Clinical Externships

Our Facility

Our facility is located in Wakarusa, Indiana, just a few miles from South Bend. Our hospital includes:

• 165’ x 320’ outdoor and 65’ x 120’ indoor arena for lameness evaluations
• 30 stalls, including 2 heated, humidity-controlled, and video-monitored foaling stalls, and 6 stallion stalls
• Isolation facility for infectious disease management (under renovation)
• Collection facilities and reproduction laboratory for semen processing and evaluation
• Treatment area with attached medicine room
• Staff offices and reception area
• Heated garage for medicine storage, vet truck stocking, and equipment management

Externship Experience

This externship offers ample opportunity for motivated students to gain hands-on experience in:

We are willing to work with individual students to tailor their experience (as much as possible) towards their area of interest.

Work Schedule and Emergencies

Because we are a busy ambulatory practice, the expected hours may vary and can range from 40-80 hours weekly. Externs have opportunities for additional experience managing field emergencies with the veterinarian on call during weeknights and weekends.

The most common emergencies our practice sees include:

• Colic
• Exertional rhabdomyolysis
• Infectious diseases (e.g., strangles)
• Acute onset neurologic conditions (e.g., WNV, EEE, Tetanus)
• Traumatic injuries (e.g., hit by car, fractures, cuts)

A typical day consists of a mixture of sale work, lameness evaluations, emergencies, routine vaccinations, coggins tests, dentals, chiropractic, internal medicine, and reproduction.

Housing and Stipend

Housing is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Options include a bedroom with a private bathroom in the office or a small apartment a few miles away from the hospital. Externs are responsible for their transportation to and from work.

This opportunity offers a stipend to clinical students.