externship, you can expect to participate in cases with direct mentorship by a DVM
who will meet with you to establish your goals on day one, keep track of your progress
throughout your stay, and review your accomplishments before you depart. Our goal is to
provide you with a set of tools that you will use for years to come. We encourage active
participation from externs, introducing them to our clients and truly making them part of our
team. If there are certain technical skills you are looking to improve upon, let us know so we can
place emphasis on these areas. We strive to provide the ideal environment for you to gain
confidence while managing both routine and complex cases on the ER floor. We request that
externs select one interesting case to research and present to the veterinarians for further
discussion in rounds. These case discussions help our teams learn and grow together; further
emphasizing that mentorship is a two-way street.

What to expect:

• Roughly 40 hours/week (3-4 shifts/week)
• Obtain a thorough patient history, conduct a physical exam, and formulate a plan for diagnostics and treatments on emergency cases.
• Manage hospitalized inpatients and assist with procedures and surgeries.
• Participate in daily rounds with our residing veterinarians and skilled nursing staff.
• Interpret point of care, in-house diagnostics including digital radiographs, ultrasound imaging, cytology, urine sediment, blood tests, etc.
• Order and analyze more advanced laboratory tests and results through multiple reference laboratories.
• Weekly round table, journal club, or M&M rounds (virtual and/or in person)
• Create an end of rotation case presentation. We encourage externs to select one to two
  interesting cases to research and present to the other veterinarians for further
  discussion. 

Must be a current veterinary student at an AVMA-accredited veterinary school.

• Priority scheduling will be given to students in their clinical years completing externship
  blocks for school credit.
• Must provide proof of professional liability insurance. SAVMA members qualify for no cost insurance by applying at the following link: SAVMA Member Benefit and Resources | AVMA PLIT 

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