Summer Veterinary Internship - Gulf World Marine Park, Panama City Beach, FL

Who: 1st to 3rd year veterinary students
When: June-July 2024 (2 months)
How Much: $12.00/hour

Description: Gulf World Marine Park in Panama City Beach, Florida has a paid summer internship available for May 27 – August 2, 2024. The intern will work with the veterinary staff of 1 veterinarian and 2 veterinary technicians four days per week assisting with examinations and procedures of marine and exotic animals including dolphins, seals, sea lions, penguins and other birds, reptiles, and fish. The student will also assist with live or deceased stranded sea turtles and/or cetaceans as needed. A short paper on a topical literature search will be completed and presented to Gulf World staff at the end of the internship. One day per week will be spent assisting the education department with Vet Camp, a program that introduces elementary and middle school aged students to aquatic medicine. The student will lead the veterinary portion of the camp with assistance from the veterinary team as necessary.

Requirements: Student must have completed at least one year of veterinary school, have experience with aquatic and/or exotic animals and basic clinical exam skills, and have at least a basic knowledge of veterinary equipment use including microscopy, radiology, and ultrasonography. Student will be required to find housing on his/her own.

If interested, please send a Resume/CV and letter of interest to drschisa@gulfworldmarinepark.com.

Deadline for application is Monday, February 12th, 2024.

Diversity Equity & Inclusion Matter: Monterey Bay Aquarium Veterinary Externship

This externship is designed to provide Veterinary students -especially students of color- in their clinical year(s) with experience working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium's diverse group of animals, which includes sea otters, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and aquatic invertebrates. The program seeks to increase the diversity of veterinarians involved in conservation & aquatic animal medicine.

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Aquatic Animal Health Fellowship - UC Davis

This is a one-year program designed to train post-graduate veterinarians in the field of aquatic animal health. Specifically, this program will train candidates to integrate expertise in aquatic animal medicine into the broader fields of animal, human, and ecosystem health, through experiences from aquaculture, fisheries, public aquaria, companion animal medicine, academia and research. An additional goal of the fellowship program is to increase the diversity of veterinarians involved in aquatic animal medicine.

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Turtle Rescue Team and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Veterinary Internship

As per AVMA guidelines, this internship shall be a 1-year clinical training program that emphasizes mentorship, direct supervision, and didactic experiences including rounds, seminars, and formal presentations. It provides practical experience in applying knowledge gained during the professional curriculum and an opportunity to obtain additional training in the clinical sciences. This internship has been designed to prepare a veterinarian for high-quality service and advanced specialty training associated with overseeing a specialized wildlife rehabilitation program and veterinary sciences work at a public museum.

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Marine Mammal Veterinary Internship - Pacific Marine Mammal Center

The Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Marine Mammal Veterinary Internship. The PMMC rescues, rehabilitates, and releases marine mammals and inspires ocean stewardship through research, education, and collaboration. As part of our mission of education, we offer a one-year clinical veterinary internship that provides training in marine mammal and wildlife medicine, rehabilitation, husbandry, necropsy, and research for veterinarians interested in pursuing a career in marine mammal medicine and conservation.

Please see the attachment below for additional information.

Marine Mammal Veterinary Internship at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center

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Veterinary Technician Student Externship - The Marine Mammal Center

The Veterinary Technician Externship is an exciting opportunity for students in a veterinary technician program and or approved alternate route track to become a licensed veterinary technician who are interested in increasing their technical skills, gaining experience and knowledge as a technician in veterinary medicine and learning and about the behavior, rescue, and rehabilitation of marine mammals.

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Aquarium of the Pacific Veterinary Externship/Preceptorship Program

This program is open to veterinary students completing their 3rd or 4th year of training in an accredited veterinary school. Each position is a minimum of 3 weeks and a maximum of 6 weeks depending on the students’ availability. Accepted students will train under the supervision of the veterinary and husbandry staff during the administration of the facility’s preventative animal healthcare program and any current medical cases. No stipend is provided. Housing and transportation are not provided and are the responsibility of the student.

