DescriptionOverview: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 exclusively for veterinary students at AVMA-accredited veterinary schools 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). Muddy Creek Animal Hospital is centrally located in the Mid-Atlantic region of Maryland, only a short distance away from Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. We are a few miles inland from Chesapeake Bay, an area with a vibrant outdoor community including boating, crabbing, and hiking.Get to know us: Muddy Creek Animal Hospital is a great place for a veterinary student externship because we provide a positive learning environment. You will learn alongside 5 veterinarians that collectively have multiple years of experience in the profession, collaborate well together and are eager to teach and learn from a new graduate. The CSR team members are very friendly and interact well with the clients and their fellow technicians and veterinary nurses. The technicians and nurses also have years of experience in the veterinary profession, are extremely knowledgeable and are always ready to assist the veterinarians. The three hospital managers form a cohesive group that do a phenomenal job to pull our team together, make our jobs much easier and keep the hospital running smoothly. Our medical director, Dr. Glenn Gray, is supportive to all of the staff and associate veterinarians, listens to and implements new ideas and is well liked by the associates, staff and clients. Muddy Creek is a progressive and fun place to practice medicine where there is an environment of camaraderie, compassion, competence and commitment to provide excellent care for our patients and clients Lisa Taylor, DVM.We are a proud United Veterinary Care Partner hospital. United Veterinary Care supports the unique culture and individuality of each partner hospital while empowering the hospital teams in their care for patients. One of our goals is to support our community of hospitals in creating sustainable, fulfilling careers in a profession we love. Eligibility requirements:
- Must be a current veterinary student at an AVMA-accredited veterinary school
- Priority scheduling is given to students in their clinical years on official 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
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!