Veterinary Specialty Hospital
Internal medicine externship
To provide a high quality clinical experience for 4th year veterinary students in a 24 hour multi-specialty referral and emergency practice with an emphasis on high quality technically advanced clinical practice. In addition we have a strong didactic program for interns and externs.
Services offered at VSH are internal medicine, emergency medicine/critical care, surgery, neurology/neurosurgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, dermatology, radiology & dentistry. There is also a pharmacist on site. VSH has 21 specialists, 6 residents and 10 interns.
Externs will participate in all didactic activities which include lectures given by the specialists twice weekly, weekly radiology rounds, and monthly grand rounds.
- Externs are paired with the interns as they rotate through the services.
- Externs will participate in receiving, writing SOAPs, patient care.
- Externs may have the opportunity to perform some minor procedures.
- Externs will observe a wide variety of procedures and surgeries.
8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week. Externs are expected to be present from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Given that we are 24/7 hospital, externs are welcome to stay longer hours or work on weekends if they would like to do so.
No. We can give student a list of nearby hotels and rooms for rent.
Veterinary Specialty Hospital
10435 Sorrento Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92121
San Diego, CA 92121
858-875-7544
858-677-0512
ann [dot] ong [at] vshsd [dot] com
Steve Hill, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM)
Updated: 06/28/11