The Aquarium of the Pacific’s animal collection of approximately 14,000 animals consists of pinnipeds, sea otters, marine birds, psittacine birds, raptors, reptiles, amphibians, marine fish, and invertebrates. The majority of cases presented are fish and birds. The veterinary staff consists of two full-time veterinarians, one full-time veterinary technician, and one part-time veterinary technician.

Positions are available from September through April. We do not accept veterinary extern students during the months of May through August. Applicants must indicate which time period(s) they are available.

The Application period is from August 7th - October 15th of the academic year prior to externship. Example: October 15, 2023, is the deadline for positions in the 2024–2025 school year. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by January 15, 2024.

Applicants are required to submit the following:

• Proof of enrollment in a college or school of veterinary medicine with 2 years completed with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (unofficial transcript required)

• Curriculum Vitae

• Letter of intent that details pertinent past experience and training in aquatic animal medicine, reason for pursuing aquatic animal training, future goals, and prioritized available time periods

• Letter of recommendation from a professor or veterinarian supporting the students’ academic professionalism and demonstrated interest in aquatic animal medicine (Letter of Recommendation can be sent directly to volunteeroffice@lbaop.org if the professor/veterinarian does not wish for it to be visible to students applying).

Please visit our veterinary externship/preceptorship webpage to apply!

https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/veterinary_externship_preceptorship_program

2025 Veterinary Student Externship - The Pacific Marine Mammal Center

The Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) is accepting applications for 2025 veterinary student externship (open to 3rd and 4th year veterinary students). The PMMC rescues, rehabilitates and releases marine mammals and inspires ocean stewardship through research, education, and collaboration. As part of our mission of education, the PMMC offers a 4-week externship for veterinary students that provides experience in marine mammal medicine, rehabilitation, husbandry, necropsy and research.

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Pathology Veterinary Student Externship - The Marine Mammal Center

Position Overview

The Pathology Veterinary Student Externship is an opportunity for veterinary students in their final/clinical year to gain experience in marine mammal anatomy and pathology. During their time at The Marine Mammal Center, they will conduct necropsies and provide postmortem data on our patients and select carcasses, which consist of phocids, otariids, and the occasional cetacean and sea otter. There is no clinical component to this externship. This position requires a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 4 weeks onsite between March through September.

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2024 AQUAVET ® I & II Courses

The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University is pleased to announce the 2024 AQUAVET ® I, II course offerings. They are aquatic veterinary medicine education programs that currently consist of two courses that will be presented at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI in June 2024.

AQUAVET ® I: An Introduction to Aquatic Veterinary Medicine is a 4-week course (27 May - 23 June 2024) intended primarily for veterinary students.

AQUAVET ® II: Comparative Pathology of Aquatic Animals is a 2-week course (27 May - 9 June 2024) that is oriented toward the pathology of diseases of aquatic invertebrates and fish that are used in biomedical research, encountered in display aquaria and are of importance in commercial aquaculture.

AQUAVET ® Summer Research Fellow (one offered) is an 8-week research program, usually studying fish disease at a lab at Cornell University. There is no tuition and this student will receive a stipend of $3,800 after completing the 8 weeks.

Veterinary students can receive credits for the courses and graduate veterinarians can receive CE credits.

More detailed information and applications for admission (due by January 15, 2024) are available on the website www.aquavet.org.

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Veterinary Externship Program - South Carolina Aquarium

The South Carolina Aquarium invites students who are entering or are in their final, clinical year of veterinary school at the time of externship, to apply for 4-week veterinary externship at the South Carolina Aquarium. The externship period will run from March 1 to August 31, 2024. The South Carolina Aquarium is unique in that it abides by its mission to promote conservation and educational outreach highlighting the local wildlife of South Carolina.

