Internships
‘Concentrated, supervised, postgraduate, inservice training in a particular field of veterinary science’ (Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary)
– Usually 1 year duration
– For new graduates
– Broad exposure to a number of disciplines (usually SA or LA) by rotating through a range of disciplines
-Occasionally single discipline based
Residency
– 2 to 3 year duration
– Undertaken when at least >1 year after graduation
– Specialist training in a specific discipline, aimed at preparing you to sit specialist examinations
– Residents also provide assistance with teaching undergraduate students, delivery of lectures and practicals
– Examples: Internal medicine (SA or LA), Surgery (SA or LA), cardiology, theriogenology (reproduction), opthalmology, anaesthesiology, oncology, zoo and wildlife animal medicine, laboratory animal medicine, nutrition, neurology, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, porcine medicine and production, food animal medicine or surgery, nutrition, avian medicine, poultry medicine and production, clinical pathology, pathology, dentistry
– Can often be incorporated into a masters or PhD program
Where would you find a position as an intern or resident?
• University teaching hospitals/institutional websites
– http://vh.unimelb.edu.au/residency/http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/org/dlacs/res progs.asp
– http://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/clinical_residency/
– http://www.ava.com.au/classifiedadvertisement/murdoch-residencytraining-programs
– http://vet.tufts.edu/residency/
– http://vetmed.tamu.edu/residency
• Large practices with specialist trained veterinarians on staff
– http://www.gvequine.com.au/staff/internship-program
• On-line
• https://www.virmp.org/
• Advertisements in journals
Responsibilities
• Managing clinical case load, animal monitoring and treatment, conducting consultations under supervision and communicating with clients
• Participate in clinical rounds, journal clubs
• Participate in out of hours services and emergency roster
• Teaching
• Undertake seminars, research project
General daily routine
• 7 to 8 am – assess and medicate patients
• 8 to 9 am – clinical rounds – present the cases you are assigned to, summarise patient history, diagnostic plan and responses to treatment
• 9 to 5 pm Obtain laboratory samples, conduct treatments, present cases to other services eg radiology, consultations or field trips, communicate with clients, complete patient records/client instructions.
• Participate in seminars, teaching practicals and/or lectures
• At end of day reassess patients and treatments
• Provide out of hours services
Rotation schedule for SA intern
• Small animal medicine
• Small animal surgery (soft tissue, orthopaedic surgery)
• Anaesthesiology
• Diagnostic imaging
• Options: dermatology, oncology, opthalmology, neurology, cardiology etc.
• Externship
Rotation schedule for LA intern
• Equine medicine
• Equine surgery
• Equine or food animal field service
• Food animal medicine and production
• Anaesthesiology
• Diagnostic imaging
• Options: Other specialist service
• Externship
Schedule for residents
• Based within a clinical speciality
• Option to rotate through other specialist services on a limited basis depending on interests
• Research project
• Preparation for speciality examinations
• Participate in emergency roster
Examination of position statements What do these advertised positions tell you about the:
• Location
• Job description
• Duration
• Salary
• Application requirements
Advantages
• Broad experience with access to experienced staff and equipment which may not be available in practice • Supervised – help is readily available
• More time to explore cases in greater depth and achieve a diagnosis
• Exposure to seminars, teaching and educational opportunities at the institution you are working for
• Opportunity for some skills to be developed further than possible in some private practices
• Easier to study & prepare for specialist examinations than when working in private practice
•Your work, ideas and decisions are open to constructive criticism
• Internships – “try before you buy”
• Exposure to teaching and working in a university environment, gives you the opportunity to explore academia as a career path
•Opportunity to travel and visit a different institution, country, climate and culture
• See diseases that may not be present in Australia
• Meet people from diverse backgrounds and interests
• Meet some of the world authorities in particular areas
• Networks and friendships that endure
• Fun
Disadvantages
• Salary can be low – Most $20 to $40,000, Can range from $15 to 70,000. Salaries are reasonable in Australia.
• Hours – long
• Experience will depend on the case load of the institution that you work for (as with any other position) • May see fewer routine cases than see in private practice eg desexings, abscesses, simple fractures
• More paper work than private practice
• Cases take much longer to process than in private practice
How to get a position
• Internships – limited to new graduates
• Residencies – 1 to 10 years experience, usually <5
• Explore the areas that you might like to work in as a career
• Evaluate the institutions and staff offering programs
• Competitive
• Distinctions or greater
• Good academic references
• Visit institutions and spend time working there
• Spend part of your 5th year rotations or extramural veterinary placements at an institution you are considering applying to
• Talk to other people who have participated in a program at that institution
conclusion
• Opportunity to obtain supervised training
• Develop areas of expertise
• Introduction to research, scientific communication, teaching
• Provide a platform for launching a career in a specific area of veterinary science
Questions
• Explain what a veterinary internship is, its purpose, and how you would obtain a position as a veterinary intern or resident?
• Explain what a veterinary residency is, its purpose of these positions and how you would obtain a position as a veterinary intern or resident?
• What are some of the advantages and disadvantages associated with veterinary internships and veterinary residencies?
• List 6 types of veterinary residencies.
