Veterinary Extern - Emergency & Specialty

Program Overview

The Florida Veterinary Referral Center (FVRC) externship program provides veterinary students the opportunity to gain experience in a state‑of‑the‑art specialty referral and emergency facility dedicated to delivering both high‑quality customer service and patient care. Our program allows students to select from a variety of small animal clinical services, including Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Emergency & Critical Care, or to rotate through several services during their externship.

• Attend and participate in morning and evening hospital rounds, departmental rounds, lectures, and weekly intern topic rounds.
• Review various cases observed during the rotation and be able to answer questions posed to them.
• Use the library resources to deepen clinical knowledge and understanding of cases discussed during rotations.

All students work directly with the specialists within their assigned departments.

In addition, students work closely with emergency clinicians, interns, and highly trained technical staff, all of whom help to provide a comprehensive and rewarding learning experience at our referral hospital.