During the externship, students will assist the Veterinary Department in providing health care to the South Carolina Aquarium's animal collection, which includes aquatic and terrestrial turtles, snakes, amphibians, teleosts, elasmobranchs, seabirds, raptors, aquatic invertebrates, and mammals. Clinical application will heavily focus on reptile and fish medicine. During the externship period, students will have the opportunity to assist or participate in case rounds, physical examinations, history taking, record keeping, diagnostic application, surgery, anesthesia, and necropsy in an aquarium/zoologic setting. Students will also be encouraged to practice communication, review the scientific literature, and problem solve while reviewing individual cases. Students will be on-call with the veterinary staff during the weekends of their externship period.

Students may also have the opportunity assist the veterinary staff and the Sea Turtle Care Center staff in managing the health and husbandry of sea turtle patients admitted to the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Care Center.

Please visit our veterinary externship webpage for complete details and to apply.

https://scaquariumvolunteer.applicantpro.com/jobs/2899341.html

Aquarium of the Pacific Veterinary Externship/Preceptorship Program

This program is open to veterinary students completing their 3rd or 4th year of training in an accredited veterinary school. Each position is a minimum of 3 weeks and a maximum of 6 weeks depending on the student's availability. Accepted students will train under the supervision of the veterinary and husbandry staff during administration of the facility’s preventative animal healthcare program and any current medical cases. No stipend is provided. Housing and transportation are not provided and are the responsibility of the student.

The Aquarium of the Pacific’s animal collection of approximately 14,000 animals consists of pinnipeds, sea otters, marine birds, psittacine birds, raptors, reptiles, amphibians, marine fish, and invertebrates. The majority of cases presented are fish and birds. The veterinary staff consists of one full-time veterinarian, one part-time veterinarian, one full-time veterinary technician, and one part-time veterinary technician.

Positions are available August-March. We do not accept veterinary extern students during the months of April-July. Applicants must indicate which time period(s) they are available.

The Application period is from August 1st-October 1st of the academic year prior to the externship. Example: October 1, 2022, is the position deadline in May 2023–April 2024. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by January 1.

Applicants are required to submit the following:

• Proof of enrollment in a college or school of veterinary medicine with 2 years completed with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (unofficial transcript required)

• Curriculum Vitae

• Letter of intent that details pertinent past experience and training in aquatic animal medicine, the reason for pursuing aquatic animal training, future goals, and prioritized available time periods

• Letter of recommendation from a professor or veterinarian supporting the students’ academic professionalism and demonstrated interest in aquatic animal medicine (Letter of Recommendation can be sent directly to volunteeroffice@lbaop.org if the professor/veterinarian does not wish for it to be visible to the student applying).

Please visit our veterinary externship/preceptorship webpage to apply!

https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/veterinary_externship_preceptorship_program

Aquatic Medicine and Surgery Veterinary Student Externship - Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Aquarium

WCS’s Aquatic Animal Health department offers three- to six-week externships (four-week preferable) in aquatic medicine, surgery, and pathology for senior veterinary students from AVMA-accredited veterinary schools. The externships take place at the Aquatic Animal Health Center at the New York Aquarium. Students will also spend time within the Water Quality Laboratory and with Animal Care teams. Externships expose students to a variety of clinical cases including fish, elasmobranchs, penguins, and marine mammals. The students will observe all facets of aquatic health care, including preventive medicine, daily medical and surgical care, clinical rounds, anesthesia, quarantine procedures, water quality evaluation, clinical and anatomic pathology interpretation. During the rotation, students will be required to prepare and present a short project or topic to the Aquatic Health and Animal Care staff.

Applications are accepted for clinical year externships from July 1st through November 15th of your JUNIOR year. These applications will then be reviewed and students will be notified of the results by December 15th of the current year. Due to the great interest in the program, applications cannot be accepted or processed at other times. More information and the application can be found here: https://oneworldonehealth.wcs.org/Training/Student-Externships.aspx