‘Concentrated, supervised, postgraduate, inservice training in a particular field of veterinary science’ (Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary)
– Usually 1 year duration
– For new graduates
– Broad exposure to a number of disciplines (usually SA or LA) by rotating through a range of disciplines
-Occasionally single discipline based
Residency
– 2 to 3 year duration
– Undertaken when at least >1 year after graduation
– Specialist training in a specific discipline, aimed at preparing you to sit specialist examinations
– Residents also provide assistance with teaching undergraduate students, delivery of lectures and practicals
– Examples: Internal medicine (SA or LA), Surgery (SA or LA), cardiology, theriogenology (reproduction), opthalmology, anaesthesiology, oncology, zoo and wildlife animal medicine, laboratory animal medicine, nutrition, neurology, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, porcine medicine and production, food animal medicine or surgery, nutrition, avian medicine, poultry medicine and production, clinical pathology, pathology, dentistry
– Can often be incorporated into a masters or PhD program
Where would you find a position as an intern or resident?
• University teaching hospitals/institutional websites
– http://vh.unimelb.edu.au/residency/http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/org/dlacs/res progs.asp
– http://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/clinical_residency/
– http://www.ava.com.au/classifiedadvertisement/murdoch-residencytraining-programs
– http://vet.tufts.edu/residency/
– http://vetmed.tamu.edu/residency
• Large practices with specialist trained veterinarians on staff
– http://www.gvequine.com.au/staff/internship-program
• On-line
• https://www.virmp.org/
• Advertisements in journals
Responsibilities
• Managing clinical case load, animal monitoring and treatment, conducting consultations under supervision and communicating with clients
• Participate in clinical rounds, journal clubs
• Participate in out of hours services and emergency roster
• Teaching
• Undertake seminars, research project
General daily routine
• 7 to 8 am – assess and medicate patients
• 8 to 9 am – clinical rounds – present the cases you are assigned to, summarise patient history, diagnostic plan and responses to treatment
• 9 to 5 pm Obtain laboratory samples, conduct treatments, present cases to other services eg radiology, consultations or field trips, communicate with clients, complete patient records/client instructions.
• Participate in seminars, teaching practicals and/or lectures
• At end of day reassess patients and treatments
• Provide out of hours services
Rotation schedule for SA intern
• Small animal medicine
• Small animal surgery (soft tissue, orthopaedic surgery)
• Anaesthesiology
• Diagnostic imaging
• Options: dermatology, oncology, opthalmology, neurology, cardiology etc.
• Externship
Rotation schedule for LA intern
• Equine medicine
• Equine surgery
• Equine or food animal field service
• Food animal medicine and production
• Anaesthesiology
• Diagnostic imaging
• Options: Other specialist service
• Externship
Schedule for residents
• Based within a clinical speciality
• Option to rotate through other specialist services on a limited basis depending on interests
• Research project
• Preparation for speciality examinations
• Participate in emergency roster
Examination of position statements What do these advertised positions tell you about the:
• Location
• Job description
• Duration
• Salary
• Application requirements
Advantages
• Broad experience with access to experienced staff and equipment which may not be available in practice • Supervised – help is readily available
• More time to explore cases in greater depth and achieve a diagnosis
• Exposure to seminars, teaching and educational opportunities at the institution you are working for
• Opportunity for some skills to be developed further than possible in some private practices
• Easier to study & prepare for specialist examinations than when working in private practice
•Your work, ideas and decisions are open to constructive criticism
• Internships – “try before you buy”
• Exposure to teaching and working in a university environment, gives you the opportunity to explore academia as a career path
•Opportunity to travel and visit a different institution, country, climate and culture
• See diseases that may not be present in Australia
• Meet people from diverse backgrounds and interests
• Meet some of the world authorities in particular areas
• Networks and friendships that endure
• Fun
Disadvantages
• Salary can be low – Most $20 to $40,000, Can range from $15 to 70,000. Salaries are reasonable in Australia.
• Hours – long
• Experience will depend on the case load of the institution that you work for (as with any other position) • May see fewer routine cases than see in private practice eg desexings, abscesses, simple fractures
• More paper work than private practice
• Cases take much longer to process than in private practice
How to get a position
• Internships – limited to new graduates
• Residencies – 1 to 10 years experience, usually <5
• Explore the areas that you might like to work in as a career
• Evaluate the institutions and staff offering programs
• Competitive
• Distinctions or greater
• Good academic references
• Visit institutions and spend time working there
• Spend part of your 5th year rotations or extramural veterinary placements at an institution you are considering applying to
• Talk to other people who have participated in a program at that institution
conclusion
• Opportunity to obtain supervised training
• Develop areas of expertise
• Introduction to research, scientific communication, teaching
• Provide a platform for launching a career in a specific area of veterinary science
Questions
• Explain what a veterinary internship is, its purpose, and how you would obtain a position as a veterinary intern or resident?
• Explain what a veterinary residency is, its purpose of these positions and how you would obtain a position as a veterinary intern or resident?
• What are some of the advantages and disadvantages associated with veterinary internships and veterinary residencies?
• List 6 types of veterinary residencies.