2024-2025 Internship

Solely equine practice with busy ambulatory and hospital components including elective surgeries. Sports medicine is most common case type. Reproduction cases include fresh and frozen semen, stallion collection and embryo transfer. Disciplines included but are not limited to dressage, eventing, driving, hunter/jumper, foxhunters, racing, breeding and pleasure. Our practice is located in premier horse country with world class competitions such as Dressage at Devon, Fair Hill International, Plantation Field, the Devon Horse Show, PA Hunt Cup and Cheshire and Radnor Hunts. Our veterinarians have FEI certification to treat at FEI events and do so regularly. In the summer of 2012, UEA completed construction of their new state-of-the-art clinic and surgical facility. The clinic features four private outpatient exam areas, ten stalls, reproduction and isolation facilities, an outdoor ring and round pen, a pharmacy and a full service laboratory. Additional equipment includes digital radiography, digital ultrasound, lameness locator, arthroscope, video endoscope and gastroscope, shockwave, Class IV Laser, power dental equipment, ECG and an in-house clinical laboratory.

To provide a well rounded education experience in primary care Equine private practice to enable our intern to develop more advanced skills in the management of complex problems, diagnostic skills in radiology, ultrasonography and client communication. Case diversity will enable the motivated Intern to gain advanced skills that will benefit many future career paths. Upon completion of our internship, one should have a solid foundation in primary care, medicine, sports medicine and surgery that will prepare them for a career in equine private practice. International students welcome to apply must have taken NAVLE or be eligible to take.

Letter of intent

Résumé

Two written references

Veterinary license in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.

Personal interview or previous externship required.