Veterinary Resident, Equine Dentistry & Oral Surgery - Midwest Veterinary Dental

Overview

The Full Time Equine AVDC Dental Resident at Midwest Veterinary Dental Services will be responsible for the duties outlined below. Clinic duties are not limited to this document and expectations may be adjusted as deemed appropriate by DVMs employed by Midwest Veterinary Dental Services.

• Full Time AVDC Equine Residency Program Overview
  • Total Program Time from
    
    Start Date:
    
    36 months minimum, 6 year maximum
  • Type of Diplomate Supervision provided: primary direct supervision, with some unsupervised time commensurate with experience gained
  • Location of residency:
    Midwest Veterinary Dental Services (Elkhorn, WI). Some work may be completed on farm sites and various referral hospitals. Opportunity for travel to remote referral locations (Peterson and Smith in Ocala, Florida; Southwest Equine Hospital in Scottsdale, AZ)
  • Minimum directly supervised clinical weeks: 48 weeks
  • Total clinical time (supervised and unsupervised): 78 weeks (full time residents will have no more than 6 weeks per year total indirect supervision for clinical weeks)

• Office and hospital procedures, client relations and communication
  • Office and clinical tasks
    • Assist with patient discharge and triage of patients according to client, patient and clinic needs via phone, in person, email or other electronic or digital means
    • Handle financial transactions when necessary
    • Assist with inventory control
  • Acquire Patient history
    • Obtain important medical history and information about patients from owners and referral DVMs, when appropriate
  • Provide instructions for routine dental care and preventative measures
    • Have thorough knowledge, understanding and the ability to communicate
      • Medication administration
      • Post-surgical care
      • Dental care
  • Maintain patient records and records of client communications
    • Use appropriate medical terminology and AVDC abbreviations
    • Maintain documentation of cases to be logged for the AVDC residency
    • Create surgery reports and discharge instructions using clinic templates
  • Communication
    • Utilize appropriate, professional and courteous communication between veterinary team members
    • Assist in procedures as requested with or for the doctor with professional and courteous behavior
    • Utilize appropriate interpersonal and public relation skills
    • Provide client communication
      • Review the chart to ensure accurate information is provided
      • Interact with owners for surgical or sick appointments
        • Be able to answer questions and make appropriate recommendations for possible diagnostics
        • Discuss and obtain blood work, fluids or other diagnostics as indicated
  • Oral/Phone
    • Follow up phone communication with owners and referral vets on clinical patients. This duty will be shared with the primary supervising veterinarian.
    • Return messages left by owners regarding patients in a timely manner (emails, phone calls, texts)
  • Written
    • Discharge instructions
    • Educational handouts
    • Promotional materials
    • Estimates for routine procedures
  • Pharmacy and Pharmacology
    • Administration
      • Handle pharmacological and biological agents to ensure safety and efficacy of the product
      • Administer medications via the appropriate route as directed
      • Calculate medication doses
      • Accurately record medical information
      • Understand controlled substance regulations and maintain logs
    • Dispensing
      • Prepare and dispense medications
      • Relay handling, storage, administration and side effect information to clients
      • Understand which products are OTC or prescription
      • Maintain controlled drug logs – computer and paper
    • Recognize drug classifications and adverse reactions
      • OTC vs prescription
      • NSAID vs Antibiotic vs nausea etc.
  • Nursing
    • Patient examinations
      • Obtain pertinent and thorough patient history
      • Understand basic normal parameters for TPR
        • Obtain TPR on patients
        • Auscultate heart and lungs using a stethoscope prior to administration of sedatives on every patient
    • Emergency procedures
      • Recognize and appropriately respond to emergency situations
      • Assist in CPR
      • Know the location and be able to quickly retrieve emergency medications as needed
    • Patient care/husbandry
      • Assist barn assistants with patient care/husbandry if needed
      • Administer oral and parenteral medications
      • Apply and maintain bandages
      • Place intravenous catheters
      • Manage IV fluids and maintain IV catheters
      • Ensure…