Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego
Program
Purpose: To provide a high quality clinical experience for fourth 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.
Externships are typically from one to four weeks.
Services offered at VSH are internal medicine, emergency medicine/critical care, surgery, neurology/neurosurgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, dermatology, radiology and dentistry. There is also a pharmacist on site. VSH has a unique partnership with UC Davis where they share a portion of our facility and they provide cardiology, hemodialysis, nutrition and behavior services. VSH has 18 specialists, 6 residents and 10 interns. The case load at VSH is high and students will have the opportunity to see well over one hundred cases in a week. There are generally anywhere from 40 to 70 hospitalized patients.
Equipment at VSH includes digital radiography, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, scintigraphy, multiple endoscopes, linear accelerator, multifunction monitors, blood pressure machines, ventilator, and full service commercial laboratory. Please visit our web site (www.vshsd.com) for further information about the hospital.
Externships are typically from one to four weeks.
Services offered at VSH are internal medicine, emergency medicine/critical care, surgery, neurology/neurosurgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, dermatology, radiology and dentistry. There is also a pharmacist on site. VSH has a unique partnership with UC Davis where they share a portion of our facility and they provide cardiology, hemodialysis, nutrition and behavior services. VSH has 18 specialists, 6 residents and 10 interns. The case load at VSH is high and students will have the opportunity to see well over one hundred cases in a week. There are generally anywhere from 40 to 70 hospitalized patients.
Equipment at VSH includes digital radiography, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, scintigraphy, multiple endoscopes, linear accelerator, multifunction monitors, blood pressure machines, ventilator, and full service commercial laboratory. Please visit our web site (www.vshsd.com) for further information about the hospital.
See type of experience above.
See type of experience above.
In-house library, VIN access.
See type of experience above.
See type of experience above.
Extern
Responsibilities: Externs are paired with the interns as they rotate
through the services. Externs are expected to dress professionally and
arrive no later than 8:30AM for morning rounds. Externs will participate
in receiving, writing SOAP’s, patient care. Externs may have the
opportunity to perform some minor procedures and they will observe a
wide variety of procedures and surgery. Externs will participate in all
didactic activities which include lectures given by the specialist twice
weekly, weekly radiology rounds, and monthly grand rounds. Externs are
expected to be present from 8:30AM to 5:00PM. Given that we are a 24/7
hospital there are plenty of opportunities for learning outside of the
regular hours and externs are welcome to stay longer hours or work on
weekends if they would like to.
Drs.
on site 24 hrs a day. Supervised by specialists on the individual
services, residents and interns. Specialists on site from 8:30am
usually until at least 9:00pm.
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Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego
10435 Sorrento Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 875-7500
(858) 875-7505
ann [dot] ong [at] vshsd [dot] com
www.vshsd.com
Updated: 12/15/10
Signature on file: Dr. Steve Hill, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM); steve [dot] hill [at] vshsd [dot] com
