Since 1990, ASEC has offered an externship
program for veterinary students, which
has grown to over 70 participants each
year. We accept junior or senior
students, ideally for a two-to-four week
rotation, to fulfill private practice
or elective curriculum requirements. Shorter
periods can be arranged.
IF YOU:
- want experience in a specialty practice
- are considering internships (and
in particular, are considering applying
to our internship program)
- are hard-working, motivated, intelligent,
friendly and enjoy working with others
then this program is for you.
Our objectives are to teach and
educate externs, while maintaining
referral-caliber patient care, and
referral-caliber communication and
service for clients and referring veterinarians. When
you arrive, you will be given a tour
of the hospital, a packet of orientation
information, and assigned a mentor,
who will be your primary "contact DVM" (and
who will also be filling out your evaluation). Of
course, rather than spending 100% of
your time with the designated mentor,
we feel your education will be maximized
by spending time with each of the senior
DVMs rather than just one. So,
the extern is expected & required
to get involved with cases from all
DVMs of the department.
SCHEDULE
Please click on ORIENTATION
PACKET for detailed information regarding
extern schedule for each department,
and numerous other topics.
ROUNDS & LECTURES
Your attendance is expected at daily
surgery and emergency case rounds,as
well as grand rounds, journal review,
radiology rounds, and lectures.
INSURANCE
We do not require, or provide, professional
liability (malpractice) insurance, health
insurance, or workmen's compensation
for externs. We do not require
you to have any of these; if your college
mandates that these be arranged, it is
the responsibility of the extern to arrange
such coverage.
FEES/COSTS/STIPENDS
There are no fees or costs charged to
the extern. No stipend or payment
is provided.
HOUSING
At this time we have no specific arrangements
for housing; most externs have stayed
with relatives or acquaintances in the
Los Angeles area. If you are unable
to make similar arrangements, give us
a call and we will try to help. A
local low-cost student hotel is the Claremont
Hotel: (310)-208-5957
QUESTIONS?
Feel free to email us at EXTERNSHIP@ASECvets.com;
likewise, feel free to call any time
at 310-473-1561 to speak to one of our
doctors, regarding our hospital and the
externship program.
HOW TO APPLY:
After you have read the “extern
information” on this page, then:
- click on the EXTERNSHIP SCHEDULE
page
- review the available dates on the
schedule
- choose the dates you would prefer,
as well as second and third alternative
preference.
- Fill out the email application at
the bottom of this page, with your
contact information, and
your first, second and third alternative
dates, and email it to: EXTERNSHIP@ASECvets.com
(The schedule posted on the website is
updated approximately every two to three weeks. It
is possible, therefore, that a slot which appears
available on the posted schedule may have already
been filled. Therefore, please e-mail
your first preference along with a second and
a third alternative.)
- Within 2 weeks, our externship coordinator
will e-mail you to confirm which dates
we have approved.
- Please download our ORIENTATION
PACKET. You
will be expected to be familiar with
its contents; please print a copy and
bring it with you to ASEC.
Please note the following:
a. For Western University 4th
year students:
- you must select one of the designated
four week blocks, for whichever service
you wish to extern with. It is
not possible to start in the middle
of one block and finish in the middle
of the subsequent block (this policy
is in order to accommodate the maximum
number of externs).
- you may sign up for externships with
several departments, spending four
weeks in each; but, in order to accommodate
the maximum number of individuals,
you may not repeat an externship with
the same Department.
b. For externs from other universities:
- you may select any one, two, three,
or four week period, in either surgery
or emergency/critical care.
- you will have the option, while
you are here, of spending some of your
time with the
Radiology/Imaging Department, or Cardiology/Internal
Medicine Department, if you so desire.
- you may also select to work with
Surgery Department for part of the
externship, and Emergency/Critical
Care for the remainder, or vice versa. Simply
note which weeks, in your e-mail request.
- the maximum total period of externship
will be four weeks total
- If you are not able to do an externship,
you are still very welcome to visit
any time, for a day or two, or a few
hours, or whatever your schedule permits. Just
give us your contact information below,
and in the “questions” section,
mention what day, days, or time you
will be in the area, and we will be
happy to accommodate a visit. .
ALL STUDENTS:
- Please do not sign up unless
you are certain that you will attend. Last-minute
cancellations prevent other students
from having the opportunity of performing
an externship here. Externs
who have signed up, and failed to show
up without informing us in advance, will
not be eligible for internship consideration
at ASEC, and in addition, your university
will be contacted.
- If your school is not located in
the United States or Canada, please
let us know. We make every effort
to accommodate foreign graduates, but
since the externship is designed to
provide fourth year credit for the
senior year curriculum, students of
AVMA approved colleges in the U.S.
and Canada are given priority.
APPLICATION FOR EXTERNSHIP
at the
ANIMAL SURGICAL & EMERGENCY CENTER
1535 South Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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