Veterinary Technician Student Externship - Winter Park, FL

Veterinary Technician Student Externship - Winter Park, FL Overview

VEG's Veterinary Technician Student Externship Program provides vet tech students with hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working alongside credentialed, emergency veterinary technicians. Students will focus on honing emergency skills including obtaining patient vitals, processing laboratory samples, caring for hospitalized patients, triaging emerging cases, and collaborating in a fast-paced environment.

Note:

This externship is unpaid and rabies vaccinations are required unless your school's rabies mitigation policy allows unvaccinated status.

• Obtain patient vitals and assist in triage
• Process laboratory samples
• Care for hospitalized patients
• Collaborate in a fast-paced emergency environment
• Receive mentorship from a credentialed veterinary technician

• Currently enrolled in an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology or veterinary nursing program (or actively seeking accreditation) and will be in a class that requires externship hours and/or skills. This application is not for veterinary students or veterinary assistant students — only veterinary technology or veterinary nursing students.
• Your externship must begin within 6 months of application.
• You must be vaccinated for rabies unless your school's rabies mitigation policy allows unvaccinated students to handle unvaccinated animals.